Pharmacy Technician

at  Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust

Work in partnership with a range of muti-disciplinary and organisational personnel within both the hospital and setting and community, this will require a collaborative approach, together with the patient and their family and social network, as well as colleagues in health and social care including the Interface Pharmacist.Act as liaison between the community and acute sector in relation to the pharmacy pathway for the patient when required.Liaise and collaborate with Luton Integrated Care Board (ICB) medicines management team. This includes attending relevant meetings where improvements to local service delivery and patient outcomes will be discussed.Facilitate clear and effective communication channels between patients, relatives, carers and professional community colleagues to ensure seamless patient care.Communicate/ provide/ receive sensitive patient medical information, taking into account peoples backgrounds, cultures and personal preferences.Enable patients and carers to participate in their mediation regime, thus encouraging independence and self-reliance.Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust: delivering excellence in children and adults community health services across Luton.Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust: providing services across Cambridgeshire, Milton Keynes Luton, Norfolk, Peterborough,Bedfordshire and SuffolkSupport aversion of admission in the community and hospital admissions by contributing to rapid assessment and appropriated medication support for patients to remain in the community including rehabilitation/ respite beds/units when required.Devise and provide individualised, structured medication counselling programmes taking a holistic view of the patients and /or informal carers, social situation and health and social support networks. Particularly those identified as being at risk of medication related problems. This will include the purpose of medication, potential side effects and their management and when seek help.
It will also include counselling / demonstration of inhaler and other medical device techniques.Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust: delivering excellent in children and adults community health services across Luton.Complete complex assessment, contribute to care plans in the community ensuring adequate liaison for safe discharge /transfer and seamless service.Provide domiciliary visits to review medication-taking activities in patients identified as being at high risk of medicine related problems that have been recently discharged from acute care.Accept referrals from other healthcare professionals for patients deemed to be at risk from their medicines.Working with patients and residential homes to contribute to safe medicines management.Contribute to overall patient health and social care though identification of non-medication related issues. Refer to the appropriated agencies as required.Contribute to discharge from hospital, care home or on other transfer of care avoid problems associated with medicines.Be aware of Health &Safety issues relevant to the Trusts working environment and report as appropriated to the designated Health & Safety Officer in accordance with Trust policy.Be aware and follow all the Trusts Policies relevant to own role.The pharmacy technician is responsible for maintaining accurate documentation and records as per Trust record keeping policy, inclusive of computer and patient held records.Contribute to the development of Standard Operating Procedures and processes for Trust staff as necessary and relevant.Maintain safe systems of working accordance with relevant Medicines Act and Health and Safety legislation, and to ensure that defects, which may affect Safety at Work, are brought to attention of appropriated manager.To actively identify areas of that would benefit form changes/ service development and liaise with patients GP and/ or hospital Consultant/ health care professional/community pharmacy/community teams to propose change to practices that will improve patient experience/ safety

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