Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician

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Job summary

A healthcare organization in North East England is looking for a Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician. The role involves providing technical support to clinicians, conducting audits for patient safety, and ensuring effective medicine use through patient interactions. Ideal candidates will have experience in healthcare settings and a commitment to patient care. This position offers a unique opportunity to learn and grow within a supportive team.

Qualifications

• Experience in patient-facing roles and supporting medication use.
• Knowledge of medication optimization and administration.
• Ability to conduct patient safety audits.

Responsibilities

• Undertake patient facing and supporting roles for effective medicine use.
• Conduct medicine optimisation tasks.
• Assist in delivering medicines optimisation projects and quality audits.

Job description

Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician

The post holder is a Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician (PTPT) and is an integral part of the general practice team, working within their professional boundaries. This role will work under the supervision of the GP Partners and Pharmacy team to ensure the safe, accurate and timely supply of prescribed medication to patients. They will provide technical and administrative support to the clinicians. The PTPT will support the organisations clinical teams with queries regarding medication from patients. The PTPT will complete audits regarding patient safety in the prescribing of medication and present the information for sharing with the clinical team. The PTPT is to assume the following key responsibilities in delivering health services. a. Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use through shared decision-making conversations with patients b. Conduct medicine optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration (e.g., checking inhaler technique), support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation. When required, utilise consultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively c. Support, as determined by the organisation, medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and synchronise medicines for patient transfers between care settings and linking with local community pharmacists d. Provide specialist expertise, when competent, to address both the public health and social care needs of patients including lifestyle advice, service information and help in tackling local health inequalities e. Maintain a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaise with specialist pharmacists for more complex patients f. Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing g. Assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation and management incentive schemes and patient safety audits h. Support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other primary care settings. This will be achieved through undertaking clinical audits (e.g., use of antibiotics), supporting quality improvement measures and contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services