Pharmacy Technician

• Support the role of our Clinical Pharmacist in the delivery of clinical pharmacy services. • Perform medicines improvement work to maximise safe, cost-effective best practice in prescribing under the supervision of the GP or Clinical Pharmacist. • Assist with medication safety monitoring systems (e.g. high-risk drugs.) • Liaise with clinicians and administrative staff to resolve medicine-related queries. • Monitor practice prescribing and local and national prescribing policies. • Improve service and quality through mechanisms such as audits. • Support the Clinical Pharmacist in Structured Medication Reviews (e.g. organise necessary monitoring tests before SMR. • Undertake patient-supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use through shared decision-making. • Support medicine reconciliation of patients whose care is transferred back into primary care in a timely and effective manner liaising with patients and other providers to ensure patients receive appropriate medication post discharge. • Carry out medicines optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration, supporting medication reviews and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care. • Assist our Clinical Pharmacist with any searches, data collection, medicine safety tasks. • Increase uptake of Electronic Repeat Dispensing and the use of the Electronic Prescription Service. • Support the Practice to deliver on QOF and locally commissioned enhanced services. • Implement changes to medication that result from CAS/MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local/national guidance. • Work collaboratively with the clinical team. • Develop relationships and work closely with community, hospital and MMT pharmacy colleagues and the wider health system. • Participate in practice meetings, patient participation groups and other local meetings to improve engagement with the role of pharmacy technician. Job description Job responsibilities • Support the role of our Clinical Pharmacist in the delivery of clinical pharmacy services. • Perform medicines improvement work to maximise safe, cost-effective best practice in prescribing under the supervision of the GP or Clinical Pharmacist. • Assist with medication safety monitoring systems (e.g. high-risk drugs.) • Liaise with clinicians and administrative staff to resolve medicine-related queries. • Monitor practice prescribing and local and national prescribing policies. • Improve service and quality through mechanisms such as audits. • Support the Clinical Pharmacist in Structured Medication Reviews (e.g. organise necessary monitoring tests before SMR. • Undertake patient-supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use through shared decision-making. • Support medicine reconciliation of patients whose care is transferred back into primary care in a timely and effective manner liaising with patients and other providers to ensure patients receive appropriate medication post discharge. • Carry out medicines optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration, supporting medication reviews and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care. • Assist our Clinical Pharmacist with any searches, data collection, medicine safety tasks. • Increase uptake of Electronic Repeat Dispensing and the use of the Electronic Prescription Service. • Support the Practice to deliver on QOF and locally commissioned enhanced services. • Implement changes to medication that result from CAS/MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local/national guidance. • Work collaboratively with the clinical team. • Develop relationships and work closely with community, hospital and MMT pharmacy colleagues and the wider health system. • Participate in practice meetings, patient participation groups and other local meetings to improve engagement with the role of pharmacy technician.