Your Medicines at Home Pharmacy Technician

Job overview

The Your Medicines @Home Service works to develop seamless pathways of care and support for patients who have problems in managing their medicines.  The team supports patients at home and:

• Accepts referrals from other health and social care services to assess patients with medicines management issues and work with them to resolve these. (Medicines Optimisation Team Pharmacy Technicians)
• Commission medicines administration services to support patients who are no longer able to manage their medicines independently (Medicines Support@Home Team Pharmacy Technicians).

The post holder will work with the Band 5 Pharmacy Technicians, the Band 6 Pharmacy Technician and the Band 8a Clinical Lead Pharmacist to continue to develop the Your Medicines@Home service across the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf localities to extend access to further health and social care colleagues, and will support the Clinical Lead Pharmacist in leading the team.

This role will be key to be responsive to patient’s needs within their localities by working in collaboration with the GP practices and professionals with the cluster teams in getting involved at the very earliest point support patients in maintaining their independence within their own home.  The team is ambitious in looking to develop innovative and creative ways to support the individual and those important to them. It works to recognise the changing needs within communities and works collaboratively to meet them.

Main duties of the job

• Accepts referrals from other health and social care services to assess patients with medicines management issues and work with them to resolve these. (Medicines Optimisation Team Pharmacy Technicians)
• Commission medicines administration services to support patients who are no longer able to manage their medicines independently.

This role will be key to be responsive to patient’s needs within their localities by working in collaboration with the GP practices and professionals with the cluster teams in getting involved at the very earliest point support patients in maintaining their independence within their own home.  The team is ambitious in looking to develop innovative and creative ways to support the individual and those important to them. It works to recognise the changing needs within communities and works collaboratively to meet them.

The Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board Pharmacy team is both ambitious and motivated, focusing our work around the best interests of our patients and continually striving to improve the services we offer. We have a strong reputation for supporting professional development.  This service has won a number of NHS awards, in collaboration with the Stay Well@Home Service that is the umbrella service for supporting patients in maintaining independence following a hospital discharge.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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