Pharmacy Technician

Clinical Pharmacy in General Practice is part of an exciting programme of transformation to develop a new model of care which addresses our ambition todeliver person-centered, coordinated care in our Practices. The Clinical Pharmacy in General Practice model is supported by the direction of national policy including the Five Year Forward View and GP Forward View where there is a need to betterutilise the role of pharmacy within primary care to pro-actively help patients staysafe and well and out of hospital as well as helping to reduce the demands ongeneral practice.

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

Pharmacy technicians are different to clinical pharmacists as they are not able toprescribe or make clinical decisions, instead working under supervision to ensure effective and efficient use of medicines. 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 willhelp patients to get the best from their medicines by switching medications toagreed and approved protocols, improving repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimisingclinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.

Work with the Clinical Pharmacists and Clinicians in accordance with agreedpractice prescribing standard operating procedures.

Process repeat medication requests, including the conversion of acute requests to repeat medicines, changing quantities of medicines.

Processing prescriptions in line with agreed clinical protocols and within your competency As determined by the PCN, support medication reviews/monitoring and medicines reconciliation post discharge (or other transfer of care) and synchronizing medicines for patient especially if transferring between care settings, linking with local community pharmacies.

Undertake patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, throughshared decision-making conversations with patients. Support the Clinicians and Clinical Pharmacists in Structure Medication Reviews i.e. organise necessary monitoring tests prior to SMR. Manage shared care protocols and liaise with Clinical Pharmacists for more complex patients.

To develop and maintain medicines related communication to all Practice staff To assist with the development and review of medicine audits Provide a contact for patients and colleagues with medication queries.

Support with project work/prescribing initiatives/clinical audits under the support of the Pharmacist Liaise with Clinicians and staff to resolve prescribing queries

K&W Health cares primary objective is to support GP Practices and services across the Brent localities of Kingsbury, Willesden and Wembley.

Ouraim isto develop quality primary care for patients within Brent and strive for continuous improvement in the delivery of primary healthcare services across our GP practices.

K&W Healthcare is a GP-led organisation made up of 27 GP practices serving a registered population of over 220,000 patients. We are committed to improving the care provided to patients, reducing health inequalities and raising the quality and standards of GP practices.

You can find out more about our governing body, member practices and how we work with Brent Integrated Care Partnership to provide better outcomes for our patients.

Work with the Clinical Pharmacists and Clinicians in accordance with agreed practice prescribing standard operating procedures. Process repeat medication requests, including the conversion of acute requests to repeat medicines, changing quantities of medicines.

Processing prescriptions in line with agreed clinical protocols and within your competency As determined by the PCN, support medication reviews/monitoring and medicines reconciliation post discharge and synchronizing medicines for patient especially if transferring between care settings, linking with local community pharmacies.

Undertake patient supporting roles to…