GP Pharmacy Team - Prescription Technician
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 22 Awst 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £12.21 i £13.00 yr awr |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £12.21 - £13.00 an hour |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 31 Hydref 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | London, W13 8ER |
| Cwmni: | NHS Jobs |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | A5932-25-0000 |
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Responsibilities in General Practice: Respond to prescription requests from community patients, care home staff, pharmacy staff and GPs, processing them within 48 hours for routine prescriptions. Process monthly prescriptions, checking for changes and adherence/over-ordering issues. Use practice and CCG templates to record near patient monitoring for high risk drugs. Identify blood tests, recalls and reviews using established protocols and forward these to the appropriate clinician. Support and respond to medicines related queries from medical and nursing colleagues and from patients and relatives both face to face, via phone or via email. Queries can include issues with interactions or ADRs, availability of stock, swallowing difficulties, cost-effectiveness, urgent requests or extra supplies. Review hospital discharge notifications and reconcile medication against current repeats, flagging up and help with correcting discrepancies. Promote safe use of medication, reporting of medicines related incidents and pro-actively preventing safeguarding incidents. Use knowledge of GP computer prescribing systems and community pharmacy dispensing systems to advise on solving problems related to prescribing/dispensing and other areas to develop the skills of practice and pharmacy staff. Support the review of care home procedures, making recommendations for potential improvements. Observe the principles of clinical governance when following policies, protocols, guidelines, SOPs and procedures. Support practice prescribing budgets by on-going monitoring, audit and analysis of drug use and support practices in reviewing, developing and enhancing cost-effective prescribing. This includes staying aware of latest QIPP and other cost targets. Help review medication with the pharmacists and make recommendations for prescribing changes to improve outcome and ensure prescribing of the most cost effective product. A full job description is attached.