Pharmacy Technician

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Summary:

The Pharmacist Technician will be responsible for providing professional advice and support to the clinicians within Mendip Vale Medical Group (MVMG).

Working to ensure processes are optimised to achieve highly effective, safe and patient centred care. You will support the Senior Clinical Pharmacist in delivering a safe, high performing; effective, sustainable, innovative person-centred medical service.

The post-holder will develop good working relationships with:

Patients

GP, nurses and other practice staff

Other local practices clinical pharmacists

Community pharmacists and support staff

Hospital staff with responsibilities for prescribing and medicines optimisation

Members of the ICB's medicines management team.

Main Responsibilities:

To undertake a variety of duties, including managing repeat prescription requests, resolving queries within your span of control and providing prescripts for clinical review and signature.

Updating dates following medication reviews.

Facilitate and documenting correct addition & or removal of medications upon receipt of discharge summaries, secondary care or community clinic letters.

Updating repeat medication list such as synchronising durations and removing medications not ordered within a defined period.

Other Responsibilities:

Provide independent information to patients with regard to medicines and prescribing changes, initiating further support from other healthcare professionals where appropriate.

To review practice stock management and develop systems to improve processes.

Analyse Practice prescription data to produce reports as requested.

Participate in review and setting of policies relating to medicines management and prescribing.

Implement initiatives to reduce waste of prescribed medicines.

Support and influence the Practice Clinical, Management and Administrative Teams to implement procedural and service changes relating to prescribing to ensure best practice is adopted in accordance with local guidelines, legislation, directives and safety updates e.g. NICE, MRHA etc.

Contribute to the annual DSQS (Dispensing Services Quality Scheme) audit

Mentor and supervise the training of non-clinical staff to achieve the dispensing assistant level 2 qualification for dispensing doctors.

Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Medicines management or dispensing role in the community or within a hospital setting
• Knowledge of pharmacy procedures

Desirable

• Policy / procedure development
• General Practice repeat prescribing systems
• Skills in analysing and presenting prescribing activity data

Skills and ability

Essential

• Patient focused and compassionate about delivery of safe and effect care.
• Ability to demonstrate commitment to Mendip Vales ethos and values
• Resilient and flexible to meet service needs.
• Ability to travel to meetings in the interests of MVMG as required

Qualifications

Essential

• Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services or Equivalent

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Mendip Vale Medical Group

Address

Coniston Medical Practice

Coniston Road

Patchway

Bristol

BS34 5TF

Employer's website

https://www.mendipvale.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)