Pharmacy Technician

Updating and maintaining accurate patient medication records on the practices clinical computer systems, including advice given and action taken. Advising the primary health care team on the safe and secure handling of controlled drugs and other medicines, ensuring compliance with medicines legislation. Generating prescriptions from requests from patients. Reconciliation of medicines from outpatient and discharge letters. Liaising with hospital, community and primary care colleagues to ensure correct medicines are continued following transfer of care. Supporting practice staff to deliver on the CQC inspections, MRHA alerts, DES contract, QIPP agenda, QOF and locally commissioned enhanced services Point of contact for the practice for prescription related queries for healthcare professionals and patients Implementing and monitoring the practices adherence to a repeat prescription policy Conducting clinical audits as part of the multidisciplinary team Implementing, in conjunction with the
practice team, systems for monitoring medicines use Working with OptimiseRx to ensure the practice is following local formularies to improve the choice and cost effectiveness of medicines.