Senior Pharmacy Technician

Clinical Pharmacy in General Practice is part of an excitingprogramme of transformation to develop a new model of care which addresses our ambition to deliver person-centred, coordinated care across the borough.

The clinical pharmacy in general practice model is supported by the direction of national policy including the Five Year Forward View and GPForward View where there is a need to better utilise the role of pharmacy within primary care to pro- actively help patients stay safe and well and outof hospital as well as helping to reduce the demands on general practice.

Pharmacy technicians play an important role in complementing clinical pharmacists, community pharmacists and other members ofthe PCN multi-disciplinary team.

Pharmacy technicians will be working to ensure effective and efficient use of medicines.

Pharmacy technicians core role responsibilities will cover clinical, and technical and administrative categories.

The purpose of the role is to lead improvements to maximise safe, cost effective best practice in prescribing to improve the quality of patient care.

The post holder will help patients to get thebest from their medicines by switching medications to agreed and approved protocols, improving repeat prescribing processes in General Practice,including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.

In addition, the post holder will be responsible for encouraging the development of better understanding of the principles of medicines optimisation for patients with long term conditions and polypharmacy throughout the practice teams and promoting good practice in line with therapeutic developments.

This will involve assisting the PCN in achieving national requirements, NICE implementation and utilisation of medicines optimisation initiatives.

Haringey GP Federation is a dynamic and growing organisation working in partnership with GP practices across the diverse borough of Haringey, north London.

Our role is to support and enable general practice by developing and delivering services that complement core GP work, creating opportunities for shared learning and innovation, and helping practices respond to the evolving needs of patients and the wider health system.

We work in close partnership with practices, clinicians and system partners to co-design services, pilot new approaches, and build capacity across primary care. Through clinical programmes, workforce development and operational support, our aim is to add value in ways that are practical, respectful and aligned with the priorities of our member practices. Were proud of the strong relationships we've built across the health and care system grounded in mutual respect, shared goals, and a commitment to delivering excellent care together.

Our work has been recognised nationally, including commendations at the HSJ Awards for our leadership and service delivery.

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from disabled people and those with long-term health conditions. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared decision-making conversations with patients and physical assessment where applicable.

Responding to patients questions both face to face and over the phone, referring problems orqueries to the pharmacist / GP if needed.

Carry out medicines optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration (e.g. checking inhaler technique), supporting medication reviews and medicines reconciliation and long term condition reviews.

Where required, utilise consultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively.

Participating in medication audits, paying particular attention to patients who are prescribed high-risk drugs and ensuring timely and effective monitoring is inplace.

Reviewing clinical correspondence (including discharges and clinical letters) and makingthe appropriate medication changes and arranging appropriate follow up.

As determined by the PCN, support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and synchronising medicines for patient transfers between care settings, linking with local community pharmacies.

Participate in locally comissioned services orlocally enhanced services as deemed appropriate by your line…