Pharmacy Technician

ClinicalPharmacy in General Practice is part of an exciting programme of transformationto develop a new model of care which addresses our ambition to deliver person-centered,coordinated care across the PCN. The Clinical Pharmacy in General Practicemodel is supported by the direction of national policy including the Five YearForward View and GP Forward View where there is a need to better utilise therole of pharmacy within primary care to pro-actively help patients stay safeand well and out of hospital as well as helping to reduce the demands ongeneral practice.

Pharmacytechnicians play an important role, complementing clinical pharmacists,community pharmacists and other members of the PCN multi-disciplinary team.Pharmacy technicians are different to clinical pharmacists as they are not ableto prescribe or make clinical decisions, instead working under supervision toensure effective and efficient use of medicines.

Pharmacytechnicians core role responsibilities will cove...