Pharmacy Technician- Primary Care Network

Job summary

SCGP mission statement and values:

PASSIONATE ABOUT HEALTH COMPASSIONATE WITH PEOPLE

Our vision is to be a bold and innovative general practice which is integrated in the community and delivers quality care in partnership with our patients.

All members of the SCGP team are dedicated to providing a quality service in order to achieve safe health services, which meet patient needs.

Good general practice is based on good doctor and patient relationships requiring trust and mutual respect. We believe this is basic to good patient care. We work in a partnership with our patients.

Reporting to: PCN Lead Clinical Pharmacist

Hours: Full time or part time. We are open to a flexible weekly working pattern.

Sutton Coldfield Group Practice (SCGP) Primary Care Network consists of a single merged innovative practice on a single IT system. We pride ourselves on providing high quality patient centered care by a well-supported team of staff with a focus on a culture of continued learning and improvement. We span six sites within a five mile radius and cover 52,000 patients.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated Pharmacy Technician with a minimum of 2 years experience to join our existing PCN pharmacy and medicines optimisation team.

Please ensure that your CV includes your personal email address and telephone number to help us contact you efficiently during the recruitment process.

Main duties of the job

Support the PCN Clinical pharmacists in the delivery of clinical pharmacy services.

Liaise with clinicians and administrative staff to resolve medicines-related queries

Monitor practice prescribing and adherence to local and national prescribing policies

Improve service and quality through mechanisms such as audit

About us

SCGP sites within our PCN include:

Falcon, 93 Carhampton Rd, B75 7PG

Four Oaks, 21 Mere Green Rd, B75 5BS

Ley Hill, 228 Lichfield Road, B74 2UE

Sutton Park, 34 Chester Rd N, B73 6SP

Tudor, 233 Tamworth Rd, B75 6DX

Vesey, 61 Holland Rd, B72 1RL

Applicant must show evidence of Covid vaccinations ( preferably including booster jab)

If upon you joining SCGP (Sutton Coldfield Group Practice), you are currently a patient at one of the SCGP practices, you will be asked to transfer to a different practice. During your probation, unless there is no other alternative available for you, you will be expected to transfer to another practice to ensure that you are not treated by a colleague.

COVID-19 considerations:

All staff are expected to wear PPE appropriate to their role and conform to current government, NHS and business guidelines in place regarding lateral flow tests, wearing masks, hand hygiene, social distancing and ventilation etc.