Pharmacy Technician

To work with our Clinical Pharmacists to ensure patients are managing their medication safely and support the safe, accurate and timely prescribing of medication.

Provide technical and administrative support to the Clinical Pharmacists and Clinicians.

Support the Primary care team with audits, guidance and respond to queries around medication from patients, their carers, and other health professionals.

role of the Clinical Pharmacists in the delivery of clinical pharmacy

services.

medicines improvement work to maximise safe, cost-effective best practice

in prescribing under the supervision of the GP or Clinical Pharmacist.

medication safety monitoring systems (e.g. high-risk drugs).

clinicians and administrative staff to resolve medicine-related queries.

practice prescribing and local and national prescribing policies.

service and quality through mechanisms such as audits.

Clinical Pharmacists in Structured Medication Reviews (e.g. organise

necessary monitoring tests before SMR).

medicine reconciliation of patients whose care is transferred back into

primary care in a timely and effective manner liaising with patients and

other providers to ensure patients receive appropriate medication post

discharge.

medicines optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration,

supporting medication reviews and medicines reconciliation on transfer of

care.

Clinical Pharmacists with any searches, data collection, medicine safety

tasks.

uptake of Electronic Repeat Dispensing and the use of the Electronic

Prescription Service.

changes to medication that result from CAS/MHRA alerts, product withdrawal

and other local/national guidance.

relationships and work closely with community, hospital and pharmacy

colleagues and the wider health system.

practice meetings, patient participation groups and other local meetings

to improve engagement with the role of pharmacy technician.

Bridge Surgery is a very friendly, supportive, well organised GMS training practice with:

Qualifications

Experience

Desirable: - Minimum of 2 years post qualification