Pharmacy Accuracy Checking Technician

Morrisons; Cowdenbeath; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Morrisons is seeking a Pharmacy Accuracy Checking Technician to support daily pharmacy operations. Applicants should be caring, capable of providing excellent customer service, and have completed relevant pharmacy courses. This role offers a unique opportunity to grow within a major supermarket chain committed to health and well-being.

Benefits

Six weeks holiday including bank holidays

15% discount in supermarkets from the day you join

Career progression opportunities

Competitive pension and life assurance

Healthcare benefits including Aviva Digital GP

Qualifications

• Completed an approved Pharmacy Dispensing Assistant course.
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council once qualified.
• Committed to pharmacy services and KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Providing final accuracy checks on medications.
• Labelling and dispensing Prescription Only Medicines.
• Supporting Over The Counter sales.

Skills

Customer service

Attention to detail

Initiative

Education

Approved Pharmacy Dispensing Assistant course

BTEC Diploma Level 3 in the Principles & Practice for Pharmacy Technicians

Job description

Calling all qualified Pharmacy Accuracy Checking Technicians! We are on the lookout for talented technicians to support our Pharmacists with the day to day running of our pharmacies.

Do you have a naturally helpful and friendly style, enjoy meeting new people and going above and beyond for customers?

At Morrisons Pharmacy we take a holistic approach to healthy living. It's natural for us. With our focus on the freshness and goodness of our food, our in-store pharmacies are a logical step to helping customers look after themselves inside and out. With over 100 in-store pharmacies nationwide and 11 million customers visiting us every week, we're helping to make Britain healthier.

We aim to be Britain's favourite in-store pharmacy, famous for service and our 'can-do' approach. That means we're offering more and more career opportunities at all levels, growing people, training and supporting them, and making a very serious investment in their success.

Here at Morrisons our Accuracy Checking Technicians (ACTs) are responsible for:

• Providing ‘final accuracy checks’ on medication that has been ‘clinically checked’ by the Pharmacist
• Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in line with GPhC expectations
• Making sure patients receive friendly, confidential and attentive service
• Labelling and dispensing of Prescription Only Medicines (POMs)
• The safe handout of prescriptions in line with pharmacy procedures
• Helping resolve surgery queries
• Reporting dispensing errors and near misses
• Supporting (and helping control) Over The Counter (OTC) sales
• Delivering a range of Pharmacy Services
• Supporting the Pharmacy Team and Manager with the delivery of agreed KPIs

In return for your hard work we will offer you:

• Fully flexible shift patterns

• Six weeks holiday (including bank holidays)

• 15% discount in our supermarkets and convenience stores available from the day you join us

• Additional 10% discount card for a Friend or Family member

• Career progression and development opportunities

• Subsidised in store cafe or shop floor ranges

• Competitive pension and life assurance

• Healthcare/Well-being benefits including Aviva Digital GP

• Morrisons MyPerks with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more

• Optional Payroll charity donations

• A range of family friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave

We want to provide everyone with the opportunity to succeed in their role and career with us. It’s one of our main ambitions here at Morrisons, so this could just be the start of your Morrisons journey.

About you

You’ll be the kind of person who has:

• Completed an approved Pharmacy Dispensing Assistant course (e.g. NPA DAC)
• Completed (or be committed to enrol on) an approved Pharmacy Technician / Accuracy Checking course (e.g. BTEC Diploma Level 3 in the Principles & Practice for Pharmacy Technicians - including ACT competency)
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), once qualified
• Care and compassion for customers and is always helpful
• Enthusiasm and commitment to deliver pharmacy services and KPIs
• Ability to use own initiative to help resolution of customer queries
• Comfortable working shifts and weekends where required

What happens next?

Click apply today to join our team - it only takes a couple of minutes! We’ll contact you soon, so please check your emails and phone regularly

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About us

We love providing our customers with a great shopping experience they won’t find anywhere else. We are one of the UK’s largest supermarkets, we provide great value for money and good quality fresh food and groceries to over 11 million customers every week. Our focus on freshness makes us stand out as we prepare more fresh food in-store than any other supermarket.

We’ve lots of opportunities for you to play your part. So, whether you want to make the freshest food or serve our customers, we’d love to meet you... We're Foodmakers and Shopkeepers and together, we make Morrisons. What we make, makes us who we are