Project lead MO pharmacy technician (Secondary care)
| Posting date: | 09 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | £37,338.00 to £44,962.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £37338.00 - £44962.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 May 2025 |
| Location: | Manchester, M1 6EU |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | I9236-25-0039 |
Summary
Communicate complex and sensitive financial information to prescribers and other stakeholders about their performance against budgets, standards and targets. Communicate complex & sensitive, sometimes contentious, informationrelating to prescribers patterns of prescribing in a manner that is clear, factualbut tactful. Provide complex clinical advice & guidance to prescribers to facilitate clinicaldiscussions such as red/amber/green medications, drugs of low clinical value,antibiotic resistance and management of shared care protocols. Facilitate and lead meetings including where contentious information is to bediscussed such as highlighting areas of prescribing concern to teams outsideof own profession Responsible for preparation of correspondence and complex papers (forexample creating & implementing a new clinical pathway), reports and auditsas directed by line managers Demonstrate advanced computer skills using a range of Microsoft (MS)applications, including but not exclusive to Word, Excel, Outlook, MS Teamsand PowerPoint Regular use of advanced analyses and/or comparison skills to review clinicaland financial data in order to develop action plans for individual GP practices,PCNs and locality. Update, maintain, organise, gather and analyse information to predict/meetfuture organisational targets and needs by identifying best professionalpractice. Undertake complex and detailed information analysis employing advancedexpertise using Business Intelligence (BI) portals such as ePACT2, GMTableau etcto generate prescribing information, in order to performprescribing audits, identify habits and trends in prescribing; using informationgathered to monitor prescribers progress, provide feedback Contribute to strategic planning for the next financial year for locality. For e.g.plans to meet GM QIPP & AMR targets, adjustments as necessary. Respond to unplanned queries and requests for support from external teamsvia team generic email which may require frequent reprioritisation of workloadin order to respond following an assessment of urgency. Provide specialist advice to patients, carers, colleagues and other healthcareprofessionals including GPs on a range of specialist subjects including but notlimited to; covert medication, best interest decision making, administration viaPEG, contraception during treatment with antiepileptics, addiction and risks oflong-term opioid use, palliative care medication etc To identify and address issues to support the overall agenda of the MedicinesOptimisation and Primary Care Teams to enable implementation of change inGP practices, including development and revision of Standard OperatingProcedures (SOPs), patient information leaflets and template letters to supportand inform patients affected by the changes across locality. To plan, organise, develop, implement and support the introduction ofstrategies promoting the efficient and effective use of medicines including theMO teams medicines management strategy e.g. e.g. supporting the designand implementation of medication and clinical pathways. To audit guidelines and produce recommendations forimprovement/compliance.