Pharmacy Technician

Job description

Job responsibilities

To undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared-decision making conversations with patients;

To 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;

To assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation and management incentive schemes and patient safety audits;

To support, as determined by CPPCN, 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.

To 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;

To take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaising with specialist pharmacists for more complex patients;

To support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing;

To 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;

Person Specification

Skills & Attributes

Essential

• Computer literate with an ability to use the required GP clinical systems (desirable) and Microsoft office packages (essential).
• Able to analyse and interpret prescribing data.
• Meticulous attention to detail.
• Organised with an ability to work effectively on your own or in a team and , able to prioritise tasks in order to meet deadlines.
• A good communicator, both written and verbal.
• Well versed in data protection and confidentiality requirements.
• Full driving licence and use of a car.

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional registration with GPhc.
• BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences.
• Evidence of continued professional development (CPD)

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working as a qualified registered pharmacy technician in either primary care or in a community or hospital pharmacy.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Cheltenham Peripheral Network

Address

c/o Leckhampton Surgery

17 Mooreend Park Road

Cheltenham

Gloucestershire

GL53 0LA

Employer's website

https://www.leckhamptonsurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)