Pharmacy Technician

Role-specific responsibilities

Act as the primary point of contact for community pharmacy contractors and the LPC, ensuring regular, high-quality communication with these partners.

Attend meetings with the LPC and Controlled Drugs Local Intelligence Network (CDLIN) as required.

Promote the work of Change Grow Live across the Service, maximising the use of community pharmacies to support positive health outcomes for service users.

Ensure that community pharmacies are providing a range of interventions including supervised consumption, needle exchange, and naloxone.

Use PharmOutcomes and other systems to collect, collate and analyse data.

Provide specialist advice on medicines governance and the management of pharmaceutical products and controlled stationery in line with organisational policies and procedures.

Support the prescribing of cost-effective pharmacotherapies in line with best practice and organisational policies.

Provide medicines-related advice and recommendations, within scope of practice and competency, to prescribers and other healthcare professionals.. This could include, but is not limited to, optimal prescribing doses, reviewing medication suitability (e.g. contra indications, interactions and cautions such as QT interval prolongation).

Support the response to relevant organisational directives and drug alerts overseen by the Central Pharmacy Team.

Dispense and administer medicines within onsite dispensaries, including under and Patient Group Directions (PGDs), where appropriate.

Provide advice and oversight on the safe storage, handling, and management of medicines, pharmaceutical products, and controlled stationery.

Support staff training and development to ensure safe medicines management practices and compliance with organisational policies and procedures.

Monitor stock management processes, including stock rotation, storage suitability, and adherence to health and safety requirements.

Ensure controlled drugs and controlled stationery are stored, managed, and recorded securely in accordance with legal, regulatory, and organisational requirements.