Montpelier Surgery have clinical pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working as part of our healthcare team. The pharmacy team form an integral part of our workforce and are able to help patients with many aspects of their medication. It is important to note that the practice based pharmacy team are different to community pharmacy teams.
Meet the team
Eoin Moroney – lead practice pharmacist
Joel Bisnath – PCN clinical pharmacist
Kim Holt – PCN pharmacy technician
What is a clinical pharmacist?
Clinical pharmacists are highly qualified experts in medicines and work as part of the general practice team to improve outcomes from medicines and improving patient safety with a person-centred approach. This includes carrying out medication reviews for patients with ongoing health problems, managing long term conditions (such as asthma, diabetes, high blood pressure and many more) and providing advice for those on multiple medicines. The role is pivotal to improving the quality of care and ensuring patient safety is kept to the highest standard. Pharmacists can undertake a prescribing qualification enabling them to prescribe in their own right within a particular specialism.
Having clinical pharmacists in GP practices means that GPs can focus their skills where they are most needed, for example on diagnosing and treating patients with more complex conditions. This helps GPs to manage the demands on their time.
What is a pharmacy technician?
Pharmacy technicians are registered professionals who support pharmacists in their medication reviews, however they also carry out many vital roles of their own. These include managing medication and prescription related queries, managing medication shortages, conducting audits within the practice to support ongoing safe prescribing and many more. Our pharmacy technician holds a clinic to reconcile medications for new patients, which can be booked in via the reception staff.