Job responsibilities
Acting as triage and support for repeat
medicines queries
To undertake medication-related audit
Support in clinical guidance around specialist
only, unlicensed and not recommended drugs
Review high cost items
Review high quantity dressing requests
Review discharge notifications that have
medication alteration and update records accordingly
Supporting prescribing clerks and identifying
training needs
Dealing with out of stock queries
Dealing with medicines related complaints
Where possible dealing with difficult
prescriptions that need an action by the GP
To work on the Medicines Optimisation Scheme
annually and ensure the Practice meets the agreed targets
1.
Communication
and Relationship Skills
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Build relationships with a range of prescribers
and pharmacy professionals including independent contractors.
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Communicate with patients and carers who have a
limited understanding of medicines.
2.
Knowledge,
Training and Experience
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Pharmacy technician or dispensers qualification
or previous experience preferred.
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Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Previous experience in a medicines orientated
environment.
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Computer literacy knowledge of Microsoft Word,
Excel and Powerpoint and Clinical systems e.g. Emis.
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Good understanding of issues affecting primary
care prescribing.
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Good understanding of issues affecting medicines
adherence
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Good understanding of the common medicines
prescribed for long term conditions in primary care.
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Good at practical problem solving.
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Ability to work and integrate into GP practice
& multidisciplinary teams.
3.
Analytical
and Judgement Skills
- Development
of best practice to inform and challenge prescribing behaviours in all
prescribers and improve quality and patient outcomes.
- Interpretation
of prescribing data and clinical system patient records.
- Ability
to assess the patient or carers understanding of taking medicines.
- Able
to make assessment of the interventions required to improve medicines
adherence.
4.
Planning
and Organisational Skills
- Plan
and manage own work programme within Practice working day.
- Able
to manage concurrent projects and conflicting priorities.
- Able
to maintain records for patients reviewed
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5.
Physical
Skills
- Standard
keyboard skills required for the job.
6.
Responsibility
for Patient/Client Care
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Support the provision of advice on prescribing
to all prescribers.
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Support the provision of advice to patients on
medication as required.
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Provides advice on medicines concordance
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Provides advice and signposting to healthcare
professionals relating to medicines concordance
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7.
Responsibilities
for Human Resources; (HR)
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Supports practice staff in the implementation of
prescribing change.
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Supports healthcare professionals in the
implementation of interventions to improve concordance and with agreed changes
to medication.
8.
Responsibilities
for Information Resources
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Responsible
for personally generated information in relation to own work.
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Responsible for inputting interventions directly
onto the GP patient record
Confidentiality
To respect the
confidence of patients, clients and their carers relating to their condition,
their family and their financial and other circumstances and not to disclose
any such information to others who are not authorised to have it, either within
or outside the Practice.