Pharmacy TechnicianNHS

Job summary

We are looking to expand our Pharmacy Technicians to work under the supervision of our Clinical Pharmacists to improve the quality of prescribing and patient outcomes through high quality medicines review and optimisation.

Main duties of the job

To work with our Clinical Pharmacists to ensure patients are managing their medication safely and support the safe, accurate and timely prescribing of medication.

Provide technical and administrative support to the Clinical Pharmacists and Clinicians.

Support the Primary care team with audits, guidance and respond to queries around medication from patients, their carers, and other health professionals.

Job description

• Support the role of the Clinical Pharmacists 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 Pharmacists in Structured Medication Reviews (e.g. organise necessary monitoring tests before SMR).
• 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 Clinical Pharmacists with any searches, data collection, medicine safety tasks.
• Increase uptake of Electronic Repeat Dispensing and the use of the Electronic Prescription Service.
• Implement changes to medication that result from CAS/MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local/national guidance.
• Develop relationships and work closely with community, hospital and 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.

About us

Bridge Surgery is a very friendly, supportive, well organised GMS training practice with:

• 10,000 patients
• Four Partners, 1 Salaried GP and GP Trainees
• SystmOne
• High QOF achievement
• CQC good in all areas
• Part of East Staffordshire PCN