Pharmacy Technician at Uppingham Surgery
Oakham LE15, England, United Kingdom -
Full Time


Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

29 Aug, 25

Salary

0.0

Posted On

29 May, 25

Experience

0 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

No

Skills

Good communication skills

Industry

Hospital/Health Care

Description

a. Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use through shared decision-making conversations with patients b. Conduct medicine optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration use (e.g., checking inhaler technique) and medicines reconciliation. c.
When required, utilise consultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively d. Support, as determined by the organisation, medication compliance reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and synchronise medicines for patient transfers between care settings and linking with local community pharmacists e. Provide specialist expertise, when competent, to address both the public health and social care needs of patients including lifestyle advice, service information and help in tackling local health inequalities f. Maintain a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaise with specialist pharmacists for more complex patients g.
Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing h. Assist in the delivery of MOF, DES and QOF incentive schemes and patient safety audits supporting quality improvement measures and contributing to positive patient outcomes i. Support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other primary care settings. This will be achieved through undertaking clinical audits (e.g., use of antibiotics) and presenting at team meetings.
j. Attend a formal appraisal with your manager at least every 12 months. Once a performance/training objective has been set, progress will be reviewed on a regular basis so that new objectives can be agreed k. Contribute to public health campaigns (e.g., COVID-19 or flu clinics) through advice or direct car

Responsibilities

Please refer the Job description for details

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