Pharmacy Technician

Job summary

Hoveton & Wroxham Medical Centre has an exciting opportunity for a hardworking, enthusiastic and innovative pharmacy technician to join our team. You will be based at Hoveton & Wroxham Medical Centre but may be requiredto travel between the GP practices within our PCN (NN4).This role is offeredon a full-time basis.

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.
• Supporting the reception and dispensary teams, with complex medication queries.
• Supporting the GPs on prescribing projects and cost/safety audits and actions.
• Working collaboratively with GPs, advanced nurse practitioners, pharmacists and other practice staff to support the safe and effective use of medicines.
• Managing patient prescriptions
• Supporting medication reviews and reconciliations
• Providing advice to patients on the safe use of medications, including over the counter products where appropriate.
• Minimising medication wastage
• Maintaining accurate patient records using the clinical system (SystmOne)

About us

Hoveton & Wroxham Medical Centre is a well-established, semi-rural practice with a patient population of around 10,000. We are a 6-doctor dispensing practice and we pride ourselves on how our teams work together to provide a high-quality, effective, efficient and reliable service to our practice population. We treat our patients with respect, dignity and the upmost care and compassion, and are always looking for new and innovative ways to improve our services. We are a teaching practice involved in training GPs and medical students from the UEA. Our aim is for all those working at the practice to feel valued, respected and mutually supported. From 2026, Hoveton and Wroxham Medical Centre will be managing primary care services at the new Magna Medical Centre in Rackheath. You may be expected to work across both sites.

This is a friendly practice which is undergoing rapid expansion. The practice has a homely, supportive and caring atmosphere putting the patients and staff at the heart of everything it does.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered pharmacy technician with the GPhC
• Hold a Diploma Level 3 in pharmacy services, or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Have strong experience in either a community pharmacy or a primary care setting;
• Be confident in analysing and presenting information to health professionals;
• Experience of implementing and promoting cost-effective strategies;
• have the ability to interpret complex clinical information and present it in suitable formats, to a variety of people from professional and non-professional backgrounds.
• Knowledge of current NHS prescribing policies and guidance
• Self-motivated with a strong commitment to personal and professional development

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).