Primary Care Network - Pharmacy Technician

at  Gateshead Inner West Primary Care Network

Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared-decision making conversations with patients Carry out medicines optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration (e.g. checking inhaler technique), supporting medication reviews, and medicines reconciliation. Where required, utilise consultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively Support, as determined by the PCN, medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and synchronising medicines for patient transfers between care settings and linking with local community pharmacists Provide specialist expertise, where 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 Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaising with specialist pharmacists for more complex patients Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing Assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation and management incentive schemes and patient safety audits 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), supporting quality improvement measures and contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services. Reconcile the medicines of patients whose care is transferred back to primary care in a timely and effective manner liaising with patients and other providers to ensure patients receive appropriate medication on discharge Proactively engage with patients whose care has been transferred to reduce potential readmission including identifying and rectifying unexplained variation Work with pharmacy service team to develop safe, effective and efficient systems for the repeat prescribing of medication at scale across the five GP sites. Work alongside our current pharmacy service team to develop and implement systems to ensure the effective and continuous supply of medication to high risk patients Work with pharmacy service team to develop and implement systems to ensure safe and effective management of high risk medication Work with pharmacy services to develop and implement changes to medicines in line with MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local or national guidance Provide feedback and seek advice from pharmacist for patients where the post holder has clinical concerns around competence to safely manage their medications Develop relationships with other Pharmacy Technicians, Pharmacists and members of the multi-disciplinary team within the PCN, or wider afield within the locality to support the integration of the pharmacy team across health and social care including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care and mental health Support the delivery of QOF, incentive schemes, QIPP and other quality or cost effectiveness initiatives Undertake any tasks consistent with the level of the post and the scope of the role, ensuring that work is delivered in a timely and effective manner Duties may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the post or the level of responsibility. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks.
This will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels

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