Details:
- Location: Bradford West Yorkshire
- Date: 2 weeks ago
Description:
MMT are looking for a Pharmacy technician to work in PCN nationwide.
The role is REMOTE however, if candidates have no experience in primary care, then full training will be provided at our training hub in Bradford, West Yorkshire.
Upon successful completion of training the role is fully remote.
Roles and Responsibilities:
* Support clinical pharmacists in delivering pharmacy services, including processing discharge and clinic letters from secondary care.
* Perform medication improvement tasks to ensure safe, cost-effective prescribing practices under the supervision of clinical pharmacists.
* Assist in medication safety monitoring, particularly for high-risk drugs.
* Liaise with clinicians and administrative staff to address medication-related queries.
* Monitor prescribing practices and adherence to PCN and broader prescribing policies and guidelines.
* Participate in service improvement and quality assurance activities, including conducting audits.
* Support clinical pharmacists in conducting Structured Medication Reviews.
* Assist in optimizing medication use, including medication administration support, medication reviews, and reconciliation.
* Support PCN practices in achieving local Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF), Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) goals, and other locally commissioned services.
* Engage in antimicrobial stewardship initiatives to reduce inappropriate antibiotic use.
* Offer telephone-based medication support and manage medications in care home settings.
* Review and manage safer prescribing practices and respond to prescribing safety alerts.
* Support care homes with medication requests and Extended Repeat Dispensing (ERD) management.
* Conduct clinical audits and report findings to the Practice and PCN team.
* Appreciate the nature of primary care prescribing, safe prescribing concepts, and strategies to improve prescribing efficiency and safety.
Pay: £15.00-£17.00 per hour
Schedule: 8.375 hour shift a day. 33.5hrs a week
Day shift
Flexitime
Monday to Thursday:
Experience: Pharmacy: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person