Medicines Management Technician - South Petherton Medical Centre
Employer:
NHS Jobs
Location:
South Petherton, TA13 5EG
Pay:
£29,743.00 to £34,382.00 per year, £29743.00 - £34382.00 a year
Contract Type:
Permanent
Hours:
Full time
Disability Confident:
No
Closing Date:
05/04/2026
About this job
To work with the medicines management technicians, practice pharmacists, clinical teams, and prescription clerks, including: carry out medicines reconciliation in accordance with practice protocols to update patients medical records and prescriptions. support the prescription clerk team to resolve medicine related queries support patient safety with high-risk drug monitoring and other safety scorecard indicators respond to medication queries from patients and staff (received via Anima {Online triage system} telephone and e-mail) in a professional manner referring to the appropriate clinician as necessary provide advice to clinicians, staff and patients in changes to prescribing in order to support the improvement of prescribing safety, quality and cost effectiveness liaise with care homes, community pharmacies, hospitals and other secondary care departments regarding patients and their medications carry out simple medication reviews participate in medication audits and QOF quality improvement projects support practices to meet QOF indicators support practices to meet ICB Prescribing Scorecard indicators advise on the sourcing and safe management of medicines as appropriate action drug alerts carry out medication switches, dose optimisation and medicines synchronisation to ensure safe and cost-effective prescribing initiate repeat prescribing (eRD) for appropriate patients and resolve related queries provide information on KPIs to show benefits of post act as a link between practice and local community and hospital pharmacy services support medicines optimisation assistants and pre-registration pharmacy technicians to develop in their roles undertake any other duties appropriate to the post as required
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