Pharmacy Technician

Job description Job responsibilities The Pharmacy technician will work as part of the multidisciplinary general practice team to support safe,effective and efficient medicines optimisations. You will play a vital role in improving patient safety,supporting prescribing quality and ensuring robust medicines governance systems are in place within the practice.Medicines optimisation - Support safe and efficient repeat prescribing processes and ensure accurate processing of prescription requests with queries from different sourcesAssist with medication queries from patients,care homes,community pharmacies and prescribers and forward recommendations for alternatives.Carry out medicines reconciliation for discharge letters,outpatient letters and new patient registrations.Identify and resolve discrepancies and liaise closely with pharmacists and GP'sPromote medicines synchronisation and encourage patient adherenceSupport the implementation of local and national prescribing initiatives,including performing medication switches as directed by prescribers or pharmacistsMedicines Governance - maintain MHRA alerts and high risk drug monitoring recordsSupport safe prescribing and monitoring of high risk medicines and support the recall of patients where needed in accordance with local SOP'sEducation, training and supervision - Undertake the CPPE ( Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway), if not already completed.Provide training and guidance to non clinical staff as needed, to support prescription processes within the practiceQuality Improvement - Lead or contribute to audits and quality improvement related safe and effective prescribing of medicines,using EMIS our clinical system.Analyse prescribing data and share the learning with the wider teamPatient facing activities - Manage medication related queries and escalate appropriatelyProvide advice and information to patients on safe medicines useSupport patient education, adherence and self care and promote patient self managementProfessional and Organisational - Maintain GPhC registrationAdhere to Practice policies,clinical governance frameworks and safeguarding proceduresDevelop and maintain effective relationships within the team and also with local stakeholders eg, ICB team, community pharmacists and hospital pharmacy teamsEngage in continuous professional development and attend clinical and educational meetngs within the practice.