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Pharmacy Technician Central Sutton PCN

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	08 Mai 2025
Cyflog:	£35,000.00 i £38,000.00 bob blwyddyn
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£35000.00 - £38000.00 a year
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	02 Mehefin 2025
Lleoliad:	Sutton, SM1 4DP
Cwmni:	NHS Jobs
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	A2700-25-0023

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Key duties and responsibilities 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 Structured 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. 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 multi-disciplinary 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 Supporting quality improvement measures and contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services; Support the PCN in reviewing and developing practice policies for CQC requirements Confidentiality In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential. Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data Health & Safety The post-holder will implement and lead a full range of promotion and management of their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice Health & Safety policy, the practice Health & Safety manual, and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to): Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines Correct use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Use and monitoring of the correct use of Standard Operating Procedures for cleaning and infection control Responsibility for correct hand hygiene of self and others Ownership of infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, and implementation of those protocols within the team Active observation of current working practices across the team in relation to infection control, cleanliness and related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed and weaknesses / training needs are identified, escalating issues as appropriate Identification of the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient process Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others across the full range of infection control and patient processes Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in relation to infection control, ensuring that provision of hand-cleansing facilities, wipes etc. are sufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment. Lack of facilities to be escalated as appropriate. Safe management of sharps procedures, including training, use, storage and disposal Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible management Actively identifying, reporting, and correcting health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, sterile, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with other sector managers Undertaking periodic infection control training as directed Routine management of own team / team areas, and maintenance of work space standards Waste management, including collection, handling, segregation, container management, storage and collection Spillage control procedures, management and training Decontamination control procedures, management and training, and equipment maintenance Maintenance of sterile environments Correct cleaning of equipment used for near patient testing, such as blood glucose monitoring equipment and smokelysers, using the manufacturers instructions as appropriate Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Personal/Professional development The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice/PCN as part of this employment, with such training to include but not limited to: Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work Adhere to organisational policies and procedures, including all necessary mandatory training Contribution to the Implementation of Services The post-holder will: Apply practice policies, standards and guidance when on site Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work Participate in audit where appropriate and asked to do so Special working conditions The post-holder will: be required to travel independently between work sites/surgeries and to attend meetings etc hosted by other agencies. Probably have contact with body fluids, i.e. urine etc while in clinical practice. Need to be able to work remotely and access all required information in relation to the work needs Flexibility This job description is not intended to be exhaustive. The post-holder will be expected to adopt a flexible attitude towards the duties outlined which may be subject to amendment at any time in consultation with the post-holder and in line with the needs of the organisations in which it works. The post holder may be required to fulfil other duties, as agreed with the PCN CDs, Business Manager, Partners and/or Practice Managers. Team working Assist in the supervision of other staff or learners where appropriate. Work with the PCN member practice teams to ensure delivery of services and programmes. Actively engage in the performance cycle to identify training and support requirements. Equality and diversity The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of all those around them and to include: Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies and current legislation. Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, other staff and colleagues. Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights. Quality & governance The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the PCNs and practices will: Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision Work effectively with individuals in other organisations Effectively manage own time, workload and resources Follow all available policies and procedures