NhsJobs Castle Donington

Pharmacy Technician - Job Description

Responsible to : This role is directly employed by the North West

Leicestershire GP Federation and the post holder will work for the North West

Leicestershire PCN.

Job Summary

The

post holder is a Pharmacy Technician, who acts within their professional

boundaries, supporting and working alongside a team of pharmacists and

technicians in General Practice. In this role they will be supported by a Senior

Pharmacy Technician who will develop, manage and mentor them.

The

post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing

role. The purpose of the role is to lead improvements to maximise safe,

cost-effective best practice in prescribing to improve the quality of patient

care. You will help patients to get the best from their medicines by switching

medications to agreed and approved protocols, improving repeat prescribing

processes in general practices, including promotion of repeat dispensing and

online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted

medicines.

The

post holder will provide support to general practice staff with regards to

prescription and medication queries. They will carry out medicines switches in

GP practices in line with practice and ICB agreed specific protocols, reviewing

and amending patient records and informing patients.

They

will help support the repeat prescriptions system, promoting electronic repeat

dispensing and online ordering. They will carry out housekeeping whilst in

patient records e.g., dose optimisation and medicines synchronisation.

The

post holder will be the first port of call to answer and deal with any

medicines related queries from administration and reception staff, as well as

any dispensary staff. The aim of this is to improve the quality of care for our

patients and operational efficiencies within the PCN, so requires motivation

and passion to deliver excellent service within General Practice.

Please see attached for full job description.

Job description

Pharmacy Technician - Job Description

Responsible to : This role is directly employed by the North West

Leicestershire GP Federation and the post holder will work for the North West

Leicestershire PCN.

Job Summary

The

post holder is a Pharmacy Technician, who acts within their professional

boundaries, supporting and working alongside a team of pharmacists and

technicians in General Practice. In this role they will be supported by a Senior

Pharmacy Technician who will develop, manage and mentor them.

The

post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing

role. The purpose of the role is to lead improvements to maximise safe,

cost-effective best practice in prescribing to improve the quality of patient

care. You will help patients to get the best from their medicines by switching

medications to agreed and approved protocols, improving repeat prescribing

processes in general practices, including promotion of repeat dispensing and

online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted

medicines.

The

post holder will provide support to general practice staff with regards to

prescription and medication queries. They will carry out medicines switches in

GP practices in line with practice and ICB agreed specific protocols, reviewing

and amending patient records and informing patients.

They

will help support the repeat prescriptions system, promoting electronic repeat

dispensing and online ordering. They will carry out housekeeping whilst in

patient records e.g., dose optimisation and medicines synchronisation.

The

post holder will be the first port of call to answer and deal with any

medicines related queries from administration and reception staff, as well as

any dispensary staff. The aim of this is to improve the quality of care for our

patients and operational efficiencies within the PCN, so requires motivation

and passion to deliver excellent service within General Practice.

Please see attached for full job description.

What is the salary for this pharmacy technician role in Castle Donington?

The advertised salary for this pharmacy technician role at North West Leicestershire GP Federation is £31930.00 to £35880.00 p.a.. Typical pharmacy technician pay in Castle Donington varies by experience, sector (NHS versus community), and employer; see the PharmSee UK pharmacy salary guide for benchmarks.

Does North West Leicestershire GP Federation have other pharmacy roles open in the UK?

Yes — PharmSee currently tracks 2 open pharmacy vacancies from North West Leicestershire GP Federation across the UK. Browse all North West Leicestershire GP Federation roles on PharmSee to compare locations and salaries.

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