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NHS Jobs; Whitley Bay; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Pharmacy Technician (Primary Care) to support the Practice Manager and lead a pharmacy team within a medicines management hub. The role emphasizes patient safety, staff training, and adherence to clinical governance in a busy primary care setting.

The post holder will work closely with the Clinical Pharmacist and wider multidisciplinary team to optimise medicines reconciliation, repeat prescriptions, and medicines reviews, ensuring a

Job description

Senior Pharmacy Technician (Primary Care)

As Senior Pharmacy Technician, the post-holder will be responsible to the Practice Manager. The post holder will work autonomously in the day-to-day management of the team they manage. The Senior Pharmacy Technician will co- ordinate the CSU medicine hub activities to the extent necessary to ensure the development and maintenance of a high standard of patient care, sound teamwork and close co-operation with the clinical and managerial team. As Senior Pharmacy Technician the post holder will be on site at the medicine hub every day to deal with staffing issues, informal complaints, ensure the workforce are appropriately supported, trained and appraised The post holder will work under the management of the Clinical Pharmacy Service to deliver a comprehensive medicines management hub in a primary care setting to ensure a safe and efficient service is maintained, delivering a range of medicines management activities including medicines reconciliation and repeat prescription requests To liaise with pharmacy staff in all sectors and other healthcare professionals to ensure a patient orientated medicines management service is provided, conducting medicines reviews for patients identified by the wider multidisciplinary team or from other medicines management initiatives. To work closely with the Clinical Pharmacist to adopt a team approach to medicinesmanagement, acting as a key member of the multidisciplinary team and the wider pharmacy team, providing medicines management advice to healthcare professionals, patients and carers. To work with the Clinical Pharmacist to develop and undertake medicines management audits, to support discussion within the practice and agree subsequent actions.