Pharmacy Technician Proactive care and Frailty.

NHS Jobs; Shepton Mallet; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A national health service provider in England is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to enhance medication use and support patient health. You'll be responsible for conducting medication optimisation tasks, assisting with public health needs, and collaborating with local pharmacists. Ideal candidates will have a relevant pharmacy qualification and experience in patient care. This role is crucial for improving medication safety and patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in medication administration and patient care.
• Ability to perform medication reviews and reconciliation.
• Understanding of public health and lifestyle advice.

Responsibilities

• Undertake patient-facing roles for effective medication use.
• Perform medication optimisation and reviews.
• Maintain clinical aspects of shared care protocols.

Skills

Patient-facing support

Medication optimisation

Consultation skills

Public health expertise

Antimicrobial stewardship

Education

Relevant pharmacy qualification

Job description

Pharmacy Technician Proactive Care and Frailty

The Pharmacy Technician is responsible for the following key duties in delivering health services:

1. Undertake patient-facing and supporting roles to ensure effective medication use through shared decision-making conversations with patients.
2. Perform medication optimisation tasks, including effective medication administration (e.g., checking inhaler technique), supporting medication reviews, and medicines reconciliation.
3. Utilise consultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively, as required.
4. Support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and synchronise medicines during patient transfers between care settings, liaising with local community pharmacists.
5. Provide specialist expertise, when competent, to address public health and social care needs, including lifestyle advice, service information, and tackling local health inequalities.
6. Maintain a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaise with specialist pharmacists for complex cases.
7. Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing.
8. Assist in delivering medicines optimisation and management incentive schemes and conduct patient safety audits.

Please refer to the attached job description for further information.