Pharmacy Technician

To provide medicines management support to the practice in provision of the delivery of safe, high quality and cost effective prescribing. Building strong relationships with the wider primary care team and ensuring the medicines management team are seen as supportive at all times. Working with patients to optimise medicines management. To develop, support and update working processes within the practice to make more efficient use of practice and NHS resources. Supporting multidisciplinary working and development of medicines management services. Support the role of the Clinical Pharmacists in the delivery of clinical pharmacy services.,

• 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, administrative staff and patients 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.
• Undertake patient-facing and patient-supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use through shared decision-making.
• 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 and supporting medication reviews.
• Assist Clinical Pharmacists with any searches (including regular safety searches), data collection, medicine safety tasks.
• Support the practice to deliver on the Quality and Outworks Framework (QOF), Network Contract Direct Enhanced Services and locally commissioned enhanced services.
• Implement changes to medication that result from CAS/MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local/national guidance.
• Work collaboratively with the Primary Care Network (PCN) team.
• Develop relationships and work closely with community, hospital and Medicines Management Team (MMT) 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.
  
  - Understanding of clinical knowledge and principles of evidence-based healthcare
• - Experience of dealing with a range of clinical conditions
• - Experience of working with delegated responsibility
• - Experience of working within a primary care, community or hospital setting
• - Experience of coping under pressure in a busy environment, - Flexibility to work outside of core office hours
• - Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
• - Maintains confidentiality at all times, - Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• - BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical science/pharmacy services
• - Evidence of continued professional development, - Polite and confident
• - Flexible and cooperative
• - Excellent interpersonal skills
• - Motivated and proactive
• - Ability to use initiative and judgement
• - Forward thinker with a solutions focused approach
• - High levels of integrity and loyalty
• - Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• - Ability to work under pressure
• - Confident, assertive and resilient
  
  Ashfields is a large, successful practice committed to quality, innovation, and are forward thinking in our delivery of care. We are the only GP practice in Sandbach providing a fully integrated primary care service. We are a progressive teaching practice, looking after more than 28,500 patients, have a wide multidisciplinary team and are involved in our local Primary Care Network. We encourage training and development, we strive to provide excellent patient care, and are happy to achieve high patient satisfaction scores.