1. Key Responsibilities:
1. Accurate transcription of medications from hospital discharge summaries and clinical letters.
2. Conduct medication use reviews independently within own competence, including reauthorizing eRD.
3. Undertake medicines reconciliation in accordance with practice protocols and update patients' medical records accordingly, ensuring maintenance of accurate patient records and timely documentation of all relevant information in patients' medical notes.
4. Support the Practice Based Clinical Pharmacist in providing medication review services to patients via clinics and telephone consultations.
5. Respond to medication queries from patients and staff professionally, referring to the appropriate Clinical Pharmacist or GP as per practice protocols.
6. Utilize resources such as the BNF, SPCs, CCG Medicine Management Guidelines, and NICE guidelines.
7. Assist with the training and development of practice-based receptionists, prescribing clerks, and administrators to improve coordination and effective pharmacy administration, especially regarding repeat prescribing systems and processes.
8. Liaise with local pharmacies regarding prescription queries to ensure optimal therapy for patients.
9. Provide advice to GPs, staff, and patients on changes to prescribing to enhance prescribing safety, quality, and cost-effectiveness.
10. Conduct medication audits and participate in the achievement of the practice's prescribing Quality and Outcomes Framework targets.
11. Advise on the sourcing and safe management of medicines as appropriate.
12. Participate in practice multidisciplinary meetings, patient participation groups, and other meetings to improve the engagement of the pharmacy technician role and promote issues relevant to prescribing and medicines optimisation.
13. Maintain professional up-to-date knowledge to meet General Pharmaceutical Council standards for continuing professional development and maintain professional registration.
14. Prioritize work while maintaining accurate and timely records.
15. Assist with the ordering of medications and stock takes.
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