PCN Pharmacy Technician

Job summary

Unity Healthcare have an exciting opportunity for a pharmacy technician to join our well-established clinical practice pharmacy team as part of our Primary Care Network. This is a permanent position with full or part-time hours considered - a minimum of 18 hours per week.

You will be working from our centralised hub in Haverhill, where most of the clinical workload is triaged with telephone and virtual consultations, and will have the opportunity to work across other Unity sites including Clements site in Haverhill, Long Melford and Lavenham.

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.
• Undertake medicines reconciliation to patients recently discharged from hospital and ensure the patients medical record is updated accordingly.
• 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.
• Undertake Econsult (electronic online triage system) administration queries.

About us

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 and 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.