Pharmacy Technician - 20hrs/week

Job summary

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.