Psicodigitale LTD

Job Context and Summary: Clinical Pharmacy in General Practice is part of an exciting programme of transformation to develop a new model of care which addresses our ambition to deliver person-centered, coordinated care in our Practices. The Clinical Pharmacy in General Practice model is supported by the direction of national policy including the Five Year Forward View and GP Forward View where there is a need to better utilise the role of pharmacy within primary care to pro-actively help patients stay safe and well and out of hospital as well as helping to reduce the demands on general practice. Pharmacy technicians play an important role, complementing clinical pharmacists, community pharmacists and other members of the PCN multi-disciplinary team. Pharmacy technicians are different to clinical pharmacists as they are not able to prescribe or make clinical decisions, instead working under supervision to ensure effective and efficient use of medicines. The purpose of the role is to lead improvements to maximise safe, cost effective best practice in prescribing to improve the quality of patient care. The post holder will help patients to get the best from their medicines by switching medications to agreed and approved protocols, improving repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines. In addition, the post holder will be responsible for encouraging the development of better understanding of the principles of medicines optimisation throughout the practice teams and promoting good practice in line with therapeutic developments. This will involve assisting the PCN in achieving national requirements, NICE implementation and utilisation of medicines optimisation initiatives. Job Specific responsibilities- Clinical: • To develop and maintain medicines related communication to all Practice staff, • To assist with the development and review of medicine audits, • Provide a contact for patients and colleagues with medication queries., • Liaise with Clinicians and staff to resolve prescribing queries Technical and Administrative: • To adhere to strict confidentiality policies at all times. Person specification: Qualifications and Experience Essential : • Professional registration with GPhC., • BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences., • Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy. Desirable: • Evidence of continued professional development (CPD).