Pharmacy Technician

Job description Job responsibilities Our PCN Pharmacy Technician has the following key responsibilities in supporting the delivery of health services to our patients:a) Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use by utilising consultation skills and shared decision-making conversations with patients.b) Processing and coding clinical patient correspondence received upon discharge, ensuring any relevant procedures are completed.c) Conduct medicine optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration, support medication reviews, prescription request processes, medicines reconciliation and synchronisation.d) Promote the safe use of medicines within the repeat prescribing system, limiting waste and maximising the use of the NHS App, Electronic Prescription Service (EPS), electronic repeat dispensing (eRD) and other processes and technologies in place.e) Assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation and managment incentive schemes and patient safety audits.f) Support the safe use of high-risk medicines and the use of medicines as part of the Quality and Outcomes Framework, enhanced services and quality improvement projects.g) Support the implementation of national and local prescribing policies, guidance and protocols applicable to the Practices and PCN, including CQC quality statements that relate to medicines.h) Oversee the storage and management of prescriptions and the practice stock of personally administered items so they are stored, prescribed and claimed appropriately.i) Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing.j) Provide specialist expertise, when competent, to address both the public health and social care needs of patients including lifestyle advice, service information and help in tackling local health inequalities.k) Develop relationships with other Pharmacy Technicians, Pharmacists and members of the multi-disciplinary team to support the integration of the pharmacy team across health and socia care including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care and mental health.l) Contribute to public health campaigns (eg flu clinics) through advice or direct care.m) 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.n) Participating in the management of patient complaints when requested to do so and participate in the identification of any necessary learning brough about through incidents and learning events.There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks. This will be dependent on factors such as workload and staffing levels.