Job summary
Rowhedge & University of Essex Medical Practice has an exciting opportunity for a pharmacy technician to join our practice on a part-time basis of 15 hours per week. If you are interested in this role and want to work for a forward thinking medical practice who offer support and training in a friendly and fast paced environment, then please do apply.
Main duties of the job
- developing our prescribing systems to ensure safe, effective and efficient prescribing with in the practice;
- supporting the reception and administration teams with complex medication queries;
- supporting the GP partners on prescribing projects and cost/safety audits and actions.
About us
The Colte Partnership is very much At The Heart of Primary Care, being the largest GP Partnership in North East Essex; comprised of 8 local GP practices across Colchester and Tendring. We care for approx. 80,000 patients. Our Head Office is in Feering.
We pride ourselves on working to be at the forefront of Primary Care in our region and have many exciting ventures on the horizon.
Each of our branches has its own character, and family friendly ethos, which is why our patients love coming to us (and tell us so in our regular patient surveys). However, being a large partnership means we can offer so much more than a local branch can by itself with specialist clinics, social prescribing and innovative support such as regular dementia cafes, armed forces support and even child first aid classes for parents.
We strive to look after our employees as well, with generous annual leave, flexible and family friendly working, and support during difficult times such as free counselling.
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
Qualifications
Essential
- be a registered pharmacy technician with the GPhC;
- hold a Diploma Level 3 in pharmacy services, or equivalent;
Experience
Essential
- At least 2 years of experience as a pharmacy technician and experience of supervision/ leadership on projects.
- have experience of dealing with patients face-to-face, as well as over the telephone and digitally.
- have experience of working within a diverse team with multiple disciplinaries and be able to liaise with clinical and admin staff with the practice.
- have experience of using computer systems including clinical systems, such as SystmOne and EMIS Web.
- have knowledge of law and guidelines around medicines and the Code of Conduct.
- have a good level of education, including maths and English.
- have strong communication skills, both verbally and in writing as well as strong knowledge of a high level of confidentiality.
- have experience of liaising with the PCN clinical pharmacist and be able to escalate issues to them.
Desirable
- It is desirable that you have experience of supervising staff, but this is not essential.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- be a registered pharmacy technician with the GPhC;
- hold a Diploma Level 3 in pharmacy services, or equivalent;
Experience
Essential
- At least 2 years of experience as a pharmacy technician and experience of supervision/ leadership on projects.
- have experience of dealing with patients face-to-face, as well as over the telephone and digitally.
- have experience of working within a diverse team with multiple disciplinaries and be able to liaise with clinical and admin staff with the practice.
- have experience of using computer systems including clinical systems, such as SystmOne and EMIS Web.
- have knowledge of law and guidelines around medicines and the Code of Conduct.
- have a good level of education, including maths and English.
- have strong communication skills, both verbally and in writing as well as strong knowledge of a high level of confidentiality.
- have experience of liaising with the PCN clinical pharmacist and be able to escalate issues to them.
Desirable
- It is desirable that you have experience of supervising staff, but this is not essential.
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).
