Nicola Wake talks to Steph Edwards, a care home pharmacy technician.  Steph talks about working in a newly established role and the contributions pharmacy technicians can make in the care home setting.

Care Homes with Steph Edwards: a Pharmacy Technician Coffee Break Conversation

Barry Jubraj talks to Zoe Webb, a senior pharmacy technician in GP practice, about leadership.  Zoe shares her career journey and describes her role looking after a pharmacy technician team alongside her clinical role.

Leadership with Zoe Webb: A Pharmacy Technician Coffee Break Conversation

Barry Jubraj talks with Emma Lowe, a medicines optimisation pharmacy technician for care homes.  Emma talks about her role in supporting pharmacists and GPs with Structured Medication Reviews (SMRs), which includes measuring renal function and assessing anticholinergic burden.

Structured Medication Reviews with Emma Lowe: A Pharmacy Technician Coffee Break Conversation

Nicola Wake talks to Kiera Whitehead Elliott, a trainee pharmacy technician at Barts Health NHS Trust.  Kiera talks about her rotation in a GP practice, including the audit that she carried out during her placement.

Clinical Audit with Kiera Whitehead-Elliott: A Pharmacy Technician Coffee Break Conversation

Barry Jubraj talks to Jennie Smith, a primary care network pharmacy technician.  Jennie talks about undertaking consultations with patients about statins, and reviewing and actioning blood pressure readings.

Statin Consultations with Jennie Smith: A Pharmacy Technician Coffee Break Conversation

Barry Jubraj talks to Chris Warren, a pharmacy technician in a GP practice.  Chris talks about the clinics that he runs, including undertaking hypertension and cholesterol reviews, and his wider role in the GP practice.

Running Clinics with Chris Warren: A Pharmacy Technician Coffee Break Conversation

Barry Jubraj talks to Charlotte Hoey, a pharmacy technician working in a virtual ward environment.  Charlotte briefly talks about her career to date and explains what virtual wards are.  She describers her role within the virtual ward pharmacy team and shares an example of a pharmacy technician home visit.

Virtual Wards with Charlotte Hoey: A Pharmacy Technician Coffee Break Conversation

Barry Jubraj talks to Dawn Cassidy, a chief pharmacy technician in health and justice.  Dawn describes the role of pharmacy technicians in secure environments and the skills they employ in this care sector.

Health and Justice with Dawn Cassidy: A Pharmacy Technician Coffee Break Conversation

Liz Fidler, Senior Professional Advisor Pharmacy Technician Practice, NHS England, and Ellen Williams, Director of Regional Pharmacy Training, Pharmacy Workforce Development South, share their reflections after listening to this podcast series.  They discuss post-registration education pathways, managing expectations within and outside the profession, and how the stories they heard motivate and inspire them.  Liz also confirms with Barry Jubraj that this shouldn't be the final episode.

Reflections from Liz Fidler and Ellen Williams on the Pharmacy Technician Coffee Break Conversations

Emma Kirk & Anna Bischler introduce a new webinar series - Medication Safety Across the System - a forum for individuals to discuss challenges and successes to inform and inspire medication safety initiatives across the system.

Save the date - Wednesday 29th March 12.30pm to 2pm

Register with the SPS website to receive regular updates about the webinar series and other resources: https://www.sps.nhs.uk/register/

Introducing our Medication Safety Across the System (MSATS) Webinar Series

NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service serves healthcare professionals across the NHS who are involved in all aspects of buying, making and using medicines.  Our motto is 'do once and share'.

New tracks tagged #NHSSPS