NhsJobs Belper

Clinical

Responsibilities

Pharmacy

Technicians will support patients by:

Undertaking patient facing and patient

supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared

decision-making with patients.

Carrying out medicine 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.

Supporting, 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.

Providing specialist expertise, where

competent, to address both public health & social care needs of patients,

including lifestyle advice, service information, & help in tackling local

health inequalities.

Working with the Clinical Pharmacists to

contribute to the review and development of repeat prescribing protocols /

Standard Operating Procedures to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of

repeat prescribing systems.

Taking a central role in the clinical aspects

of shared care protocols and liaising with specialist pharmacists for more

complex patients.

Supporting initiatives for antimicrobial

stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing.

Assisting in the delivery of medicines

optimisation and management incentive schemes and patient safety/clinical

audits.

Supporting 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 responsibilities

Other

duties and responsibilities to be undertaken may include any or all the items

in the following list:

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, so as 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.

Helping to keep all practice areas tidy and

free from obstructions and clutter.

Helping to maintain a positive, patient

focussed culture.

Helping to maintain a positive, supportive

culture across the whole of the PCN team.

Any

other duties commensurate with this position. Duties will vary from time to

time dependent on current and evolving practice workload and staffing levels.

Patient

services

To provide medication optimisation services to

patients via clinics in the practice, domiciliary visits and in residential and

nursing homes, and to deliver pharmaceutical care plans that maximise

cost-effective prescribing and improve the quality of patient care.

To give advice on the appropriate use of

medicines to PCN clinicians and patients.

To help produce patient information leaflets

and posters to improve medicines awareness when needed.

To prepare evidence-based resources &

information to support the medicine management team & other relevant health

professionals in the implementation of rational cost-effective prescribing.

To help plan, develop and support the

introduction of new working processes within Belper PCN to optimise the quality

of prescribing.

Job description

Clinical

Responsibilities

Pharmacy

Technicians will support patients by:

Undertaking patient facing and patient

supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared

decision-making with patients.

Carrying out medicine 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.

Supporting, 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.

Providing specialist expertise, where

competent, to address both public health & social care needs of patients,

including lifestyle advice, service information, & help in tackling local

health inequalities.

Working with the Clinical Pharmacists to

contribute to the review and development of repeat prescribing protocols /

Standard Operating Procedures to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of

repeat prescribing systems.

Taking a central role in the clinical aspects

of shared care protocols and liaising with specialist pharmacists for more

complex patients.

Supporting initiatives for antimicrobial

stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing.

Assisting in the delivery of medicines

optimisation and management incentive schemes and patient safety/clinical

audits.

Supporting 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 responsibilities

Other

duties and responsibilities to be undertaken may include any or all the items

in the following list:

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, so as 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.

Helping to keep all practice areas tidy and

free from obstructions and clutter.

Helping to maintain a positive, patient

focussed culture.

Helping to maintain a positive, supportive

culture across the whole of the PCN team.

Any

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

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

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