Pharmacy Technician

at  Fernbank Surgery

JOB DESCRIPTION Post Title: Practice Pharmacy Technician Location: Fernbank Surgery Salary: Band 5 equivalent depending on experience Working Hours: 30-37.5 hours Reports to: Pharmacy Team Lead JOB SUMMARY To support the delivery of safe, effective, and efficient systems for repeat prescribing, medicines optimisation, reducing medicines waste and maximising patient outcomes. In addition, the post holder will be responsible for encouraging the development of better understanding of the principles of medicines optimisation throughout the practice teams and promoting good practice in line with therapeutic developments. Main Duties and Responsibilities Support the role of the Clinical Pharmacist in the delivery of the new Clinical Pharmacy in General Practice model Medicines reconciliation post discharge and on other transfers of care Undertake medication use reviews Support the achievement of the practices prescribing Quality and Outcomes Framework targets Day to day handling of prescription queries within area of own competence Delivery of training and development to practice based prescribing clerks and administrators to support improved co-ordination and effective pharmacy administration within General Practice. Contribute to the review and development of repeat prescribing protocols to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of repeat prescribing and support high-risk drugs monitoring Participate in practice meetings, patient participation groups, and other meetings as required Liaise with other pharmacy stakeholders e.g.
Medicines Optimisation team, community pharmacy, and hospital pharmacy teams. Handle function specific information, which may be sensitive, complex or confidential and appropriately recording, transferring and/or coordinating such information in accordance with the Data Protection Act; Caldecott Guidelines and the Confidentiality Code of Conduct Be responsible for the organisation, planning and of own workload to meet set deadlines Utilise GP practice clinical systems to conduct prescribing audits 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 over 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 the post holder and grade of the post as the priorities of the service change Establish and maintain effective working relationships with practices staff and other healthcare professionals/stakeholders across the interface Provide clinical and professional support to GPs and members of the primary healthcare team to promote and implement high quality prescribing to the benefit of patients General The postholder will: Develop a culture that promotes equality and values diversity. The postholder must be aware of and committed to the Equality and Diversity policies of the appointing practice and comply with all the requirements of these policies and actively promote Equality and Diversity issues relevant to the post. Ensure the principles of openness, transparency and candour are observed and upheld in all working practices.
The post holder will have, or acquire through training provided by the organisation, the appropriate level of safeguarding and knowledge, skills and practice required for the post and be aware of and comply with the organisations safeguarding protection policies and procedures. Ensure that any infection prevention and control issues are reported to the line manager/Infection Prevention and Contro

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