NhsJobs St Helens

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DUTIES

AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Undertaking patient facing and patient

supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared

decision-making conversations with patients.

• Conduct medicines optimisation tasks, including

searches to support medication reviews, medicines reconciliation from clinic

letters and post hospital discharge medicines reconciliation.

• Effective

medicine administration, 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 prescribers by identifying and referring

eligible patients for Structured Medication Reviews (SMRs), including

completing any required SMR pre-work.

• Supporting medication reviews and medicines

reconciliation for new patients and synchronising medicines for patient

transfers between care settings, linking with local community pharmacists, and

referring to Prescribers for structured medication reviews.

• Providing 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.

• 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.

• Working

with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines

optimisation, including implementing efficient ordering and return

processes and reducing wastage.

• Providing

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

including the implementation of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS).

• Developing 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.

• Supervising

practice reception teams in sorting and streaming general prescription

requests, to allow GPs and Prescribers to review the more clinically

complex requests.

• Processing repeat prescriptions in line with

agreed clinical protocols and supporting with the efficient ordering of

medicines.

• The

role will also require pharmacy technicians to 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. In addition, pharmacy technicians will

assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation incentive schemes (e.g.,

medicines switches) and patient safety audits.

• Pharmacy

technicians will provide leadership for medicines management systems,

supporting the practice 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).

• Identify

patients that are overdue required monitoring and refer to the appropriate

clinicians.

• Ensure

shared care protocols are in place where relevant and ensure the

continuation of safe practice within primary care is maintained.

• Oversee high-risk medication recall processes,

ensuring timely monitoring and compliance.

GENERAL

Maintain

registration with GPhC.

Job description

See supporting document for full job description.

DUTIES

AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Undertaking patient facing and patient

supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared

decision-making conversations with patients.

• Conduct medicines optimisation tasks, including

searches to support medication reviews, medicines reconciliation from clinic

letters and post hospital discharge medicines reconciliation.

• Effective

medicine administration, 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 prescribers by identifying and referring

eligible patients for Structured Medication Reviews (SMRs), including

completing any required SMR pre-work.

• Supporting medication reviews and medicines

reconciliation for new patients and synchronising medicines for patient

transfers between care settings, linking with local community pharmacists, and

referring to Prescribers for structured medication reviews.

• Providing 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.

• 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.

• Working

with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines

optimisation, including implementing efficient ordering and return

processes and reducing wastage.

• Providing

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

including the implementation of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS).

• Developing 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.

• Supervising

practice reception teams in sorting and streaming general prescription

requests, to allow GPs and Prescribers to review the more clinically

complex requests.

• Processing repeat prescriptions in line with

agreed clinical protocols and supporting with the efficient ordering of

medicines.

• The

role will also require pharmacy technicians to 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. In addition, pharmacy technicians will

assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation incentive schemes (e.g.,

medicines switches) and patient safety audits.

• Pharmacy

technicians will provide leadership for medicines management systems,

supporting the practice 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).

• Identify

patients that are overdue required monitoring and refer to the appropriate

clinicians.

• Ensure

shared care protocols are in place where relevant and ensure the

continuation of safe practice within primary care is maintained.

• Oversee high-risk medication recall processes,

ensuring timely monitoring and compliance.

GENERAL

Maintain

registration with GPhC.

What is the salary for this pharmacy technician role in St Helens?

The advertised salary for this pharmacy technician role at One Wight Health Ltd is Negotiable (per hour). Typical pharmacy technician pay in St Helens 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 St Helens?

PharmSee is currently tracking 7 active pharmacy vacancies in St Helens across 11 major UK chains and NHS sources. Browse every open St Helens pharmacy role on PharmSee's jobs search.

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