Job summary
We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Pharmacy Technician to join our friendly GP practice team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting safe, effective, and efficient prescribing within primary care.
Main duties of the job
As a Pharmacy Technician, you will work alongside GPs, pharmacists, nurses, and administrative staff to optimise patient care. You will support medicines management processes, improve prescribing safety, and help ensure patients receive the best possible outcomes from their treatments.
About us
The Armada Family Practice
works from a modern purpose-built health centre with a practice population of circa
16,300 patients. We are looking for an experienced pharmacy technician to join
our multi-disciplinary team.
Our clinical team comprises
of 3 GP Partners, Salaried GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Paramedic
Practitioner, MSK specialist, Practice Community Nurses, Practice Pharmacists
and prescription clerks, Practice nurses, HCAs, GP assistants and a large
administration team.
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Excellent
employment package
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Compact practice area with easy parking.
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Training
Practice
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Regular
practice meetings and training opportunities
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EMIS
Web clinical system
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CQC
rated Good
All our appointments are booked by our
experienced care navigation team who ensure that patients are booked in with
the right clinicians to help the patient. They use a navigation tool called Sentiers
which has been adapted to meet our needs and appointment system. Helping to
ensure the right patient sees the right clinician first time.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Carry out medicines
reconciliation following hospital discharge
- Manage repeat prescription
processes and ensure accuracy
- Support prescription queries and
liaise with community pharmacies
- Assist in audits related to
prescribing and medicines safety
- Identify and action prescribing
safety alerts
- Support systems for monitoring and
recall of long-term condition medications
- Identify and reduce medication
errors and improve systems
- Support medication reviews and
prescription processes for care home residents within scope of practice
- Support patients with medication
understanding and adherence
- Update and maintain accurate
patient medication records
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Carry out medicines
reconciliation following hospital discharge
- Manage repeat prescription
processes and ensure accuracy
- Support prescription queries and
liaise with community pharmacies
- Assist in audits related to
prescribing and medicines safety
- Identify and action prescribing
safety alerts
- Support systems for monitoring and
recall of long-term condition medications
- Identify and reduce medication
errors and improve systems
- Support medication reviews and
prescription processes for care home residents within scope of practice
- Support patients with medication
understanding and adherence
- Update and maintain accurate
patient medication records
Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Strong attention to detail and organisational skills
- Good communication and teamwork abilities
- Knowledge of medicines management and safety
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Pharmacy Technician with current registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Desirable
- Accuracy checking qualification (ACT)
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in pharmacy (community, hospital, or primary care)
Desirable
- Experience in primary care or GP practice setting
- Understanding of NHS prescribing systems (e.g. EMIS)
- Experience with audits or quality improvement
Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Strong attention to detail and organisational skills
- Good communication and teamwork abilities
- Knowledge of medicines management and safety
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Pharmacy Technician with current registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Desirable
- Accuracy checking qualification (ACT)
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in pharmacy (community, hospital, or primary care)
Desirable
- Experience in primary care or GP practice setting
- Understanding of NHS prescribing systems (e.g. EMIS)
- Experience with audits or quality improvement
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
