Pharmacy Technician
| Posting date: | 10 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 July 2025 |
| Location: | Lincoln, LN4 4SG |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A4457-25-0001 |
Summary
They will embed into a team of GP's, pharmacists, technicians, practice nurses, occupational therapists, social prescribers and physiotherapists. They will work with supportive colleagues in the network pharmacist team to promote high-quality prescribing and optimise the management of long-term conditions. Main duties of the job This is an evolving job role with huge scope for development as we expand our PCN team further over the years. The post holder will: The post holder will support the PCN clinical pharmacists with the Network DES programme. Liaise with clinicians and administrative staff to resolve medicines-related queries Monitor practice prescribing and adherence to local and national prescribing policies Improve service and quality through mechanisms such as audit The post will also work with patients and their carers to get the best from their medicines, improving repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines. Job responsibilities The post holder will work within their clinical competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide expertise in clinical medicines management, provide face to face structured medication reviews, manage long term conditions, management of medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, manage repeat prescription authorisations and reauthorisation, acute prescription request, while addressing both the public health and social care needs of patients in the GP practice(s) that make up the PCN. The post holder will perform face to face medication review of patients, especially for older people, people in residential care homes and those with multiple co-morbidities. The post holder will provide support on quality improvement and clinical audit and well as managing some aspects of the Quality and Outcomes Framework. This role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so requires motivation and passion to deliver an excellent service within general practice.