To work as part of the primary care team in the practice supporting the team to help achieve efficiencies and effectiveness. To support with leading improvements to maximise safe, cost effective best practice in prescribing to improve the quality of patient care within the PCN. To improve repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines. Main Duties 1. To undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared decision-making conversations with patients. 2. To carry out medicine’s optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration, supporting the Clinical Pharmacists structured medication reviews and medicines reconciliation. 3. To support care home patients and synchronising medicines for patient transfers between care settings, linking with local community pharmacies. 4. To utilise consultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively. 5. To provide expertise to address both the public health and social care needs of patients, including lifestyle advice, service information, and help in tackling local health inequalities. 6. To manage shared care protocols and liaise with Clinical Pharmacists for more complex patients. 7. To support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing locally. 8. To support the PCN multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation processes are being followed. 9. To implement efficient ordering and return processes and reducing medication wastage. 10. To provide training and support on the legal, safe and secure handling of medicines, including the implementation of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) 11. Promotion of Electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD) and online ordering 12. Develop relationships with other pharmacy professionals and members of the multidisciplinary team to support integration across health and social care including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care and mental health. 13. Support practice reception teams in streaming general prescription requests, so as to allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests. 14. Support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other primary care settings. 15. To contribute to the PCN delivery of the highest possible quality standards, the NHS Long Term Plan, Quality and Outcomes Framework, Investment and Impact Fund and locally commissioned enhanced services. 16. To support the PCN in reviewing and developing practice policies for CQC requirements 17. To develop a culture that promotes equality and values diversity. 18. To ensure that any infection prevention and control issues are reported to the line manager/Infection Prevention and Control.