PCN Pharmacy Technician - West of Waverley PCN inHindhead inHindhead PUBLISHED
TUE 31 DEC 2024
Procare Health Limited rviWXDEm
The ideal candidate should be a registered pharmacy technician with relevant qualifications recognized by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). Additional training opportunities will be provided. Responsibilities also encompass participating in initiatives related to medication safety, conducting audits, and ensuring compliance with national prescribing guidelines. The role emphasises building relationships within primary and secondary care, enhancing the overall quality and sustainability of healthcare delivery within the community.
As we expand our well established PCN team we are looking for a pharmacy technician to join us and help the PCN support our community and improve the health and wellbeing of our patients.
We recognise the opportunity that additional health professional skills can offer within Primary Care and are seeking to expand our established pharmacy team to improve the quality and sustainability of the care we offer. Pharmacy is an important part of this plan to ensure all patients have access to medicines experts to help keep them safe and well, reducing the demands on general practice and hospitals.
We are looking for a full-time pharmacy technician who will be responsible for Grayshott and Chiddingfold surgery within the West of Waverley PCN. The post holder will have clinical, technical, and administrative responsibilities whilst having supervision from an experienced clinical pharmacist.
The purpose of the role is to improve patient safety outcomes and promote good practice of repeat prescribing by developing and working to protocols and being actively involved within multidisciplinary teams including those from different health care providers.
The post holder will have to be a registered pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) with the appropriate qualifications recognised by the GPhC. Additional training will be supplied via Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) unless already undertaking or qualified from an approved training pathway eg Primary Care Pharmacy Educational Pathway or Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes.
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Job responsibilities
Patient facing supporting roles to ensure effective medicine use
Review patients need for ongoing medication support aids.
Support patients to take their medication safely and effectively.
Carry out medicines optimisation tasks
To reconcile medicines from clinical letters and discharge summaries from secondary care settings.
Report back to CCG/secondary care pharmacy teams queries around requests for prescribing non formulary items.
Work with the practice to action MHRA drug alerts.
Work with the PCN pharmacist to action CCG medicines management incentive schemes.
Design and review medicine audits and protocols.
Support pharmacists to undertake structured medication reviews by organising necessary monitoring.
Take a central role in clinical aspects of shared care protocols
Work with the practices to ensure patients have up to date monitoring required as part of the shared care protocol.
Report back to CCG/secondary care pharmacy teams queries around requests for inappropriate shared care prescribing requests.
Medicines Safety
Support initiatives/projects relating to medication safety, with the support of the practice clinical pharmacist.
Conduct audits to review repeat prescribing of antibiotics
Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing.
Support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices
Work to improving Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) within each practice.
Work on addressing public health and social care needs of the patient by referring appropriate patients to social prescribers, smoking cessation clinics and weight management programmes etc.
Work with the practice to help with (CQC) requirements.
Repeat prescribing
Process repeat prescription requests in line with surgery protocols.
Dispense prescriptions in line with surgery protocols (dispensing practices only).
Accurately check prescriptions in line with surgery protocols (dispensing practices only).
Review and adjust repeat prescribing protocols to improve patient safety and reduce medicine wastage.
Support practices and provide training for electronic prescription service (EPS) and repeat dispensing.
To review out of stock medications and suggest appropriate alternatives to prescribe.
Working within a multidisciplinary team
Develop relationships with other pharmacy technicians and pharmacists including those in primary care, secondary care, community pharmacy, mental health, and social care teams.
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