1,872
Pharmacology jobs in United Kingdom
Primary Care Network - Pharmacy Technician
Gateshead Inner West Primary Care Network
Gateshead
On-site
GBP 40,000 - 60,000
27 days ago
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Band 7 Senior Pharmacist- Pharmacy Production
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Chipping Barnet
On-site
GBP 38,000 - 58,000
27 days ago
Join Our Team as a Pharmacy Technician at St Luke’s Primary Care Centre
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Northampton
On-site
GBP 25,000 - 35,000
27 days ago
Pharmacy Technician – Coverage Determination Analyst
ITAC Solutions
Birmingham
Remote
GBP 40,000 - 60,000
27 days ago
Pharmacy Dispenser Opportunity at HMP Wealstun: Make a Difference Every Day- Apply now
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Wetherby
On-site
GBP 23,000 - 28,000
29 days ago
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North Bristol NHS
Bristol
On-site
GBP 20,000 - 24,000
29 days ago
Senior Pharmacy Technician Rotational and Medicines Administration.
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Ashton-under-Lyne
On-site
GBP 30,000 - 36,000
29 days ago
Deputy Lead Pharmacy Technician Dispensary Services
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Liverpool
On-site
GBP 30,000 - 40,000
29 days ago
Pharmacy Stores Assistant | The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Manchester
On-site
GBP 22,000 - 28,000
29 days ago
Deputy Pharmacy Manager Position at CS UK Recruitment Ltd- Apply now
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Maidstone
On-site
GBP 48,000 - 50,000
29 days ago
Pharmacy Technician Position at NHS Jobs-Apply now
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Stafford
On-site
GBP 25,000 - 30,000
29 days ago
Pharmacy Technician Opportunity at NHS Jobs, Norwich- Apply now
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Norwich
On-site
GBP 28,000 - 32,000
29 days ago
Pharmacy Technician Opportunity at HMP Oakwood- Apply now
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Purston Jaglin
On-site
GBP 30,000 - 37,000
29 days ago
Pharmacist Opportunity at Wellbeing Pharmacy (United Kingdom) Limited
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Dereham
On-site
GBP 35,000 - 45,000
29 days ago
Job Opening: Pharmacy Technician- Apply now
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Wakefield
On-site
GBP 25,000 - 28,000
29 days ago
Advanced Pharmacy Support Worker@ NHS Jobs
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Southampton
On-site
GBP 25,000 - 28,000
29 days ago
Permanent Pharmacy Technician Position at Spire Southampton Hospital
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Southampton
On-site
GBP 22,000 - 35,000
29 days ago
Permanent Medicines Management (Pharmacy) Technician Required- Apply now
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Taunton
On-site
GBP 40,000 - 60,000
29 days ago
Primary Care Network - Pharmacy Technician
Gateshead Inner West Primary Care Network
Gateshead
On-site
GBP 40,000 - 60,000
Full time
27 days ago
Job summary
A healthcare provider in Gateshead seeks an experienced pharmacy professional to undertake patient-facing roles and optimize medication use through collaboration with patients and healthcare teams. The role includes conducting medication reviews, providing lifestyle advice, and supporting healthcare initiatives to enhance patient care and safety.
Qualifications
- Experience in patient-facing roles.
- Knowledge of medicines optimisation.
- Consultation skills.
Responsibilities
- Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles.
- Carry out medicines optimisation tasks.
- Provide specialist expertise for patient needs.
- Support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation.
Job description
Responsibilities
- Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared-decision making conversations with patients
- Carry out medicines optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration (e.g. checking inhaler technique), supporting medication reviews, and medicines reconciliation.
- Where required, utilise consultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively
- Support, as determined by the PCN, medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and synchronising medicines for patient transfers between care settings and linking with local community pharmacists
- Provide specialist expertise, where 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
- Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaising with specialist pharmacists for more complex patients
- Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing
- Assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation and management incentive schemes and patient safety audits
- 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.
- Reconcile the medicines of patients whose care is transferred back to primary care in a timely and effective manner liaising with patients and other providers to ensure patients receive appropriate medication on discharge
- Proactively engage with patients whose care has been transferred to reduce potential readmission including identifying and rectifying unexplained variation
- Work with pharmacy service team to develop safe, effective and efficient systems for the repeat prescribing of medication at scale across the five GP sites.
- Work alongside our current pharmacy service team to develop and implement systems to ensure the effective and continuous supply of medication to high risk patients
- Work with pharmacy service team to develop and implement systems to ensure safe and effective management of high risk medication
- Work with pharmacy services to develop and implement changes to medicines in line with MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local or national guidance
- Provide feedback and seek advice from pharmacist for patients where the post holder has clinical concerns around competence to safely manage their medications
- Develop relationships with other Pharmacy Technicians, Pharmacists and members of the multi-disciplinary team within the PCN, or wider afield within the locality to support the integration of the pharmacy team across health and social care including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care and mental health
- Support the delivery of QOF, incentive schemes, QIPP and other quality or cost effectiveness initiatives
- Undertake any tasks consistent with the level of the post and the scope of the role, ensuring that work is delivered in a timely and effective manner
- Duties may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the post or the level of responsibility. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks.
- This will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels.
* The salary benchmark is based on the target salaries of market leaders in their relevant sectors. It is intended to serve as a guide to help Premium Members assess open positions and to help in salary negotiations. The salary benchmark is not provided directly by the company, which could be significantly higher or lower.
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