Pharmacy Technician

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	05 Medi 2025
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	Negotiable
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	19 Medi 2025
Lleoliad:	Sheffield, S20 6PD
Cwmni:	NHS Jobs
Math o swydd:	Cytundeb
Cyfeirnod swydd:	A1445-25-0000

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Job Description Pharmacy Technician Accountable toLead Clinical Pharmacist Reports toSenior Pharmacy Technician LocationThe Thorpe Practice Hours30 32 hours per week Salary(Depending on experience) Type of contractFixed Term Until March 2027 Purpose of the role The post holder will work within their clinical competencies as part of a multi-disciplinary team to support to deliver management of medicines on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing, clinical medicines management, technical medication reviews and other aspects of medication review and long-term condition review and management of repeat prescription authorisations and reauthorisations within their scope of competence. The post holder will help patients to get the best from their medicines by supporting the delivery of clinical pharmacy services such as reconciling medication changes at transfer of care, monitoring and reviewing medication risk-stratification tools, dealing with patient and healthcare-related queries, improving repeat prescribing processes and online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines. In addition, they will support the Practice by reviewing medicines and medical conditions, either through supervision or robust protocols, such as counselling patients on medication. In addition, the post holder will be responsible for encouraging the development of better understanding of the principles of medicines optimisation and promoting good practice in line with therapeutic developments. This will involve assisting the PCN in achieving national requirements and implementing local and national guidelines and initiatives. Key duties and responsibilities 1. Medicines support in response to tasks or other workflows methods, stratifying and triaging the need for technical reviews, medicines adherence reviews (including polypharmacy reviews), focal long-term condition/clinical reviews (see section 3) or holistic long-term condition/clinical reviews (structured medication reviews). Provide support for patients with questions, queries, and concerns about their medicines. 2. Support with the daily management of the medication query list, involving checking out of stock medicines, reviewing medication review dates and book bloods, BPs and medication reviews as appropriate, setting up NOMADS and advising patients and community pharmacies on medications queries. 3. Management of medicines at discharge from hospital and clinics. Reconcile medicines following discharge and/or hospital attendances, intermediate care and Care Home, including identifying and rectifying unexplained changes and working with patients and community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need post discharge. With the supervision of a Senior Pharmacy Technician and Clinical Pharmacist, set up and manage systems to ensure continuity of medicines supply to high-risk groups of patients (eg, those with medicine compliance aids). 4. Order routine bloods on ICE for blood monitoring in line with the Standard Operating Procedure. 5. Medicine information to practice staff and patients. Answers relevant medicine-related enquiries from GPs, other network staff, other healthcare teams (eg, community pharmacy) and patients with queries about medicines. Suggesting and recommending solutions, seeking support from a clinical pharmacist where needed. Providing follow up for patients to monitor the effect of any changes. 6. Signposting - Ensure that patients are referred to the appropriate healthcare professional for the appropriate level of care within an appropriate time period e.g., pathology results, common/minor ailments, acute conditions, long term condition reviews etc. 7. Repeat prescribing - Manage the repeat prescribing reauthorisation process by reviewing patient requests for repeat prescriptions and reviewing medicines reaching review dates and flagging up those needing a review. Ensure patients have appropriate monitoring tests in place when required. 8. Service development - Contribute technical pharmaceutical advice for the development and implementation of new services that have medicinal components (e.g., advice on treatment pathways and patient information leaflets). 9. Information management- Analyse, interpret and present medicines data to highlight issues and risks to support decision making. 10. Medicines quality improvement - Undertake clinical audits of prescribing in areas directed by the GPs and the PCN team, feedback the results and implement changes in conjunction with the relevant practice team, and with the supervision and support of a clinical pharmacist as necessary. 11. Medicines safety - Implement changes to medicines that result from MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local and national guidance, with the supervision and support of a clinical pharmacist as necessary. 12. Implementation of local and national guidelines and formulary recommendations. With the supervision of a clinical pharmacist, monitor practice prescribing against the local health economys RAG list and make recommendations to GPs for medicines that should be prescribed by hospital doctors (red drugs) or subject to shared care (amber drugs). Assist practices in seeing and maintaining a practice formulary that is hosted on each practices computer system. Auditing practices compliance against NICE technology assessment guidance. Provide newsletters or bulletins on important prescribing messages. 13. Care Quality Commission - Work with The Thorpe Practice team to ensure the practices are compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved 14. Public health - Support public health campaign. 15. Collaborative working arrangements - As part of an integrated pharmacy team, foster and maintain collaborative working relationships with practice teams, ICB colleagues including medicines management pharmacy professionals, the aging well team and social prescribing team, and all other relevant services across the PCN and other stakeholders as needed for the collective benefit the practice and its patients. Professional development Work with your line manager to undertake continual personal and professional development, taking an active part in reviewing and developing the role and responsibilities. Adhere to organisational policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance, and health and safety. Work closely with Senior Pharmacy Technician and Clinical Pharmacist to access regular clinical supervision, to enable you to deal effectively with the difficult issues that people present. Review yearly progress and develop clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by others. Participate in the delivery of formal education programs. Demonstrate an understanding of current educational policies relevant to working areas of practice and keep up to date with relevant clinical practice. Health and Safety/Risk Management Always comply with the Health and Safety policies, in particular following safe working procedures and reporting incidents using the organisation's Incident Reporting Systems Equality and Diversity The post-holder must co-operate with all policies and procedures designed to ensure equality of employment. Co-workers, patients, and visitors must be treated equally irrespective of gender, ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion etc. Respect for Patient Confidentiality The post-holder should always respect patients confidentiality and not divulge patient information unless sanctioned by the requirements of the role. Comply with the UK GDPR (2021), Data Protection Act (2018) and the Access to Health Records Act (1990). Miscellaneous The post holder is required to travel independently between work sites and to attend meetings etc. Work as part of the team to seek feedback, continually improve the service and contribute to business planning. Undertake any tasks consistent with the level of the post and the scope of the role, ensuring that work is delivered in a timely and effective manner. Duties may vary from time to time, without changing the general character of the post or the level of responsibility