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Pharmacy Technician

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Job summary

Chet Valley Medical Practice located in Loddon, are pleased to be recruiting a pharmacy technician to join our experienced in-house team on a part-time basis for 30 hours per week. The successful individual will have daily access to an experienced clinical pharmacist plus regular support and supervision sessions.

Main duties of the job

  • Undertake medicines reconciliation in accordance with practice protocols and to update patients medical records/prescribing accordingly.
  • Carry out medicines optimization tasks including effective medicine administration and technical medication reviews.
  • Utilize consultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively.
  • Maintain full and complete records of all patient contacts using appropriate clinical templates and coding.
  • Support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients.
  • Support the achievement of the practices prescribing Quality and Outcomes Framework targets.
  • Working with the dispensary manager/ clinical pharmacist, contribute to the review and development of repeat prescribing protocols /standard operating procedures to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of repeat prescribing systems.

About us

Chet Valley Medical Practice is based within the village of Loddon in our spacious purpose-built premises.

We have a list size of 9000 patients and cover an area including Loddon, Chedgrave and the surrounding villages including Norton Sub Course, Hoverston and Surlingham.

We are currently on a journey of improvement and are looking for someone with the same ambition as us to provide excellent patient care within a safe and sustainable working environment.

Chet Valley is a dispensing practice and have a full nursing team who deal with the long-term condition management as well as two nurse practitioners, an outreach nurse and a paramedic who deals with most of our home visits.

Benefits include 5 weeks annual leave plus bank holidays.

Details

Date posted

06 January 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

8705

Job locations

George House

40 - 48 George Lane

Loddon

Norfolk

NR14 6QH


Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience working within primary care.
  • Understanding of prescribing and medicines management issues.
  • Evidence of continuing professional development.
  • Ability to use own initiative, discretion, and sensitivity.
  • Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively with people at all levels by telephone, email, and face to face.

Desirable

  • Experience in either a community pharmacy setting.
  • Experience of prescribing systems such as SystmOne.
  • Excellent organizational and planning skills.
  • Knowledge of IT systems including the ability to use word processing skills, emails, and the internet to create simple plans and reports.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered with the GphC as a pharmacy technician.
  • NVQ level 3 pharmacy services (or equivalent).
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience working within primary care.
  • Understanding of prescribing and medicines management issues.
  • Evidence of continuing professional development.
  • Ability to use own initiative, discretion, and sensitivity.
  • Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively with people at all levels by telephone, email, and face to face.

Desirable

  • Experience in either a community pharmacy setting.
  • Experience of prescribing systems such as SystmOne.
  • Excellent organizational and planning skills.
  • Knowledge of IT systems including the ability to use word processing skills, emails, and the internet to create simple plans and reports.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered with the GphC as a pharmacy technician.
  • NVQ level 3 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

George House

40 - 48 George Lane

Loddon

Norfolk

NR14 6QH


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Careers

Address

George House

40 - 48 George Lane

Loddon

Norfolk

NR14 6QH


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Team

Chet Valley Medical Practice

enquiries@eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk

01206918760

Details

Date posted

06 January 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

8705

Job locations

George House

40 - 48 George Lane

Loddon

Norfolk

NR14 6QH


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