Pharmacy Technician
| Posting date: | 10 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £27,485.00 to £33,487.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £27485.00 - £33487.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 July 2025 |
| Location: | Manor Road, Beverley, HU17 7BZ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A0572-25-0004 |
Summary
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 Structure 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. Assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation and management incentive schemes and patient safety audits. Support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and the wider PCN. This will be achieved through undertaking clinical audits (e.g. use of antibiotics), supporting quality improvement measures and contributing to all appropriate elements of the delivery of the Directed Enhanced Service. 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) (where appropriate) 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 where appropriate. Support the PCN in reviewing and developing relevant policies for CQC requirements. Quality: The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the PCN, and 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 Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs Effectively manage own time, workload and resources Patient Care Communicate effectively and sensitively and use language appropriate to a patient and carer/relatives condition and level of understanding. Effectively use all methods of communication and be aware of and manage barriers to communication. Effectively recognise and manage challenging behaviours, carers and or relatives. Provide information to patients, their carers and/or relatives on behalf of the multidisciplinary team. Supporting Care Delivery Be the point of liaison for service users and interface with all health and social care professionals, including keeping everyone informed and updated. Follow through actions identified by the multi-disciplinary team including arranging tests, referrals, signposting, etc. Follow through with service users and others involved to ensure all services and care arrangements are in place. A large proportion of the role will be undertaken within the care home settings within the PCNs boundary area.