£28,000.00 to £33,000.00 per year, £28000.00 - £33000.00 a year
Contract Type:
Permanent
Hours:
Full time
Disability Confident:
No
Closing Date:
08/02/2026
About this job
Role and responsibilities: Clinical Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared decision-making conversations with patients.
Day to day handling of prescription queries within area of own competence Medicines reconciliation post discharge and on other transfers of care To update and maintain accurate patient medication records on the practice clinical computer system, including advice given and action taken Delivery of training and development to practice based prescribing clerks and administrators to support improved co-ordination and effective pharmacy administration within General Practice.
Carry out medicines optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration, supporting medication reviews and medicines reconciliation.
Where required, utilise consultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively.
As determined by the PCN, support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and synchronising medicines for patient transfers between care settings, linking with local community pharmacies Manage shared care protocols and liaise with Clinical Pharmacists for more complex patients.
Handle function specific information, which may be sensitive, complex or confidential and appropriately recording, transferring and/or coordinating such information in accordance with the Data Protection Act and GDPR; Caldicott Guidelines and the Confidentiality Code of Conduct Technical and Administrative Support the PCN multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation processes are being followed.
Implement efficient ordering and return processes and reducing medication wastage.
Provide training and support on the legal, safe and secure handling of medicines, including the implementation of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS). Promotion of Electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD) and online ordering Develop relationships with other pharmacy professionals and members of the multi-disciplinary team to support integration across health and social care including primary care, commissioners, community pharmacy, secondary care and mental health.
Support practice reception teams in streaming general prescription requests, so as to allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests.
Support the implementation of prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other primary care settings.
Support the PCN to deliver on QIPP agenda, QOF and locally commissioned enhanced services Support the PCN in reviewing and developing practice policies for CQC requirements
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