NhsJobs Marazion

Overview

Penwith Primary Care Network is a

large forward thinking and well-integrated PCN covering the westerly point of

Cornwall comprising of seven GP practices. The PCN have recently implemented a

pharmacy virtual hub which supports practices to complete project & audit

work as well as functioning as a space for sharing best practice across the

PCN.

The post holder will be contributing

towards a one team culture throughout the organisation and promoting

personalised care, focused on what matters to you, not what's the matter

with you. The post holder will be an

integral part of the practice team working as part of the multi-disciplinary

team of doctors, nurses, healthcare assistants and reception/administrators, as

well as functioning as a member of the wider PCN pharmacy team.

Clinical Responsibilities

• Support the pharmacist to provide a clinical pharmacy service in

general practice;

• Participate in practice meetings and other meetings to improve the

integration of the pharmacy technician within general practice & promote

issues relevant to prescribing and medicines optimisation.

• Undertake patient facing

and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared

decision-making conversations with patients;

• Carry out medicines

optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration (e.g. checking

inhaler technique), supporting medication reviews, and medicines

reconciliation. Where required, utilise consultation skills to work in

partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively;

• Support, as determined by

the PCN, medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home

patients and synchronising medicines for patient transfers between care

settings and linking with local community pharmacists;

• Provide specialist

expertise, where 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;

• Take a central role in the

clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaising with specialist

pharmacists for more complex patients;

• Support initiatives for

antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing;

• Assist in the delivery of

medicines optimisation and management incentive schemes and patient safety

audits;

• Support the implementation

of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes

and other primary care settings. This will be achieved through undertaking

clinical audits (e.g. use of antibiotics), supporting quality improvement measures

and contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services.

Technical and Administrative

• Use and maintain

information systems and databases relevant to the positions including incident

reporting, medicines optimisation, prescribing data, cost savings and patient

outcomes;

• Be responsible for the

organisation, planning of own workload & meet set deadlines;

• Work with the PCN

multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation, including

implementing efficient ordering and return processes, and reducing wastage;

• Supervise practice

reception teams in sorting and streaming general prescription requests, to

allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically complex

requests;

• Provide leadership for

medicines optimisation systems across PCNs, supporting practices with a range

of services to get the best value from medicines by encouraging and

implementing Electronic Prescriptions, safe repeat prescribing systems, and

timely monitoring and management of high-risk medicines;

• Provide training and

support on the legal, safe and secure handling of medicines, including the

implementation of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS);

• Develop relationships with

other pharmacy technicians, pharmacists and members of the multi-disciplinary

team to support integration of the pharmacy team across health and social care

including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care, and mental health.

Job description

Overview

Penwith Primary Care Network is a

large forward thinking and well-integrated PCN covering the westerly point of

Cornwall comprising of seven GP practices. The PCN have recently implemented a

pharmacy virtual hub which supports practices to complete project & audit

work as well as functioning as a space for sharing best practice across the

PCN.

The post holder will be contributing

towards a one team culture throughout the organisation and promoting

personalised care, focused on what matters to you, not what's the matter

with you. The post holder will be an

integral part of the practice team working as part of the multi-disciplinary

team of doctors, nurses, healthcare assistants and reception/administrators, as

well as functioning as a member of the wider PCN pharmacy team.

Clinical Responsibilities

• Support the pharmacist to provide a clinical pharmacy service in

general practice;

• Participate in practice meetings and other meetings to improve the

integration of the pharmacy technician within general practice & promote

issues relevant to prescribing and medicines optimisation.

• Undertake patient facing

and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared

decision-making conversations with patients;

• Carry out medicines

optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration (e.g. checking

inhaler technique), supporting medication reviews, and medicines

reconciliation. Where required, utilise consultation skills to work in

partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively;

• Support, as determined by

the PCN, medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home

patients and synchronising medicines for patient transfers between care

settings and linking with local community pharmacists;

• Provide specialist

expertise, where 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;

• Take a central role in the

clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaising with specialist

pharmacists for more complex patients;

• Support initiatives for

antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing;

• Assist in the delivery of

medicines optimisation and management incentive schemes and patient safety

audits;

• Support the implementation

of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes

and other primary care settings. This will be achieved through undertaking

clinical audits (e.g. use of antibiotics), supporting quality improvement measures

and contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services.

Technical and Administrative

• Use and maintain

information systems and databases relevant to the positions including incident

reporting, medicines optimisation, prescribing data, cost savings and patient

outcomes;

• Be responsible for the

organisation, planning of own workload & meet set deadlines;

• Work with the PCN

multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation, including

implementing efficient ordering and return processes, and reducing wastage;

• Supervise practice

reception teams in sorting and streaming general prescription requests, to

allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically complex

requests;

• Provide leadership for

medicines optimisation systems across PCNs, supporting practices with a range

of services to get the best value from medicines by encouraging and

implementing Electronic Prescriptions, safe repeat prescribing systems, and

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What is the salary for this pharmacy technician role in Marazion?

The advertised salary for this pharmacy technician role at Penwith Primary Care Network is £31049.00 to £37796.00 p.a.. Typical pharmacy technician pay in Marazion varies by experience, sector (NHS versus community), and employer; see the PharmSee UK pharmacy salary guide for benchmarks.

How many pharmacy jobs are currently open in Marazion?

PharmSee is currently tracking 2 active pharmacy vacancies in Marazion across 11 major UK chains and NHS sources. Browse every open Marazion pharmacy role on PharmSee's jobs search.

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