Pharmacy Service

Clinical Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians & Care Coordinators

What We Offer

We have a team of Clinical Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and Care Coordinators working across the practices in the PCN providing a Pharmacy Service.

The team members have vast experience from different settings, including community pharmacy, hospital and ICB (Integrated Care Board). This brings a diverse skill mix to the team and supports us in providing a service to practices which includes:

Medication Reviews – assessing their safety and effectiveness.
Structured Medication Reviews – holistic in-depth reviews of medication
Medication queries
Actioning medication changes after a hospital admission or an outpatient clinic visit
Medication reconciliation for new patients to the surgery

MEET THE TEAM

Clinical Pharmacists

Pharmacists complete a 4-year Masters of Pharmacy degree in order to become medication experts. On qualifying, they undertake a year-long foundation training programme and sit the General Pharmaceutical Council registration exam in order to register. Once registered, they are expected to continue with post-qualification learning and development. This includes working towards an Independent Prescriber qualification.

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Pharmacy Technicians

Pharmacy Technicians obtain a Level 3 diploma after 2 years of training and must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council. They also continue their education and development post-registration and work closely with the pharmacists to help with medication optimisation.

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Pharmacy Care Coordinators

The Care Coordinators support the pharmacy team by carrying out the required day-to-day administrations tasks – from booking patients for Structured Medication Review appointments, to assisting the team with safety prescribing audit work and clinics workflow. The care coordinators also organise and chair the Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings for care homes.