About this role
Job summary
Creffield Medical Group in Colchester are looking to welcome a full-time PCN Pharmacy Technician on a 1 year fixed term contract.
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
The main responsibilities of the role include:
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.
- Managing patient prescriptions
- Supporting medication reviews and reconciliations
- Advising patients and healthcare professionals on medication-related queries
- Developing our prescribing systems to ensure safe, effective and efficient
- Supporting the reception and administration teams with complex medication queries
- Supporting the GP partners on prescribing projects and cost/safety audits and actions
- Minimising medication wastage
About us
Creffield Medical Group was formed in June 2017, it is an amalgamation of Creffield Medical Centre, Layer Road Surgery, Turner Road Surgery and North Hill Medical Group and we have 30,000 patients.
Colchester is a historic, vibrant town with quick road and rail links to London Liverpool Street. It houses one of Europes finest zoos, a Norman Castle, beautifully maintained parks, an active theatre scene and new modern art gallery. The local grammar schools are amongst the best in the country and the local area is surrounded by beautiful countryside including Constable country in nearby Dedham. Mersea Island, Wivenhoe and Brightlingsea offer excellent oysters, beaches and sailing within a short drive.
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
- Registered pharmacy technician with the GPhC
- Diploma Level 3 in pharmacy services, or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Strong experience in either a community pharmacy or a primary care setting
- Confident in analysing and presenting information to health professionals
- Experience of implementing and promoting cost-effective strategies
- The ability to interpret complex clinical information and present it in suitable formats, to a variety of people from professional and non-professional backgrounds
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
15 Calavry Road
Colchester
Essex
CO2 7GH
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)