ARRS Pharmacy Technician

Primary Care Careers

The closing date is 18 April 2025

Job summary

Cromer Medical Practice is looking to welcome an ARRS pharmacy technician to join our experienced team on a part-time basis for 30 hours per week.

This key role 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

  • Support the clinical pharmacist as the point of contact for medicines related matters.
  • Process repeat medication requests, including the conversion of acute requests to repeat medicines, changing quantities of medicines.
  • Issue prescriptions in line with agreed clinical protocols.
  • Encourage cost-effective prescribing throughout the practice.
  • Undertake medicines reconciliation post discharge and on other transfers of care.
  • Managing hospital letters.
  • Update and maintain accurate and timely patient medication records on each practice clinical system, including advice given and action taken.
  • Liaise with secondary and primary care colleagues to ensure correct medicines are continued following the transfer of care
  • Support virtual and remote models of consultation and support including e- consultations, telehealth and telemedicine.

About us

We are a supportive forward thinking GP training practice with a happy reliable workforce, providing care to approximately 12,500 patients. We have a strong emphasis on high quality patient care, education and personal development. We are made up of four GP partners, three salaried GP's, a practice nursing team of five nurses and two nurse practitioner's. We are a hybrid practice with a pharmacy attached to the surgery.

Date posted

28 March 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience - depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

28486

Job locations

Mill Road

Cromer

Norfolk

NR27 0BG


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

Experience

Essential

  • Experience working in a primary care setting.
  • Understanding and knowledge of healthcare provision in GP practices, QOF and enhanced services.
  • Good clinical system IT knowledge, SystmOne.
  • An appreciation of the new NHS landscape including the relationships between individual practices, PCNs and the commissioners.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Continuing ongoing CPD, working towards CPPE .
  • NVQ level 2/3 (or working towards) in pharmacy services or equivalent.
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience working in a primary care setting.
  • Understanding and knowledge of healthcare provision in GP practices, QOF and enhanced services.
  • Good clinical system IT knowledge, SystmOne.
  • An appreciation of the new NHS landscape including the relationships between individual practices, PCNs and the commissioners.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Continuing ongoing CPD, working towards CPPE .
  • NVQ level 2/3 (or working towards) in pharmacy services or equivalent.

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

Mill Road

Cromer

Norfolk

NR27 0BG


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Careers

Address

Mill Road

Cromer

Norfolk

NR27 0BG


Employer's website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Team

Cromer Group Practice

enquiries@eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk

01206918760

Date posted

28 March 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience - depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

28486

Job locations

Mill Road

Cromer

Norfolk

NR27 0BG


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