ARRS Pharmacy Technician

Job description Job responsibilities The Pharmacy Technician is to undertake the following clinical responsibilities in delivering health services:a. Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effectivemedicines use, through shared decision-making conversations withpatientsb. Conduct medicines optimisation tasks including effective medicineadministration (e.g., checking inhaler technique), support medicationreviews and medicines reconciliation. Where required, utilise consultationskills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use theirmedicines effectively.c. Support, as determined by the PCN, medication reviews and medicinesreconciliation for new care home patients and synchronise medicines forpatient transfers between care settings and linking with local communitypharmacists.d. Provide specialist expertise, where competent, to address both the publichealth and social care needs of patients including lifestyle advice, serviceinformation and help in tackling local health inequalities.e. Maintain a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaise with specialist pharmacists for more complex patients.f. Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriateantibiotic prescribing.g. Assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation and management incentiveschemes and patient safety audits.h. Support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other primary care settings. This will be achieved through undertaking clinical audits (e.g., use of antibiotics), supporting quality improvement measures and contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and the Investment and Impact Fund (IIF) objectives.i. Attend a formal appraisal with your manager at least every 12 months. Once a performance/training objective has been set, progress will be reviewed on a regular basis so that new objectives can be agreedj. Contribute to public health campaigns through advice or direct care.

k. Maintain a clean, tidy, effective working area at all times.