Pharmacy Technician

3 weeks ago


Sheffield, United Kingdom Firth Park Surgery Full time

Job summary

The Pharmacy Technician (PT) occupies an important role to assist patients, doctors and administrative staff in providing an efficient, effective and safe prescribing system. This is facilitated in a number of different ways.

As the PT is a non-prescriber, all prescription issue responsibility resides with the prescriber (usually a GP) who signs a particular prescription. The PT is to be supported by the GP Prescribing Lead.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

The PT will review clinic letters and hospital discharge summaries for changes to medication, either new medication added, or medication discontinued. It is also expected that any monitoring requirements arising from a secondary care letter will be noted. A number of medications have shared-care protocols outlining monitoring requirements, any new shared-care arrangement should be agreed by a GP familiar with the shared care protocol . Read codes are often used to add a patient to a particular monitoring register.

Monitor Medication Review Date's

CAS Alerts

The PT will be responsible for actioning alerts from the MHRA or other relevant bodies and updating the excel sheet located on the L DRIVE.

Total Triage

The PT will be assisting the GPs on call with any medication-related queries on the day.

Training

The PT would need to be happy to enrol on the the CPPE pharmacy education pathway or have already completed this.

About us

Firth Park is an inner-city practice, serving the local community of the S4 & S5 area.

Our Mission statement is to offer high-quality equitable sustainable community-based healthcare.

Firth Park Surgery cares for over 10,000 patients, with a rich global cultural heritage. This is supported by an interpreter team and our bilingual staff.

Both formal and informal communication is an important part of the way our practice runs.

We pride ourselves on delivering excellent patient care and supporting trainee student from all disciplines. The practice has a long history of supporting staff development and facilitating professional aspirations.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Role of the Pharmacy Technician at Firth Park Surgery needs to be registered with the GPHC. Experience of working in primary care and EMIS are desirable but training will be provided for the right candidate.

The Pharmacy Technician (PT) occupies an important role to assist patients, doctors and administrative staff in providing an efficient, effective and safe prescribing system. This is facilitated in a number of different ways.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Qualified pharmacy technician who would need to be registered with the Gphc
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