Pharmacy Technician

The post-holder will play a key role in supporting clinically and cost-effective prescribing provision across the network population - improving patient outcomes and helping to relieve service and financial pressures across the PCN.

Undertakingpatient-facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use,through shared decision-making conversations with patients.

Carrying outmedicines optimisation tasks, including effective medicine administration,supporting medication reviews and medicines reconciliation. Where required, thepost holder will utilise consultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively.

Supportmedication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients andsynchronising medicines for patient transfers between care settings, as determined by the PCN. This will include linking in with community pharmacists,and referring to the Clinical Pharmacist for structured medication reviews.

Providingspecialist expertise, where competent to do so, to address both the public health and social care needs of patients, including lifestyle advice, serviceinformation, and help in tackling health inequalities.

Taking acentral role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaising withspecialist pharmacist for more complex patients.

Supportinginitiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibioticprescribing.

Working withthe PCN multi-disciplinary team to ensure effective medicines optimisation,including implementing efficient ordering and return processes and reducingwastage.

East Cleveland PCN Ltd is a forward-thinking Primary Care Network with patient-centred care at its heart.

As part of its ambitions to deliver truly transformative care, the PCN is committed to the development of a proactive, multi-disciplinary team that works hand-in-hand with patients to maximise its role in improving population health and wellbeing and reducing inequalities.

The post-holder will be a key part of the emerging network - helping to create a progressive and innovative PCN offer, through a culture of reflective learning and continuous improvement.

The PCN values collaboration and creativity - creating strong and trusting relationships with key system partners and local communities, through a shared ambition to improve health outcomes for its local population.

As part of East Cleveland PCN Ltd's multi-disciplinary team, the post-holder will play a key role in developing and maintaining clinically and cost-effective prescribing provision across the network population - improving patient outcomes and helping to relieve service and financial pressures across the PCN.

The role will include supported progression through the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway, providing an exciting opportunity to develop knowledge and skills in relation to patient-facing, person-centred and integrated care.

The post holder will be responsible for the care management of patients with chronic diseases undertaking clinical medication reviews to support the proactive management of complex polypharmacy patients. This will include, but not be limited to, elderly people in care homes, patients with multiple co-morbidities and those with learning disability and autism.

The post-holder will support the delivery of person-centred medicines optimisation, helping to support standardised approaches to care across the PCN and forging strong relationships with both specialist and community pharmacists to promote system-wide medicines optimisation and quality improvement.

Led by a Senior Clinical Pharmacist and working alongside a wider team of Clinical Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians across the network, the post-holder will provide day-to-day support to practices in regards to prescription and medication queries. They will support the repeat prescription system, deal with acute prescription requests, and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safe prescribing providing expertise in clinical medicines advice, whilst proactively and reactively addressing both public and…