NhsJobs Aldershot

The following are the core responsibilities of the Pharmacy

Technician. There may be on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks;

this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

Medicines optimisation - achieving targets

through quality improvement and implementing cost-effective prescribing,

addressing poor adherence to medication and ensuring patients are able to take

the medicines they are prescribed.

Transfer of care - support medication

reviews and medicines reconciliation for patients moving across care settings

(i.e. discharged from hospital back into community, discharged from hospital to

care home, D2A settings)

Shared care - implementing and monitoring

shared care protocols and liaising with specialist pharmacists for more complex

patients.

Clinical Governance - Developing,

reviewing and implementing policy (within general practice and cross-sector for

example with care homes) relating to medicines safety, repeat prescribing and

clinical pathways, and conducting patient safety audits.

Data interpretation - using prescribing

data to implement cost effective prescribing measures

Training and education - training other

healthcare professionals (for example in general practice or in care homes) on

repeat prescription processes, local formularies and quality improvement

projects.

Error reporting - escalating patient

safety concerns and using tools such as Learning from Patient Safety Events (https://record.learn-from-patient-safety-events.nhs.uk) to report patient safety errors

Medication reviews - undertaking level 1

medication reviews (technical review of patients medicines without the patient

necessarily being present).

Management and leadership - Leadership in

quality improvement projects such as repeat prescription processes and

development of the technician role within practice.

Repeat prescription management - leading

the process by implementing policies to ensure patient safety measures are met

and medication waste is monitored.

Clinical roles - pharmacy technicians can

be trained on basic clinical assessment (for example manual BP and pulse

checks) and can support the practice team to conduct clinical reviews within

scope of practice for example hypertension and primary prevention clinics.

Carry out housekeeping whilst in patient

records e.g. dose optimisation and medicines synchronisation

Participate in practice meetings, patient

participation groups and other meetings to improvement engagement of the role

of the pharmacy technician and promote issues relevant to prescribing and

medicines optimisation.

Liaise with other pharmacy stakeholders

e.g. ICB Medicines Optimisation Team, Community Pharmacy Teams, Hospital

Pharmacy Teams as needed.

To be responsible for organising their own

workload to meet set deadlines

To undertake and participate in

prescribing audits to facilitate quality improvement and changes in practice

Work with the Clinical Pharmacist team to

ensure that all major MHRA drug alerts, here appropriate and within level of

competence are acted upon within The Cambridge Practice over an appropriate

time-frame to advise on any medication changes that occur as a result

To carry out other duties which are

appropriate to the skills and competencies of the post holder and grade of the

post as the priorities of the service change.

Mentorship and support to Technician Team

and internal trainees and external trainees where needed e.g. pre-registration

Technicians, Trainee Pharmacists.

Personal & Professional Development

Actively participate in any external

training programs required through continued NHS funding

Meet the GPhC CPD requirements for

registration on an annual basis

Complete any internal training required by

The Cambridge Practice

Job description

The following are the core responsibilities of the Pharmacy

Technician. There may be on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks;

this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

Medicines optimisation - achieving targets

through quality improvement and implementing cost-effective prescribing,

addressing poor adherence to medication and ensuring patients are able to take

the medicines they are prescribed.

Transfer of care - support medication

reviews and medicines reconciliation for patients moving across care settings

(i.e. discharged from hospital back into community, discharged from hospital to

care home, D2A settings)

Shared care - implementing and monitoring

shared care protocols and liaising with specialist pharmacists for more complex

patients.

Clinical Governance - Developing,

reviewing and implementing policy (within general practice and cross-sector for

example with care homes) relating to medicines safety, repeat prescribing and

clinical pathways, and conducting patient safety audits.

Data interpretation - using prescribing

data to implement cost effective prescribing measures

Training and education - training other

healthcare professionals (for example in general practice or in care homes) on

repeat prescription processes, local formularies and quality improvement

projects.

Error reporting - escalating patient

safety concerns and using tools such as Learning from Patient Safety Events (https://record.learn-from-patient-safety-events.nhs.uk) to report patient safety errors

Medication reviews - undertaking level 1

medication reviews (technical review of patients medicines without the patient

necessarily being present).

Management and leadership - Leadership in

quality improvement projects such as repeat prescription processes and

development of the technician role within practice.

Repeat prescription management - leading

the process by implementing policies to ensure patient safety measures are met

and medication waste is monitored.

Clinical roles - pharmacy technicians can

be trained on basic clinical assessment (for example manual BP and pulse

checks) and can support the practice team to conduct clinical reviews within

scope of practice for example hypertension and primary prevention clinics.

Carry out housekeeping whilst in patient

records e.g. dose optimisation and medicines synchronisation

Participate in practice meetings, patient

participation groups and other meetings to improvement engagement of the role

of the pharmacy technician and promote issues relevant to prescribing and

medicines optimisation.

Liaise with other pharmacy stakeholders

e.g. ICB Medicines Optimisation Team, Community Pharmacy Teams, Hospital

Pharmacy Teams as needed.

To be responsible for organising their own

workload to meet set deadlines

To undertake and participate in

prescribing audits to facilitate quality improvement and changes in practice

Work with the Clinical Pharmacist team to

ensure that all major MHRA drug alerts, here appropriate and within level of

competence are acted upon within The Cambridge Practice over an appropriate

time-frame to advise on any medication changes that occur as a result

To carry out other duties which are

appropriate to the skills and competencies of the post holder and grade of the

post as the priorities of the service change.

Mentorship and support to Technician Team

and internal trainees and external trainees where needed e.g. pre-registration

Technicians, Trainee Pharmacists.

Personal & Professional Development

Actively participate in any external

training programs required through continued NHS funding

Meet the GPhC CPD requirements for

registration on an annual basis

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

The advertised salary for this pharmacy technician role at The Cambridge Practice is Negotiable (per hour). Typical pharmacy technician pay in Aldershot varies by experience, sector (NHS versus community), and employer; see the PharmSee UK pharmacy salary guide for benchmarks.

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