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Suffolk GP Federation CIC

PCN Pharmacy Technician

The closing date is 26 June 2025

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Job summary

  • You'd be suited to this role if you have a caring and empathetic nature
  • You must be registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC
  • You will also need to have an appreciation of the nature of GP's and general practices and good interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
  • We are looking for an individual who is enthusiastic, motivated and wanting to offer the very best up to date patient care
  • Its important that you can work well as part of a team as well as independently
  • You'll need to be able to pick up new IT systems with supportive training

We will work alongside the successful candidate to ensure they are sufficiently inducted and trained; there will be regular constructive supervision in place. It is important to us that you feel safe and supported in the role.

Main duties of the job

  • You will be part of the Practice Pharmacy Team with a positive, patient focussed supportive culture which transfers work from GPs.
  • You'll undertake medicines reconciliation to patients recently discharged from hospital and ensure the patients medical record is updated accordingly.
  • Working with the Practice Pharmacy Team to respond to medication queries including acute medication requests, patient medication queries or any medication related issue triaged by GP practice team to the pharmacy technician appointment list
  • You will undertake Econsult (electronic online triage system) administration queries.

About us

Suffolk GP Federation CIC is a not-for-profit community interest company. Our main purpose is to support Primary Care across Suffolk including support with working collaboratively and at scale. We also deliver a portfolio of NHS services across Suffolk and North East Essex, including Podiatry, Ultrasound, Diabetes, as well as urgent Care Services including the Out of Hours face-to-face Service in Suffolk.

Details

Date posted

12 June 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

27843

Job locations

Haverhill

Haverhill

CB9 8AR


Job description

Job responsibilities

We have an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician to join our well-established Clinical Practice Pharmacy Team as part of our Primary Care Network, working from our centralised Hub in Haverhill, where most of the clinical workload is triaged with telephone and virtual consultations, with the opportunity to work across other Unity sites including Clements sited in Haverhill, Long Melford and Lavenham.

We are a not-for-profit, community interest company and our main purpose is to support Primary Care across Suffolk, including support with working collaboratively and at scale. We also deliver a portfolio of NHS services across Suffolk and North East Essex, including Podiatry, Ultrasound, Diabetes, as well as Urgent Care Services including the Out of Hours face-to-face Service in Suffolk.

What we can offer you:

  • A strong ethos of flexible working, to help us maintain (or reclaim) that work/life balance.
  • Innovative teams who strive in forward thinking, with a voice that is heard.
  • A visible and supportive management team, with operational support that get it
  • Excellent IT teams & support giving us first class equipment and no wait responses
  • A commitment to personal development, training, and leadership opportunities, with service-managed training budgets
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Death in service cover
  • Competitive salaries with annual benchmarking
  • 27 days holiday (plus bank holidays) on starting, rising to 29 days (plus bank holidays) after 5 years service
  • Blue light card employer Access to the discount service with thousands of discounts online and on the high street.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We have an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician to join our well-established Clinical Practice Pharmacy Team as part of our Primary Care Network, working from our centralised Hub in Haverhill, where most of the clinical workload is triaged with telephone and virtual consultations, with the opportunity to work across other Unity sites including Clements sited in Haverhill, Long Melford and Lavenham.

We are a not-for-profit, community interest company and our main purpose is to support Primary Care across Suffolk, including support with working collaboratively and at scale. We also deliver a portfolio of NHS services across Suffolk and North East Essex, including Podiatry, Ultrasound, Diabetes, as well as Urgent Care Services including the Out of Hours face-to-face Service in Suffolk.

What we can offer you:

  • A strong ethos of flexible working, to help us maintain (or reclaim) that work/life balance.
  • Innovative teams who strive in forward thinking, with a voice that is heard.
  • A visible and supportive management team, with operational support that get it
  • Excellent IT teams & support giving us first class equipment and no wait responses
  • A commitment to personal development, training, and leadership opportunities, with service-managed training budgets
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Death in service cover
  • Competitive salaries with annual benchmarking
  • 27 days holiday (plus bank holidays) on starting, rising to 29 days (plus bank holidays) after 5 years service
  • Blue light card employer Access to the discount service with thousands of discounts online and on the high street.

Person Specification

See attached document.

Essential

  • You must be registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC

Desirable

  • Member of the association of Pharmacy Technicians
Person Specification

See attached document.

Essential

  • You must be registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC

Desirable

  • Member of the association of Pharmacy Technicians

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

Suffolk GP Federation CIC

Address

Haverhill

Haverhill

CB9 8AR


Employer's website

https://suffolkfed.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Suffolk GP Federation CIC

Address

Haverhill

Haverhill

CB9 8AR


Employer's website

https://suffolkfed.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

HR

Recruitment Team

hr@suffolkfed.org.uk

Details

Date posted

12 June 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

27843

Job locations

Haverhill

Haverhill

CB9 8AR


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