[ref. e63800704] Pharmacy Technician

The following are the main responsibilities of the Pharmacy Technician. There may be a requirement to carry out other tasks.

• To support the Clinical Pharmacist as the point of contact for some medicines related matters.
• To process repeat medication requests and triage acute medication requests between our pharmacist and GPs.
• Support with medication reviews within your competency and amend review dates following medication and long-term condition reviews.
• To issue repeat prescriptions in line with clinical protocols and within your competency
• Provide information to patients within own competency regarding medicines and prescribing changes, initiating further support from other healthcare professionals where appropriate.
• Support initiatives to reduce waste of prescribed medicines
• To undertake medicines reconciliation post discharge and on other transfers of care
• To update and maintain accurate and timely patient medication records on our practice EMIS system.
• To adhere to Practice clinical governance Support the Clinical pharmacist in ensuring MHRA drug alerts are acted upon within practice.