Pharmacy Technician

The Pharmacy technician will work as part of the multidisciplinary general practice team to support safe, effective and efficient medicines optimisations. You will play a vital role in improving patient safety, supporting prescribing quality and ensuring robust medicines governance systems are in place within the practice. • Medicines optimisation - Support safe and efficient repeat prescribing processes and ensure accurate processing of prescription requests with queries from different sources • Assist with medication queries from patients, community pharmacies and prescribers and forward recommendations for alternatives. • Carry out medicines reconciliation for discharge letters, outpatient letters and new patient registrations. • Identify and resolve discrepancies and liaise closely with pharmacists and GP's • Promote medicines synchronisation and encourage patient adherence • Support the implementation of local and national prescribing initiatives, including performing medication switches as directed by prescribers or pharmacists • Medicines Governance - maintain MHRA alerts and high risk drug monitoring records • Support safe prescribing and monitoring of high risk medicines and support the recall of patients where needed in accordance with local SOP's • Education, training and supervision - Undertake the CPPE ( Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway), if not already completed. • Provide training and guidance to non clinical staff as needed, to support prescription processes within the practice • Quality Improvement - Lead or contribute to audits and quality improvement related safe and effective prescribing of medicines, using SystmOne our clinical system. • Analyse prescribing data and share the learning with the wider team • Patient facing activities - Manage medication related queries and escalate appropriately • Provide advice and information to patients on safe medicines use • Support patient education, adherence and self care and promote patient self management • Professional and Organisational - Maintain GPhC registration • Adhere to Practice policies, clinical governance frameworks and safeguarding procedures • Develop and maintain effective relationships within the team and also with local stakeholders eg, ICB team, community pharmacists and hospital pharmacy teams • Engage in continuous professional development and attend clinical and educational meetings within the practice. Job description Job responsibilities The Pharmacy technician will work as part of the multidisciplinary general practice team to support safe, effective and efficient medicines optimisations. You will play a vital role in improving patient safety, supporting prescribing quality and ensuring robust medicines governance systems are in place within the practice. • Medicines optimisation - Support safe and efficient repeat prescribing processes and ensure accurate processing of prescription requests with queries from different sources • Assist with medication queries from patients, community pharmacies and prescribers and forward recommendations for alternatives. • Carry out medicines reconciliation for discharge letters, outpatient letters and new patient registrations. • Identify and resolve discrepancies and liaise closely with pharmacists and GP's • Promote medicines synchronisation and encourage patient adherence • Support the implementation of local and national prescribing initiatives, including performing medication switches as directed by prescribers or pharmacists • Medicines Governance - maintain MHRA alerts and high risk drug monitoring records • Support safe prescribing and monitoring of high risk medicines and support the recall of patients where needed in accordance with local SOP's • Education, training and supervision - Undertake the CPPE ( Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway), if not already completed. • Provide training and guidance to non clinical staff as needed, to support prescription processes within the practice • Quality Improvement - Lead or contribute to audits and quality improvement related safe and effective prescribing of medicines, using SystmOne our clinical system. • Analyse prescribing data and share the learning with the wider team • Patient facing activities - Manage medication related queries and escalate appropriately • Provide advice and information to patients on safe medicines use • Support patient education, adherence and self care and promote patient self management • Professional and Organisational - Maintain GPhC registration • Adhere to Practice policies, clinical governance frameworks and safeguarding procedures • Develop and maintain effective relationships within the team and also with local stakeholders eg, ICB team, community pharmacists and hospital pharmacy teams • Engage in continuous professional development and attend clinical and educational meetings within the practice.