Community Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Technician

Job overview

Community Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Technician

Trafford and Manchester Case Management Service

Permanent, Full time/Part time

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join the pharmacy team working within Manchester and Trafford Local Care Organisation (LCO) as part of MFT.

Case management proactively supports people at high risk of hospital admission to remain at home. The service brings together the skills and expertise of GPs, nurses, mental health practitioners, social workers, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and wellbeing advisers to provide intensive and flexible support to people who are struggling to stay healthy, safe and well.

We are looking for a General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) registered pharmacy technician with substantial experience of working within primary or secondary care. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide medicines support and positively contribute to patient care. You should be confident in the ability to work independently with excellent organisational and interpersonal skills. You will also need to be able to have access to a car for work purposes.

The successful candidates will become an integral part of the well supported and award-winning community medicines optimisation service (CMOS) providing a patient facing pharmaceutical service, working closely with the wider pharmacy teams and other services across MFT.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Main duties of the job

The Pharmacy Technician is responsible for providing technical input as part of the pharmaceutical support to the Case Management Service. Domiciliary visits to patients for medicines optimisation interventions is a key feature of this role as well as multidisciplinary team (MDT) working. Other areas include:

• Support the delivery of medicines optimisation to the Case Management Service
• Support pharmacists to establish safe working arrangements for medicines in the Community Medicines Optimisation Service
• Assist in the development and implementation of pharmaceutical care plans
• Liaise with pharmacists, technicians and other health care professionals in secondary and primary care to ensure continuity of care on patient transfer
• Carry out medication reviews with patients in area of clinical competence
• Identify and act on medication errors/queries within area of competence, reporting complex issues to a medicines optimisation pharmacist as appropriate
• Assist in the management of prescribing across primary care
• Provide support to other CMOS workstreams as necessary

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need for this role, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading.

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Diversity Matters MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, please contact the manager named below.

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