NhsJobs Hassocks

Clinical:

• 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

• As determined by the PCN, support medication

reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and

synchronising medicines for patient transfers between care settings, linking

with local community pharmacies

• Support the Clinical Pharmacist in Structure

Medication Reviews (SMR) i.e. organise necessary monitoring tests prior to SMR

• Provide expertise to address both the public

health and social care needs of patients, including lifestyle advice, service

information, and help in tackling local health inequalities

• Manage shared care protocols and liaise with

Clinical Pharmacists for more complex patients

• Support initiatives for antimicrobial

stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing locally

Technical and

Administrative:

• Support the PCN multi-disciplinary team to

ensure efficient medicines optimisation processes are being followed

• Support medications reconciliation for

patients when they are discharged from hospital

• Implement efficient ordering and return

processes and reducing medication wastage

• Provide training and support on the legal,

safe and secure handling of medicines, including the implementation of the

Electronic Prescription Service (EPS)

• Promotion of Electronic Repeat Dispensing

(eRD) and online ordering

• Develop relationships with other pharmacy

professionals and members of the multidisciplinary team to support integration

across health and social care including primary care, community pharmacy,

secondary care and mental health

• Support practice reception teams in streaming

general prescription requests, so as to allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to

review the more clinically complex requests

• Support the implementation of national

prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other

primary care settings

• Support the PCN to deliver on QIPP agenda,

QOF and locally commissioned enhanced services

• Support the PCN in reviewing and developing

practice policies for CQC requirements

Benefits

• Generous annual leave allowance

• Access to NHS pension

• Bespoke training programme

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Enhanced maternity pay

• NHS discounts

• Leadership Development Programme

• Salary sacrifice schemes technology and

electric vehicle

• Opportunities for secondments

Study Leave/Training

There are opportunities for a study leave allowance.

Supervision

Regular supervisions on a one-to-one basis including an

annual formal appraisal are held with a line manager. If you are in a

patient-facing role, you will also receive regular Clinical Supervisions with a

Clinical Supervisor.

Induction Programme

You will receive an in-depth induction programme and will be

invited to a face-to-face induction day within your first week to give you

relevant information about the organisation and your job role.

Please see the full job description for further information.

Job description

Clinical:

• 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

• As determined by the PCN, support medication

reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and

synchronising medicines for patient transfers between care settings, linking

with local community pharmacies

• Support the Clinical Pharmacist in Structure

Medication Reviews (SMR) i.e. organise necessary monitoring tests prior to SMR

• Provide expertise to address both the public

health and social care needs of patients, including lifestyle advice, service

information, and help in tackling local health inequalities

• Manage shared care protocols and liaise with

Clinical Pharmacists for more complex patients

• Support initiatives for antimicrobial

stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing locally

Technical and

Administrative:

• Support the PCN multi-disciplinary team to

ensure efficient medicines optimisation processes are being followed

• Support medications reconciliation for

patients when they are discharged from hospital

• Implement efficient ordering and return

processes and reducing medication wastage

• Provide training and support on the legal,

safe and secure handling of medicines, including the implementation of the

Electronic Prescription Service (EPS)

• Promotion of Electronic Repeat Dispensing

(eRD) and online ordering

• Develop relationships with other pharmacy

professionals and members of the multidisciplinary team to support integration

across health and social care including primary care, community pharmacy,

secondary care and mental health

• Support practice reception teams in streaming

general prescription requests, so as to allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to

review the more clinically complex requests

• Support the implementation of national

prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other

primary care settings

• Support the PCN to deliver on QIPP agenda,

QOF and locally commissioned enhanced services

• Support the PCN in reviewing and developing

practice policies for CQC requirements

Benefits

• Generous annual leave allowance

• Access to NHS pension

• Bespoke training programme

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Enhanced maternity pay

• NHS discounts

• Leadership Development Programme

• Salary sacrifice schemes technology and

electric vehicle

• Opportunities for secondments

Study Leave/Training

There are opportunities for a study leave allowance.

Supervision

Regular supervisions on a one-to-one basis including an

annual formal appraisal are held with a line manager. If you are in a

patient-facing role, you will also receive regular Clinical Supervisions with a

Clinical Supervisor.

Induction Programme

You will receive an in-depth induction programme and will be

invited to a face-to-face induction day within your first week to give you

relevant information about the organisation and your job role.

Please see the full job description for further information.

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

The advertised salary for this pharmacy technician role at Alliance for Better Care CIC is £27496.89 to £34188.93 p.a.. Typical pharmacy technician pay in Hassocks varies by experience, sector (NHS versus community), and employer; see the PharmSee UK pharmacy salary guide for benchmarks.

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