Care Home Pharmacy Technician
NHS Jobs Darlington
Job Summary: The Pharmacy Technician will support the Enhanced Health in Care Homes Framework from NHS England as part of the NHS Long Term Plan. You will support delivery of effective medicines management and medicines optimisation, safe transfer of care, medicines reconciliation and patient counselling.
You will provide advice and guidance to care staff to support them in administering medications. Working within their own competency, the Pharmacy Technician will support discussions about medication within the MDT and ensure changes to usual medications are updated on the GP records and the care home informed and supported to safely make these changes, including putting in place any drug monitoring required.
The Pharmacy Technician will need to be a team player with good communication and organisational skills, including good time management. You will need to demonstrate your own initiative, be motivated and enthusiastic and be able to work under pressure.
Initial key responsibilities: Effective medication changes from MDT, advice from ANP, Pharmacist or GP and ensuring understanding of care staff. Blood pressure reviews within own competency. Attendance at MDT with medication support. Visits to Care homes to ensure medication compliance.
Discharge review follow up. Care home medication requests for missing monthly items. Care home requests for interim items or when required medication. Care home advice CPN medication changes- usually letter attached to email, processed in same way as if coming into hub workflow.
Additional responsibilities commensurate with the role Aims/Goals of the Role Reduced GP workload Reduced medication costs by formulary prescribing cost-effective alternatives. Improved medication outcomes for patients Improved patient safety and medication optimisation Improved efficiency of medication changes Improved formulary prescribing to enable better value/outcomes from medicines.
You will provide advice and guidance to care staff to support them in administering medications. Working within their own competency, the Pharmacy Technician will support discussions about medication within the MDT and ensure changes to usual medications are updated on the GP records and the care home informed and supported to safely make these changes, including putting in place any drug monitoring required.
The Pharmacy Technician will need to be a team player with good communication and organisational skills, including good time management. You will need to demonstrate your own initiative, be motivated and enthusiastic and be able to work under pressure.
Initial key responsibilities: Effective medication changes from MDT, advice from ANP, Pharmacist or GP and ensuring understanding of care staff. Blood pressure reviews within own competency. Attendance at MDT with medication support. Visits to Care homes to ensure medication compliance.
Discharge review follow up. Care home medication requests for missing monthly items. Care home requests for interim items or when required medication. Care home advice CPN medication changes- usually letter attached to email, processed in same way as if coming into hub workflow.
Additional responsibilities commensurate with the role Aims/Goals of the Role Reduced GP workload Reduced medication costs by formulary prescribing cost-effective alternatives. Improved medication outcomes for patients Improved patient safety and medication optimisation Improved efficiency of medication changes Improved formulary prescribing to enable better value/outcomes from medicines.
Improved management of shared care drugs Key working relationships: The Enhanced Health in Care Home team Care Homes GPs and GP staff Darlington PCN Pharmacist and technicians within the practice teams Community Pharmacies Secondary care Pharmacy teams Secondary care discharge teams
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