ARRS Pharmacy Technician

We are looking for a pharmacy technician to join our teamat Wyvern Health PCN (Priory Road Medical Centre, The Lawn Medical Centre andOld Town Surgery) with a passion for primary care and working with our patient sand staff. You will join a PCN pharmacy team of pharmacists, pharmacytechnicians and prescription coordinators who will provide support.

There will be a variety of roles which will bring interest and diversity to your day, such as medicine reconciliation and supporting patients post discharge from hospital, data collation for medicineoptimisation, audits, policy development, day-to-day medication issue resolution, researching medication shortages, supporting patients in use of medicines & promoting electronic dispensing, managing safety alerts &staff training.

Technicians play an important role in supportingprescription coordinators, clinical pharmacists, community pharmacists andother members of the team to enhance patient safety and improve patients health. The post holder will be a motivated individual with an enthusiasm forpeople, quality improvement and care, with opportunities to enhance your clinical knowledge.

The role will encompass clinical, technical, educational,and administrative elements. There will be a mix of face to face, telephone,and video consultations with patients, providing a varied and interestingworking day.

Providing support to Prescription Coordinators and Clinical Pharmacists in managing daily patient prescription requirements

Discharge Summaries Managing and processing discharge summaries and clinical letters.

To include carrying out medicines optimisation tasks including effectivemedicine administration (e.g. checking inhaler technique), supporting medication reviews and medicines reconciliation

Vaccination Programmes Supporting vaccination programmes for patients and staff as required

MHRA AlertsManaging MHRA alerts and actions, including leading the receipt andunderstanding of the alert, communicating with PCN contacts and completing allassociated actions.

Eclipse Alerts

To include running searches and deciding on the appropriate course ofaction based on findings, communicating with PCN contacts and completing allassociated actions

AuditsUndertaking clinical audits, supporting quality improvement measures and contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services.

LeadershipProviding training and support on the legal, safe and secure handling of medicines, including the implementation of the Electronic Prescription Service(EPS).

Wyvern Health Primary Care Network incorporates The Lawn Medical Centre, Old Town Surgery and Priory Road Medical Centre. The PCN is based in Swindon supporting over 26,000 patients.

We are high performing practices with a strongethos of continuity of patient care, teamwork and peer support. We have a listsize of circa 26,000 patients, we use Systm One and our most recent CQC ratingwas GOOD.

Providing support to Prescription Coordinators and Clinical Pharmacists in managing daily patient prescription requirements. Toinclude the resolution of patient / pharmacy queries. In particular focussingon:

Out of stock medications

Managing and processing discharge summaries and clinical letters. Undertaking patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared decision-making conversations with patients.

Running Blood Pressure and medicines monitoring clinics either patient facing or virtually, including in Care Homes.

To include carrying out medicines optimisation tasks including effectivemedicine 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.

Providing specialist expertise, where competent, to address both thepublic health and social care needs of patients, including lifestyle advice,service information, and help in tackling local health inequalities.

Supporting vaccination programmes for patients and staff as required

MHRA Alerts

Managing MHRA alerts and actions, including…