Pharmacy Technician - Mount Surgery

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Medicines reconciliation post discharge and on other transfers of care, ensuring recommendations are within local guidelines/formularies and not conflicting with existing medication

• Undertake individual assessments of patients and identify their medicines management needs. Ensure effective liaison with colleagues across health and social care to establish a suitable level of assistance

• Undertake medication use reviews, identifying and finding solutions for non-compliance

• Demonstrate a sound understanding of the needs of frail, older and vulnerable people, including those with disabilities and promote their independence with regards to medicines management, advising on aids to independence as appropriate

• Review and reauthorize repeat prescriptions within own competence and as per practice protocols, arranging any necessary monitoring

• Day to day handling of prescription queries within area of own competence, from patients, carers, care homes, pharmacies, hospital teams etc.

• Assess the suitably of requests for acute prescriptions within own competence and per practice protocols

• Targeted medication reviews in line with practice protocols

• Counselling patients on new medicines, such as DOAC initiations

• Manage complicated medication regimes, such as dose titrations and cross tapering regimes, ensuring patients manage these safely through counselling

• Identify suitable alternatives for medicines that are unavailable

• Manage serious out of stock notices proactively to avoid any delays or breaks in therapy for patients

• Provide education to patients and their carers with regard to medicines management, including their storage, ordering, administration and identification of potential problems such as side effects

• Work closely with palliative and community nurses to ensure requests for medication are dealt with in a timely manner.

• Assist GPs in prescribing syringe driver and just in case medication

• Delivery of training and development to practice based prescribing clerks and administrators to support improved co-ordination and effective pharmacy administration within General Practice

• Provide direct support and advice to GPs, ANP and other health professionals to promote and implement high quality prescribing to the benefit of patients

• Promote cost-effective, safe, evidence based prescribing in accordance with national and local guidance

• Work closely with Health Board and Cluster Pharmacists/Pharmacy Technicians

• Participate in practice meetings and contribute to any prescribing issues

• Present to clinical staff updated guidelines and feedback on external meetings (e.g. prescribing leads meetings)

• Contribute to the review and development of repeat prescribing protocols / Standard Operating Procedures to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of repeat prescribing systems.

• Liaise with other pharmacy stakeholders e.g. Medicines Management team, community pharmacy, and hospital pharmacy teams.

• Liaise with community pharmacies regarding the provision of medicines administration charts, compliance aids, medication reviews etc.

• Review prescribing in line with National Prescribing Indicators and local Prescribing Management Scheme

• Handle information which may be sensitive, complex or confidential appropriately, in accordance with the Data Protection Act and local information governance policies

• Be responsible for managing own workload and prioritising as necessary

• Utilise GP practice clinical systems to conduct prescribing audits

• Undertake, participate and share the outcomes of clinical audits to facilitate improvement and changes in practice

• Ensure that all major MHRA drug alerts, where appropriate and within levels of competence, are acted upon within an appropriate time frame and to advise on any medication changes that occur as a result

• Undertake training and development, to ensure the required knowledge and skills for practice based work

• Carry out other duties which are appropriate to the skills and competencies of a Pharmacy Technician as the priorities of the service change

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• 3 years post qualification experience
• Experience of working in a patient facing role
• Experience of facilitating change to improve clinical practice

Desirable

• Experience in Health Board/primary care role
• Experience of working in a GP practice
• Experience of utilising medication review skills
• Experience of multidisciplinary work
• Experience and good working knowledge of clinical audit

Qualifications

Essential

• BTEC Level 3 Pharmaceutical Science
• NVQ Level 3 Pharmaceutical Services
• Registered with professional body - GPhC (RegPharmTech)

Desirable

• Evidence of recent and relevant CPD

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

GP Practice in Wales

Address

Mount Surgery

Margam Road

Port Talbot

West Glamorgan

SA13 2BN

Employer's website

https://gpwales.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)