Description
Clinical Pharmacy in General Practice is part of an exciting programme of transformation to develop a new model of care which addresses our ambition to deliver person-centred, coordinated care across the borough.
The Senior Pharmacy Technician will play an important role in complementing clinical pharmacists, community pharmacists and other members of the PCN multi-disciplinary team.
The post holder will help patients to get the best from their medicines by switching medications to agreed and approved protocols, improving repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.
Key responsibilities:
- Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use
- Respond to patients' questions and refer problems or queries to the pharmacist/GP if needed
- Carry out medicines optimisation tasks, including effective medicine administration and supporting medication reviews
- Participate in medication audits and review clinical correspondence
- Support the Clinical Pharmacists in conducting Structure Medication Reviews (SMR)
- Provide expertise to address public health and social care needs of patients
- Manage shared care protocols and liaise with Clinical Pharmacists for more complex patients
- Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship and quality improvement initiatives
- Implement efficient ordering and return processes and reduce medication wastage
- Provide training and support on the legal, safe and secure handling of medicines
- Develop relationships with other pharmacy professionals and members of the multi-disciplinary team
The ideal candidate will have:
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Evidence of continued professional development (CPD)
- BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences
- Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience of motivational interviewing and excellent patient medication counselling skills