Pharmacy Technician - Marshalls PCN

Healthbridge Direct Limited; Romford; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Healthbridge Direct Limited is seeking a Clinical Pharmacist to join the Marshalls PCN team in Redbridge. The role focuses on safe repeat prescribing, medicines optimisation and improving patient outcomes across four PCNs.

You will contribute to quality improvement, audits and practice training, while working with GPs and the wider MDT to support clinical targets and cost-effective prescribing.

Qualifications

• Undertake medicines reconciliation in accordance with practice protocols and update patient records.
• Provide prescribing changes to support safety, quality and cost effectiveness.
• Participate in medication audits and quality improvement projects.
• Assist in monitoring prescribing budgets with medicines management teams.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of safe, effective and efficient systems for repeat prescribing and medicines optimisation.
• Respond to medication queries from patients and staff in line with practice protocols.
• Signpost patients to relevant community services and coordinate workload to meet deadlines.
• Be part of a team delivering enhanced pharmacy administration across the PCN.

Skills

Medicines reconciliation

Prescribing advice

Medicines optimisation

Audits & quality improvement

Budget management

MDT collaboration

Training & development

Job description

Working as part of Marshalls PCN to support the Clinical Pharmacist team to help on the delivery of safe, effective and efficient systems for repeat prescribing, medicines optimisation, reducing medicines waste and maximising patient outcomes. The role will also include training and development to support the wider MDT team improving co-ordination and effective pharmacy administration within general practice.,

• Undertake medicines reconciliation in accordance with practice protocols and to update patients medical records - prescribing accordingly.
• Support the achievement of the prescribing Quality & Outcomes Framework targets and other clinical targets
• Provide advice to GPs, staff and patients in changes to prescribing to support the improvement of prescribing safety, quality and cost effectiveness.
• Participate in medication audits.
• Assist in the appropriate monitoring and management of prescribing budgets and to liaise with the medicines management team in the local ICB.
• Aid in any Quality Improvement (QI) projects that are appropriate.
• Respond to medication queries from patients and staff in a professional manner referring to the appropriate clinician in accordance with practice protocols.
• Initiating contact with and responding to requests from patients, other team members and associated healthcare professionals and providers.
• Assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation and management incentive schemes and patient safety audits.
• Be responsible for the organisation, planning and of own workload to meet set deadlines.
• Taking messages and passing on information as appropriate.
• Signposting patients to the relevant community services
• Computer data entry/data allocation and collation, processing and recording information in accordance with practice procedures.
• Any other duties that may help the PCN and PCN Pharmacy team in their workload.

Our mission in Redbridge is to strengthen, develop and support local general practice, to enable the delivery of high-quality care to local people. We are in the very fortunate position where 4 of the Primary Care Networks (PCNs) in Redbridge are working together as part of the Redbridge-wide GP federation Healthbridge Direct. This means we are able to build strong clinical teams within and across the PCNs. We are now at the very start of an exciting journey of building a team of over 100 additional clinical roles to support and enable the delivery of services within each of our 4 PCNs. We are building teams within and across the PCNs to enable peer support and team working both within and across professions. We have a unique opportunity in Redbridge to create something special and we want you to be part of it. We have the infrastructure, the relationships and the potential to create a team that will make a significant difference to GP practices, to outcomes for local populations, and to individual lives for patients across Redbridge.