Pharmacy Technician

Pharmacy Technician must have the following qualifications:

a. is registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC);

b. meets the specific qualification and training requirements as specified by the GPhC criteria82 to register as a Pharmacy Technician.

Pharmacy technicians play an important role, complementing clinical pharmacists, community pharmacists and other members of the surgery team. Pharmacy technicians’ core role responsibilities will cover clinical, and technical and administrative categories.

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, Carry out medicines optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration (e.g. checking inhaler technique), supporting medication reviews and medicines reconciliation, Where required.

You will also manage shared care protocols and liaise with other team members for more complex patients.

Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing locally. Provide training and support on the legal, safe and secure handling of medicines, including the implementation of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS). Promotion of Electronic Repeat Dispensing (ERD) and online ordering Develop relationships with other pharmacy professionals and members of the multidisciplinary team to support integration across health and social care including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care and mental health.

Also supporting practice reception teams in streaming general prescription requests, so as to allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests. Support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other primary care settings.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From £15.45 per hour

Expected hours: 37.5 per week

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Employee discount
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• This is an on site vacancy based at Sydenham House Medical Centre, Ashford Kent

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From £15.45 per hour

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Employee discount
• On-site parking

Work Location: In person