GP Practice Pharmacy TechnicianNHS

Job summary

We require a Pharmacy Technician to work 25 hours per week to work as part of the multidisciplinary primary care team to support the safe, effective and cost-efficient use of medicines within the GP practice. The post holder will undertake medicines optimisation activities, support prescription management processes, contribute to medication reviews, and assist in improving prescribing systems and patient outcomes.

The Pharmacy Technician will work under the supervision of a Clinical Pharmacist and/or GP and will collaborate closely with GPs, nurses, community pharmacists, patients, care homes and other healthcare providers.

Main duties of the job

• Carry out structured medication monitoring and follow-up activities within agreed protocols.
• Assist with medication reviews by identifying potential issues requiring pharmacist or GP input.
• Promote safe, evidence-based and cost-effective prescribing.
• Support implementation of national and local prescribing guidance.
• Identify opportunities for deprescribing and medication optimisation.
• Support the Practice Prescribing Clerks in processing repeat prescription requests in accordance with practice policies.
• When required, review prescription requests for appropriateness and identify any anomalies.Manage prescription synchronisation and medication queries, escalating any complex queries to Practice Pharmacist / GP.Support patients requiring medication on repeat dispensing (batch) services.
• Perform medicines reconciliation following hospital discharge, outpatient appointments and transfers of care
• Identify discrepancies and liaise with relevant healthcare professionals to resolve issues
• Escalate complex clinical concerns to the Clinical Pharmacist or GP
• Use clinical systems to identify patients requiring monitoring or review
• Support prescribing audits and quality improvement initiatives.
• Extract and analyse prescribing and medicines-related data where appropriate.
• Contribute to achievement of Quality Assurance and Improvement Framework (QAIF) and other contractual requirements.

Job description

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About us

We are an innovative and growing surgery based in Ystrad Mynach, which lies in Caerphilly County Borough.

The surgery is very busy and has approximately 13,500 patients. You will work alongside an excellent clinical team comprising of six GP partners, 4 salaried GP's, 1 Pharmacist, 1 Nurse Practitioner, 4 nurses, 1 HCA, 1 phlebotomist and an excellent reception and administration team.

Our recent HIW inspection says 'Overall, we felt it was a well led practice with good initiatives and good staff mix who worked well together. We found a clear leadership structure at the practice, with defined roles for staff, and an open and supportive culture'.