Pharmacy Technician
Primary Care Careers
Diss, IP22 1DWView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
Negotiable
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
9 October 2026
11 days leftJob description
Botesdale Health Centre are looking for a professional, conscientious and highly effective Pharmacy Technician to join our friendly team on a part-tim...
- Support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients.
- Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing.
- Assist in conducting prescribing audits, responding to national safety alerts (e.g., MHRA), and implementing Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF) and prescribing incentive schemes.
- Support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other primary care settings. 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.
- Work with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation, including implementing efficient ordering and return processes, and reducing wastage.
- Support practice dispensary team in sorting and streaming general prescription requests, so as to allow GPs to review the more clinically complex requests.
- Support medicines optimisation systems with a range of services.
To find out more information about this position, please see attached the job description and personal specification required.
We are a rural GMS 10,000 patient surgery with 4 Partners, 5 salaried GPs and a fantastic clinical and practice team with an on-site dispensary. We are located in a modern, recently extended surgery with community nurses located on site as well as an X-ray suite and glorious surrounding countryside.
Experience
Essential: - Strong experience in either a community pharmacy or a primary care setting; - Confident in analysing and presenting information to health professionals
Qualifications
Essential: - Registered pharmacy technician with the GPhC; - Diploma Level 3 in pharmacy services, or equivalent
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
28 September 2026
Last checked
28 September 2026
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