Pharmacy Technician

Job summary

Sharnbrook Surgery is looking to welcome a pharmacy technician to our team in based in Bedford, on a part-time basis to work between 16 - 24 hours per week. Our core hours are from 8am to 6.30pm, so the successful candidate will need to be able to work between these times and cover for holidays and sickness as required. In this interesting position, you will support the practice based clinical pharmacist to ensure the safe delivery for repeat prescribing, medicine optimisation, reducing waste and maximising patient outcomes.

Main duties of the job

• Undertake medicines reconciliation.
• Update patients medical records, prescribing accordingly.
• Work with the dispensary team leader to contribute to the review and development of repeat prescribing protocols to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of repeat prescribing systems.
• Provide advice to GPs, staff and patients in changes to prescribing to support the improvement of prescribing safety, quality and cost effectiveness.
• Participate in medication audits.
• Prepare resources and information to support the implementation of rational cost-effective prescribing.
• Support the clinical pharmacist to provide medication reviews, patient information leaflets, medicine awareness; and to undertake community visits as appropriate.
• Respond to medication queries from patients and staff in a professional manner referring to the appropriate GP in accordance with practice protocols.

About us

Sharnbrook Surgery is a rural dispensing GP surgery in the village of Sharnbrook in north Bedfordshire. with over 6000 patients. We aim to provide the highest quality healthcare to our patients. We commit to provide effective and efficient care in a sensitive, considerate and confidential manner. Our care delivery systems make the best use of all available resources.