Pharmacy Assistant

All Locations; England; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare practice in the United Kingdom is seeking a GP pharmacy assistant to join their team. The role involves supporting clinical pharmacists, providing administrative assistance, and manages prescriptions. Ideal candidates will have experience in a pharmacy setting, excellent IT skills, and strong communicative abilities. Flexibility in hours is required. This position offers an opportunity to be part of a supportive healthcare team.

Qualifications

• Experience of working as a prescriptions clerk or pharmacy assistant.
• Adaptable, friendly, and self-motivated.
• Able to multi-task and maintain attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Support clinical pharmacists and technicians.
• Provide general administrative duties.
• Expedite prescriptions and manage document workflow.

Skills

Excellent IT skills

Strong administration

Time-management

Organisational skills

Excellent communication

Tools

Microsoft Office

Patient information systems

Job description

Wootton Vale and Shortstown Surgery is a forward thinking and innovative practice looking to recruit a GP pharmacy assistant to join our dynamic team. You will be organised, self‑motivated, and a care‑driven individual who can demonstrate a talent for helping our patients to achieve the best clinical outcome. You want a career in healthcare. The role will, preferably, be on a full‑time basis, although we will consider part‑time candidates, depending on experience. Some flexibility is required as you may need to work additional or alternative hours to cover for colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Support the clinical pharmacists and technician in the practice‑based pharmacy team.
• Provide general administrative duties, including internal tasks, emails and phone calls.
• Expedite prescriptions to help ensure a safe and responsive service.
• Assess and be able to signpost queries to the attention of the relevant clinician.
• Create tasks and assist clinicians in managing document workflow relating to prescriptions and medication management.
• Involvement with chronic disease management.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Experience of working as a prescriptions clerk or pharmacy assistant and/or in primary care or within the NHS.
• Excellent IT skills, including previous experience of Microsoft Office packages and patient information systems.
• Adaptable, friendly, and self‑motivated, with strong administration, time‑management, and organisational skills.
• Excellent communicators, who work in a confidential and discreet manner and can think on their feet.
• Able to multi‑task, work hard and maintain a high level of attention to detail when under pressure.
• Able to work as part of a multi‑disciplinary team, as well as being comfortable working independently.

About the Practice

We embrace new ways of working and welcome ideas to change the way healthcare is delivered. We work closely with our local health community and enjoy taking part in pilot projects. We pride ourselves on high quality GP‑led triage and our achievement of good patient access.

We are a friendly surgery with a list size of 18,000 patients, over two sites – Wootton Vale (MK43 9JJ) and Shortstown Surgery (MK42 0GS). We have good appointment access, which translates to happy patients, and a strong teamwork ethos, that includes an established clinical pharmacy team, GPs, nurses, physician associates, and a clinical liaison team. We are also a Training Practice and currently have GP trainees working with us.

Our staff comprises:

• 3 GP partners
• Salaried GPs, and Physician Associate
• A multi‑skilled nursing team, including nurse prescribers
• Clinical pharmacists, a pharmacy technician, and apprentice
• Dedicated management, clinical support, administrative and reception teams

If you are organised, flexible and resourceful, and can work under pressure in a busy environment then we'd love to hear from you.