Pharmacy Technician

Primary Care Careers; Diss; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Diss is seeking a professional pharmacy technician to work part-time (23 hours per week). The role involves supporting the dispensary team, managing prescription queries, and ensuring efficient medicines optimisation. Candidates must be registered with the GPhC and hold a Diploma Level 3 in pharmacy services. This position offers a chance to work within a dedicated clinical team in a modern health center.

Qualifications

• Registered pharmacy technician with the GPhC.

Responsibilities

• Support practice dispensary team in sorting and streaming general prescription requests and queries.
• Handle prescription queries and requests directly.
• Assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation and management incentive schemes.
• Accurate and timely summarising of patient records.

Skills

Strong experience in either a community pharmacy or a primary care setting

Confident in analysing and presenting information to health professionals

Education

Diploma Level 3 in pharmacy services or equivalent

Job description

Botesdale Health Centre in Diss are looking for a professional and conscientious pharmacy technician on a part-time basis for 23 hours per week.

The pharmacy technician will act within their professional boundaries, working alongside our clinical pharmacist, clinical team within the practice and the wider Blackbourne PCN.

Main duties of the job

• Support practice dispensary team in sorting and streaming general prescription requests and queries
• Handle prescription queries and requests directly.
• Assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation and management incentive schemes and patient safety audits
• Support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients
• Implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance
• Ensure efficient medicines optimisation, including implementing efficient ordering and return processes, and reducing wastage
• Accurate and timely summarising of patient records and read-coding patient data
• Ensure that all practice policies are fully implemented
• Support public health and screening programmes including immunisations and vaccination programmes.

About us

We are a rural GMS 10,100 patient surgery with 4 partners, 5 salaried GPs and a fantastic clinical and practice team with an on-site dispensary. We are located in a modern, recently extended surgery with community nurses located on site as well as an X-ray suite and glorious surrounding countryside.

Job responsibilities

Ifyou would like to find out more information about this role, please see theattached job specification.

Person Specification

Experience

• Strong experience in either a community pharmacy or a primary care setting.
• Confident in analysing and presenting information to health professionals.

Qualifications

• be a registered pharmacy technician with the GPhC;
• hold a Diploma Level 3 in pharmacy services, or equivalent;

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.