Pharmacy Technician

Job summary

Colchester Medical Practice has an exciting opportunity for a hardworking, enthusiastic and innovative pharmacy technician to join our primary care network. You will be based at Parsons Heath Sitebut will be required to travel between all of the GP practices within our PCN. This role is offered on a full-time basis or part-time basis, for 37 hours per week on 4 days. However, we can discuss more or less hours.

The successful candidate will benefit from this opportunity to build up strong working relationships, across our organisation, and will be actively involved in how their role evolves over time.

Main duties of the job

• developing our prescribing systems to ensure safe, effective and efficient prescribing within the PCN;
• supporting the reception and administration teams, at our member practices, with complex medication queries;
• supporting the GP partners on prescribing projects and cost/safety audits and actions.
• Updating policies and procedures
• updating patient records from secondary care correspondence
• Managing case loads of patients such as Diabetes Care, Hypertension, CKD
• Supporting during vaccination campaigns - not crucial to role.

About us

Colchester Medical Practice is a well established PCN, delivering excellent care to over 41,000 patients across the city of Colchester. We have four sites (Shrub End Surgery, Castle Gardens Medical Practice, Wimpole Road Surgery and Parsons Heath Medical Practice) and a new health and wellbeing hub, based at our Parsons Heath site. The practice is well established with a rating of GOOD by the Care Quality Commission. As a practice we employ over 120 colleagues to provide excellent healthcare to patients across Colchester. We offer:

• NHS pension scheme.
• Proper Pay -Living Wage Foundation accredited.
• Eye-care vouchers.
• Health service discounts.
• Annual Leave: minimum 33 days FTE.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity terms.
• Uniform provided for colleagues if required.
• Free use of Holly Health mental wellbeing app.
• Flexible working contracts available upon request.
• Excellent training opportunities and progression provided.