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NHS Jobs; Houghton-le-Spring; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to support medication safety audits, monitoring, and repeat prescribing in a GP practice setting.

You will handle medication queries from patients and secondary care, review hospital discharges, and assist with QOF monitoring and medicines optimisation workstreams. The role requires GPhC registration and strong collaboration with healthcare professionals to ensure safe, effective use of medicines.

Qualifications

• GPhC registration as a Pharmacy Technician is required.
• Strong communication with patients and healthcare professionals essential.
• Experience supporting medication safety audits and monitoring is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support medication safety audits and monitoring across the practice.
• Assist with repeat prescribing processes and medication queries from patients and secondary care.
• Review hospital discharges and secondary care clinic letters for accuracy.
• Conduct general QOF medication monitoring audits and provide information to patients and healthcare professionals on medicines.
• Assist with appliance requests and management of medication shortages.
• Support synchronisation of repeat medications and EPS-related queries.

Skills

GPhC registered Pharmacy Technician

Good communication skills

Medication safety audits

Education

GPhC registration as Pharmacy Technician

Job description

The Pharmacy Technician will support the Practice with work on medication safety audits, medication monitoring, repeat prescribing processes, medication queries, secondary care medication related workstreams.

Key areas of responsibility

• High-Risk medication monitoring (Shared Care medication)
• DOAC Monitoring
• General medication queries from Patients / Secondary care (both Face to face and over the phone)
• Assistance with reviewing Hospital discharges and Secondary care clinic letters
• General QOF Medication monitoring audits
• Provide information to patients and other Healthcare professionals on medicines.
• Appliance requests from Appliance contractors
• Medication-related safety audits
• Basic medication follow-ups
• Medicines Optimisation workstreams
• Safety as well as cost saving work
• Record keeping for Privately Prescribed medication
• Management of medication shortages
• Synchronisation of repeat medications
• EPS related queries

The Pharmacy Technician will play a vital role in helping patients get the best outcome from their medicines and helps to ensure our patients are safe whilst taking prescribed medication.

The areas of responsibility will involve liaising with patients and other healthcare professionals to ensure the effective and safe use of medicines.

As a Pharmacy Technician, you will work under the supervision of our Practice Pharmacist; however, they must be a registered Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC and are therefore responsible and accountable for their own accurate and safe practice