Remote Pharmacy Technician — Medicines Safety Audits

The Methodist Church in Britain; Northolt; Remote; GBP 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Home or remote working

Professional development and learning

Regular team training

Job summary

Yeading Medical Centre is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to join the Primary Care and Medicines Management team. The role focuses on safe prescribing, reviews for care home patients, antimicrobial stewardship, and handling prescription queries with clinical supervision.

Flexible part-time hours allow home or remote working, with involvement in vaccination clinics and staff training to ensure safe medicine handling and compliance with NHS policies.

Qualifications

• Enrolled in, undertaking or qualified from an approved training pathway, such as PCPEP or MOCH
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) or eligible to register as a Pharmacy Technician
• Experience of working in a primary care setting

Responsibilities

• Support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients
• Promote antimicrobial stewardship and reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing
• Handle prescription queries within the limits of competence
• Support reception teams to sort and prioritise prescription requests, referring complex matters to GPs or Clinical Pharmacists
• Undertake clinical audits, including antibiotic prescribing, and contribute to QOF and enhanced services
• Assist with medicines optimisation schemes, prescribing incentives and patient safety audits
• Support safe repeat prescribing and the monitoring of high-risk medicines
• Improve medicines ordering, returns and stock management to reduce waste
• Train practice staff in the safe, secure and legal handling of medicines, including the Electronic Prescription Service
• Support national prescribing policies and the implementation of changes arising from audit findings
• Support public health campaigns, including flu vaccination clinics
• Contribute to learning from incidents, medication errors and near misses, and support patient complaints

Skills

GP practice knowledge

QOF & enhanced services understanding

Antimicrobial stewardship

Education

GPhC registration or training pathway (PCPEP/MOCH)

Pharmacy Technician training pathway

Job description

Yeading Medical Centre is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to join the Primary Care and Medicines Management team. The role focuses on safe prescribing, reviews for care home patients, antimicrobial stewardship, and handling prescription queries with clinical supervision.

Flexible part-time hours allow home or remote working, with involvement in vaccination clinics and staff training to ensure safe medicine handling and compliance with NHS policies.