Pharmacy Technician
- NHS
- Part Time
- Bexleyheath
- Negotiable

Job Description
Job summary
About The Role
An exciting opportunity has been created to temporarily join our expanding team of healthcare professionals at Bexley Medical Group. There will be a wide range of initiatives for a Pharmacy technician to lead and develop further.
Main duties of the job
Responsibilities will include supporting the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within the practice. This will be achieved through undertaking clinical audits (e.g. use of antibiotics), supporting quality improvement measures and contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services. In addition, the pharmacy technician will assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation incentive schemes (e.g. medicines switches) and patient safety audits.
Pharmacy technicians core role responsibilities will cover clinical, technical and administrative categories
About us
The Practice has over 20,000 patients across 3 sites, Bexley, Bexleyheath and Erith.
We are an innovative and forward-thinking practice and have already recruited to our team: Clinical Pharmacists and Physician Associates.
Job responsibilities
To undertake learning and development to ensure the required knowledge and skills for practice based work
To deliver training and support the development of practice based medicines coordinators to improve co-ordination and effective pharmacy administration within the practice
To support the practice reception team in streamlining prescription queries, allowing the clinical pharmacist to review the more complex requests
To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team whilst in a supporting function to the clinical pharmacist and other clinicians and within agreed prescribing standard operating procedures
To participate in the daily preparation of repeat prescriptions in order to ensure high quality, safe and timely repeat prescribing
To encourage cost-effective prescribing throughout the practice
To undertake medicines reconciliation post discharge and on other transfers of care
To update and maintain accurate and timely patient medication records on each practice clinical system, including advice given and action taken
To liaise with secondary and primary care colleagues to ensure correct medicines are continued following the transfer of care
To undertake patient facing where appropriate and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared-decision making conversations with patients
To carry out medicines optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration (e.g. checking inhaler technique), supporting medication reviews, and medicines reconciliation. Where required, utilise consultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively
To assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation and management incentive schemes and patient safety audits
To provide specialist expertise, where competent, to address both the public health and social care needs of patients, including lifestyle advice, service information, and help in tackling local health inequalities
To take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaising with pharmacists for more complex patients
To support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing
To support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within the practice. This will be achieved through undertaking clinical audits (e.g. use of antibiotics), supporting quality improvement measures and contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services
Duties may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the post or the level of responsibility.
There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks. This will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of drug laws
- Interpersonal skills
- Customer-service orientation
- Strong communication skills
- Computer and database skills
- Respect for confidentiality
Desirable
- Experience of working in Primary care
Qualifications
Essential
- Candidates must be a qualified and registered pharmacy technician with GPhC and hold a Diploma Level 3 or equivalent in Pharmacy Services.
- Knowledge and understanding of drug laws
- Interpersonal skills
- Customer-service orientation
- Strong communication skills
- Computer and database skills
- Respect for confidentiality
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
Bexley Medical Group
Address
Doctors Surgery
171 King Harolds Way
Bexleyheath
Kent
DA7 5RB