Full Time Pharmacy Technician Required

Job Details

• Posting Date: 06 June 2024
• Salary: £28,450.46 per year
• Additional Salary Information: £28,450.46 a year
• Hours: Full time
• Closing Date: 21 June 2024
• Location: Eastleigh, SO53 4ST
• Company: NHS Jobs
• Job Type: Permanent
• Job Reference: A5552-24-0000

Job Summary

The NHS is seeking a skilled Pharmacy Technician to join our team in Eastleigh. This role involves providing specialist pharmaceutical services and professional advice to a diverse group of healthcare professionals, including Practice GPs, Nurses, Pharmacists, and HCAs. You will play a crucial part in ensuring the safe, effective, and cost-efficient use of medicines.

Key Responsibilities

• Medicines Reconciliation: Perform medicines reconciliation following local protocols, ensuring accuracy in patients’ medical records and prescriptions. Any discrepancies should be referred to the clinical pharmacist or GP.
• Patient and Staff Liaison: Communicate effectively with patients, clinical and non-clinical staff, practice and community pharmacists, technicians, and carers to enhance pharmaceutical care.
• Support Clinical Pharmacists: Assist clinical pharmacists in implementing systems for repeat prescriptions, medicines optimisation, and reducing medicines waste. Ensure the maximisation of patient outcomes through structured medication reviews, particularly for those on multiple medications or in care homes.
• PCN Directed Enhanced Service (DES): Aid in the practice’s implementation of the PCN DES, supporting the delivery of comprehensive and integrated pharmaceutical care.

Application Process

If you are dedicated to improving patient care through effective pharmaceutical practices and thrive in a collaborative environment, we encourage you to apply.

To apply for this role, please visit the NHS Jobs website and reference job number A5552-24-0000. The application deadline is 21 June 2024.

Apply for this job and take the next step in your career as a Pharmacy Technician with the NHS.