Main Duties and Responsibilities The Pharmacy Technician is to assume the following key responsibilities in delivering health services. Support the role of the Clinical Pharmacist and GPs on the delivery of the new Clinical Pharmacy in General Practice model Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use through shared decision-making conversations with patients Conduct medicine optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration (e.g., checking inhaler technique), support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation. When required, utilise consultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively Carry out medicines switches in GP practices in line with practice and ICB agreed specific protocols reviewing patients records; amending records and informing patients Improve prescribing processes in general practice Liaise with other pharmacy stakeholders e.g. ICB Medicines Optimisation team, community pharmacy, and hospital pharmacy teams. Support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and synchronise medicines for patient transfers between care settings and linking with local community pharmacists Provide specialist expertise, when competent, to address both the public health and social care needs of patients including lifestyle advice, service information and help in tackling local health inequalities Maintain a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaise with specialist pharmacists for more complex patients Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing Assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation and management incentive schemes and patient safety audits; Support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other primary care settings. This will be achieved through undertaking clinical audits (e.g., use of antibiotics), supporting quality improvement measures and contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services; Attend a formal appraisal with your manager at least every 12 months. Once a performance/training objective has been set, progress will be reviewed on a regular basis so that new objectives can be agreed To undertake, participate and share the outcomes of clinical audits to facilitate improvement and changes in practice Ensure that all major MHRA drug alerts, where appropriate and within level of competence, are acted upon within practices over an appropriate time frame and to advise on any medication changes that occur as a result To undertake learning and development to ensure the required knowledge and skills for practice based work Contribute to public health campaigns (e.g., COVID-19 or flu clinics) through advice or direct care Maintain a clean, tidy, effective working area at all times. Secondary responsibilities In addition to the primary responsibilities, the pharmacy technician may be requested to: Partake in audit as directed by the audit lead Provide education on medicines for the clinical team Review the latest guidance ensuring the practice conforms to NICE, CQC etc. Act as the practice point of contact for all medicines related matters, establishing positive working relationships