PCN Pharmacy Technician
| Posting date: | 16 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £28,407.00 to £32,200.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £28407.00 - £32200.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 May 2024 |
| Location: | Coventry, CV1 4JU |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | E0046-24-0020 |
Summary
Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared decision-making conversations with patients. 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. 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. Support the PCN multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation processes are being followed. Implement efficient ordering and return processes and reducing medication wastage. 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 the implementation of national and local prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other primary care settings.