Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Technician

NHS Greater Manchester; Manchester; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Greater Manchester is seeking three motivated Pharmacy Technicians to enhance Medicines Optimisation. These roles will focus on implementing safe and effective prescribing practices across the locality. Candidates will work closely with GP practices and care homes, aiming to improve patient outcomes through quality care and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams. This position offers a dynamic environment with significant community impact.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical assistance in GP practices to implement high-quality, cost-effective changes.
• Act as a medicines optimisation link person for GP practices and care homes.
• Travel across the locality and make evidence-based recommendations.
• Identify and deliver medicines optimisation objectives.
• Support the training of health and social care staff.
• Communicate effectively within multidisciplinary teams.

Job description

About the Role

We are looking for three highly motivated Pharmacy Technicians to improve Medicines Optimisation across Greater Manchester:

• 2 positions in Trafford – 1 with a GP Practice focus and 1 with a care homes focus
• 1 position in Wigan – GP Practice and care homes focus

The post holder will promote and facilitate safe, effective, high‑quality and cost‑effective prescribing and medication management in the base locality and across Greater Manchester.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical assistance in GP practices to implement and maintain high‑quality, cost‑effective changes in prescribing patterns and reduce medicine‑related risks.
• Act as a medicines optimisation link person for specified GP practices and care homes, implementing initiatives in line with primary care and medicines optimisation priorities.
• Support the delivery of the medicines optimisation work plan in GP practices.
• Travel across the locality, review prescribing within GP practices and make evidence‑based recommendations to improve patient outcomes in clinical areas focusing on quality, safety and waste.
• For care‑home‑focused roles, regularly travel to and work on‑site at care homes.
• Liaise with secondary care providers, community pharmacies, care homes and other stakeholders as required to implement medicines optimisation.
• Identify, implement and deliver on medicines optimisation, primary care quality and QIPP objectives.
• Influence and change prescribing habits of prescribers in primary and secondary care.
• Support locality and GM medicines optimisation teams to ensure effective implementation of work programmes, strategies and priorities.
• Develop, implement and complete clinical and non‑clinical audits to support medicines optimisation objectives and improve prescribing quality.
• Provide information, advice and query answering in relation to general medicines management issues in line with national and regional guidance.
• Use prescribing data, knowledge and technology to contribute to the management of the prescribing budget and support a portfolio of medicines optimisation projects, services and initiatives.
• Participate in the training of GP practice staff, community pharmacy staff and other multidisciplinary health and social care professionals, where appropriate.
• Support local authorities to improve and/or assure medicines optimisation within care homes and for patients receiving care at home.
• Provide technical and clinical advice to multidisciplinary teams, including as part of safeguarding investigations.
• Carry out medication optimisation reviews in domiciliary, care home or clinic settings, meeting with vulnerable patients and carers referred by other healthcare or social‑care professionals or identified during audits.
• Communicate effectively within multidisciplinary teams and support and reassure patients when necessary, including having difficult discussions concerning sensitive issues after assessing risk and potential harm associated with medication.
• Work with wider teams and contribute on a multi‑disciplinary and multi‑agency basis to overall health‑care quality improvement and the health inequalities agenda, providing medicines‑related advice to support improved patient care pathways.

Application & Candidate Information

Applications are accepted until the vacancy closes. Applicants not contacted within four weeks of the closing date may assume that their application has been unsuccessful. Successful candidates will be required to complete a satisfactory probationary period.

All prospective employees will have their previous service details requested electronically, and a privacy notice in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will be provided.