Pharmacy Technician

Primary Care Careers

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Job summary

Bridgewater PCN has an exciting opportunity for a hardworking, enthusiastic and innovative pharmacy technician to join our team. You will be based at Bridgewater Surgery but required to travel between all of the practice sites. This role is offered on a full time basis.

The successful candidate will benefit from the opportunity to build up strong working relationships, across our organisation, and will be actively involved in how their role evolves over time.

Main duties of the job

  • Developing our prescribing systems to ensure safe, effective and efficient prescribing within the PCN.
  • Supporting the reception and administration teams, at our member practices, with complex medication queries.
  • Supporting the GP partners on prescribing projects and cost/safety audits and actions.

About us

Bridgewater Surgeries is a patient-centred, forward-thinking, dynamic, partner-led training practice, with a long history of education (under & post-graduate). The successful candidate will work alongside our friendly multi-disciplinary team across 4 sites.

Benefits include:

  • NHS pension.
  • 5 weeks annual leave plus bank holidays.
  • Sick pay.
  • Employee assistance programme 24/7 support.

Date posted

23 February 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£26,000 to £30,000 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

8912

Job locations

Bridgewater House

7 Printers Avenue

Watford

Hertfordshire

WD18 7QR


Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered pharmacy technician with the GPhC.
  • Diploma Level 3 in pharmacy services, or equivalent.

Experience

Essential

  • Strong experience in either a community pharmacy or a primary care setting.
  • Confident in analysing and presenting information to health professionals.
  • Experience of implementing and promoting cost-effective strategies.
  • Ability to interpret complex clinical information and present it in suitable formats, to a variety of people from professional and non-professional backgrounds.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered pharmacy technician with the GPhC.
  • Diploma Level 3 in pharmacy services, or equivalent.

Experience

Essential

  • Strong experience in either a community pharmacy or a primary care setting.
  • Confident in analysing and presenting information to health professionals.
  • Experience of implementing and promoting cost-effective strategies.
  • Ability to interpret complex clinical information and present it in suitable formats, to a variety of people from professional and non-professional backgrounds.

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.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Careers

Address

Bridgewater House

7 Printers Avenue

Watford

Hertfordshire

WD18 7QR


Employer's website

https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Careers

Address

Bridgewater House

7 Printers Avenue

Watford

Hertfordshire

WD18 7QR


Employer's website

https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Team

Bridgewater PCN

enquiries@eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk

01206918760

Date posted

23 February 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£26,000 to £30,000 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

8912

Job locations

Bridgewater House

7 Printers Avenue

Watford

Hertfordshire

WD18 7QR


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