Pharmacy Technician inYarm inYarm PUBLISHED 21 DEC 2023

Depending on experience  PERMANENT 

When a practice employs or engages a Pharmacy Technician, the organisation must ensure that they have the key clinical, technical and administrative responsibilities as outlined within this job description for delivering health services.

The post holder is a Pharmacy Technician and is an integral part of the general practice team, working within their professional boundaries.

This role will work under the supervision of the Practice Pharmacist to ensure the safe, accurate and timely supply of prescribed medication to patients.

They will provide technical and administrative support to the clinicians.

The Pharmacy Technician will support the organisations clinical teams with queries regarding medication from patients.

The Pharmacy Technician will complete audits regarding patient safety in the prescribing of medication and present the information for sharing with the clinical team.

This Pharmacy Technician role, will be a PCN role aligned to Yarm Medical Practice for the full working hours.

The post holder is a Pharmacy Technician and is an integral part of the general practice team, working within their professional boundaries.

This role will work under the supervision of the Practice Pharmacist to ensure the safe, accurate and timely supply of prescribed medication to patients.

They will provide technical and administrative support to the clinicians.

The Pharmacy Technician will support the organisations clinical teams with queries regarding medication from patients.

The Pharmacy Technician will complete audits regarding patient safety in the prescribing of medication and present the information for sharing with the clinical team.

The Pharmacy Technician is to assume the following key responsibilities in delivering health services.

a. Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective

medicines use through shared decision-making conversations with

patients

b. Conduct medicine optimisation tasks including effective medicine

administration (e.g., checking inhaler technique), support medication

reviews and medicines reconciliation. When required, utilise consultation

skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use their

medicines effectively

c. Support, as determined by the organisation, medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and synchronise medicines for patient transfers between care settings and linking with local community pharmacists

d. Provide specialist expertise, when competent, to address both the public

health and social care needs of patients including lifestyle advice, service information and help in tackling local health inequalities

e. Maintain a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaise with specialist pharmacists for more complex patients

f. Assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation and management incentive schemes and patient safety audits

When a practice employs or engages a Pharmacy Technician, the organisation must ensure that they have the key clinical, technical and administrative responsibilities as outlined within this job description for delivering health services.

The post holder is a Pharmacy Technician and is an integral part of the general practice team, working within their professional boundaries.

This role will work under the supervision of the Practice Pharmacist to ensure the safe, accurate and timely supply of prescribed medication to patients.

They will provide technical and administrative support to the clinicians.

The Pharmacy Technician will support the organisations clinical teams with queries regarding medication from patients.

The Pharmacy Technician will complete audits regarding patient safety in the prescribing of medication and present the information for sharing with the clinical team.

This Pharmacy Technician role, will be a PCN role aligned to Yarm Medical Practice for the full working hours.

The post holder is a Pharmacy Technician and is an integral part of the general practice team, working within their professional boundaries.

This role will work under the supervision of the Practice Pharmacist to ensure the safe, accurate and timely supply of prescribed medication to patients.

They will provide technical and administrative support to the clinicians.

The Pharmacy Technician will support the organisations clinical teams with queries regarding medication from patients.

The Pharmacy Technician will complete audits regarding patient safety in the prescribing of medication and present the information for sharing with the clinical team.

The Pharmacy Technician is to assume the following key responsibilities in delivering health services.

a. Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective

medicines use through shared decision-making conversations with

patients

b. Conduct medicine optimisation tasks including effective medicine

administration (e.g., checking inhaler technique), support medication

reviews and medicines reconciliation. When required, utilise consultation

skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use their

medicines effectively

c. Support, as determined by the organisation, medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and synchronise medicines for patient transfers between care settings and linking with local community pharmacists

d. Provide specialist expertise, when competent, to address both the public

health and social care needs of patients including lifestyle advice, service information and help in tackling local health inequalities

e. Maintain a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaise with specialist pharmacists for more complex patients

f. Assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation and management incentive schemes and patient safety audits



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