Pharmacy Technician - 20hrs/week

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated healthcare team as a Pharmacy Technician at Elsdale Street Surgery, where you'll enhance patient care through effective medicines management and communication. Candidates should hold at least an NVQ Level 3, possess excellent interpersonal skills, and be committed to improving patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 or above, BTEC or equivalent.
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Review and issue prescriptions under pharmacist supervision.
• Provide advice on medications, dosage, and side effects.
• Ensure stock of medications and emergency drugs.

Skills

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

IT skills

Compassionate approach

Education

NVQ Level 3 or above

Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

General GCSE education or equivalent

Job description

We are looking to appoint a new role at Elsdale Street Surgery, a dedicated and experienced Pharmacy Technician.

This is an exciting role for the right Pharmacy Technician to join our amazing multi-disciplinary healthcare team. We are looking for someone who has a planned and organised approach with an ability to prioritise own workload , work effectively independently and as a member of a team.

Main duties of the job

Pharmacy technicians play an important role, complementing clinical pharmacists, community pharmacists and other members of the multi-disciplinary team. Pharmacy technicians core role responsibilities will cover clinical, and technical and administrative categories. The purpose of the role is to lead improvements to maximise safe, cost effective best practice in prescribing to improve the quality of patient care.

Key Responsibiltiies:

• Medicines management:reviewing and issuing prescriptions under the supervision of a pharmacist.
• Patient care:Providing advice and support to patients on their medications, including dosage, administration, and potential side effects.
• Inventory management:Ensuring that the Surgery has adequate stock of medications / emergency drugs and other healthcare products.
• Administrative tasks:Managing prescriptions, patient records, and other administrative duties.
• Communication:Liaising with pharmacists, other healthcare professionals, and patients to coordinate care.

About us

Elsdale Street Surgery originated from a tiny surgery building in Lauriston Road where Dr. Colin Franklin, a single handed GP, practiced for many years. When Dr. Franklin retired in June 1990, his list of patients (approx. 2000) was transferred to Dr. Heather Charles. She took over the list in November 1990 and continued practicing from Lauriston Road until plans to refurbish Elsdale Street Health Centre were being made and carried out so that the Surgery could move into it.

The original Surgery was sited close to Victoria Park, which has a high proportion of professional people. The Practice area also covers a large area of council accommodation, mainly low to to medium-rise blocks of flats. As a consequence, there is a high number of young families, many being single parents, on our patient list. This is also reflected on the fact that there are many more 25-35 year old female patients registered with us than the national average.

Job responsibilities

• Medicines management:reviewing and issuing prescriptions under the supervision of a pharmacist.
• Patient care:Providing advice and support to patients on their medications, including dosage, administration, and potential side effects.
• Inventory management:Ensuring that the Surgery has adequate stock of medications / emergency drugs and other healthcare products.
• Administrative tasks:Managing prescriptions, patient records, and other administrative duties.
• Communication:Liaising with pharmacists, other healthcare professionals, and patients to coordinate care.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3, or above, BTEC or equivalent
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Up to date with Continual Professional Development (CPD)
• General GCSE education or equivalent
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Able to work unsupervised whilst following policy and procedures
• Good IT skills and IT literacy
• A non-judgmental and compassionate approach
• Experience of working in a GP Practice
• Knowledge of the Hackney area

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.

Depending on experienceincludes high cost area supplements (HCAS)