Pharmacy Technician

To provide specialist pharmaceutical technical services,

professional advice and direct support to Practice GPs, Nurses, Pharmacists,

To liaise with patients, clinical and non-clinical staff,

practice, hospital and community pharmacists and patient's carers to improve

the pharmaceutical care of patients.

To develop the role of the Practice Pharmacy Technician to

maximise support to all Clinical and Non-clinical practice staff to improve

patient care in relation to all aspects of medicines and their impact

To provide professional specialist medicines advice to

GPs, Nurse Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Community Pharmacists, Community

Nurses, and other health professionals to promote the safe, effective, and

high-quality, cost-effective use of medicines in all prescribing decisions for

the benefit of the Practice's patients

To act as a Technical Pharmacy Advisor to Practice

Clinicians across Sound Primary Care Network (PCN).

To advise Practice Management and other non-clinical staff

concerning administrative aspects of medicines management as appropriate

To optimise medicine management, resolve queries where

possible and produce prescriptions for clinical review and signature

To work within own competencies as a Pharmacy Technician and

ensure that registration and CPD (Continuing Professional Development) is kept

up to date.

To address the following areas without the need to consult

a GP/Clinical Pharmacist in each case (although clinical support and advice

1.Update regime review dates when conducting level 1 and 2

medication reviews

2.Medicine reconciliation of discharge summaries and other

clinical documents.

3.Optimisation of repeat medication, cost effective

switching, commencing repeat dispensing and synchronisation of medication

4.Ordering of required monitoring i.e., blood tests, blood

pressure, height, weight etc. for medicine/condition monitoring.

5.Addition/removal of medication for Nursing Home patients

under GP/Pharmacist Prescriber guidance

requests for the practice population

7.Co-ordinate medical device prescription requests,

including requests for catheters, nutritional supplements/feeds, and stoma care

products.

8.Work alongside colleagues or independently to deliver

project work relating to medicine optimisation, an example of this may be

deprescribing Gabapentanoids or Bisphosphonate reviews

9.When requested by a clinician to be able to have

appropriate conversations with patients and initiate medications such as

statins, Vitamin D, Folic Acid, iron supplements etc as per PCN protocols.

To work in conjunction with the nominated Clinicians who

support Nursing Homes in the area

Provide independent information to patients regarding

medicines and prescribing changes, initiating further support from other

healthcare professionals where appropriate

Analyse Practice prescription data to produce reports as

requested

Participate in review and setting of policies relating to

medicines management and prescribing

Implement initiatives to reduce waste of prescribed

medicines

Support the PCN to deliver on QIPP agenda, QOF, DMOS (Devon Medicines Optimisation Scheme) and

other locally commissioned enhanced services

Support and influence the Practice Clinical, Management

and Administrative Teams to implement procedural and service changes relating

to prescribing to ensure best practice is adopted in accordance with local

guidelines, legislation, directives, and safety updates e.g., NICE, MRHA etc.

Any successful candidate will be required to enrol and

complete a 15-month pathway with the CPPE (Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate

Education) which will require learning and development in their own time in

addition to some protected study time during working hours.

Sound Primary Care Network provides proactive and

coordinated care across the local population of approximately 42,000 patients.

We have a strong focus on health promotion and personalised care, supporting

patients to make informed decisions about their health and social care. We are

a dynamic, friendly, and supportive PCN with much experience in training GPs

and other healthcare professionals. Sound PCN have been early adopters of new

models of NHS (National Health Service) care, utilising the diverse skill mix

offered by physiotherapists, paramedics, nurse practitioners, social

prescribers, pharmacy technicians and care co-ordinators.

Qualifications

Essential: - NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services or Equivalent Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPHC)

Clinical System

Desirable: - Experience using SYSTEM ONE clinical system.

Experience

Desirable: - Experience working for a primary care network or working in a primary care setting.