Pharmacy Technician
Surrey Heath Community Providers Ltd
Camberley, GU16 7ER
Salary
£32,038
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
20 September 2026
18 days left
Job description
Joining our Clinical Pharmacy Team across General Practices and Care Homes in Surrey Heath and playing an important role complementing the clinical ph...
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Function
as part of the general practice and PCN team and working across the practices
and care homes in Surrey Heath, developing professional supportive relationships.
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Carry
out medicines optimisation tasks, to improve the quality and cost effectiveness
of prescribing, and patient adherence and administration.
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Undertake
tasks to support structured medication reviews/medication reviews.
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Build
and run EMIS reports to identify/stratify patients/residents for review.
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Undertake
medicines reconciliation, with support of other clinical staff review
medication changes and communicate change appropriately, including for new care
home residents / patients and post hospital discharge / out-patients.
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Synchronising
medicines for patient transfer between care settings, linking with local
community pharmacists, and referring to the clinical pharmacist for structured
medication reviews (SMRs).
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Use
consultation skills, where required, to work in partnership with
patients/residents to ensure they use their medicines effectively (e.g.
checking inhaler technique).
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Where
competent, provide specialist expertise to address both the public health needs
and social care needs of residents/patients, including providing lifestyle
advice, service information, and helping tacking health inequalities.
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Support
members of the practice team on matters relating to medicines optimisation,
prescription requests, queries and drug monitoring
Please see Supporting Documents for full Job Description, list of responsibilities and Person Specification
We are Surrey Heath Community Providers Limited, which is a federation of 7 GP practices across 10 sites, covering a population of over 97,000 patients across Surrey Heath. We began in 2016 and now employ around 200 members of staff across our clinical and corporate support teams. Since 2019 we have hosted the Primary Care Network in Surrey Heath.
As a GP Federation, we are proud to represent our member practices and to champion primary care by working with local general practice and system partners in the provision of community based healthcare services. We are dedicated to providing safe and compassionate care to our patients across our range of primary care services in Surrey Heath and believe in continuous commitment to quality service delivery and positive patient outcomes.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do,and we pride ourselves inensuring our patients feel safe, supported, communicated with and respected, at a time when they may be feeling vulnerable.
Communication Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong influencing and negotiation skills
- Ability to handle difficult & contentious situations with discretion and confidence
- Working within policies / procedures
Knowledge, Training, Skills and Experience
Essential
- GCSEs including English and Maths (C and above) or equivalent
- NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent
- Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
- Have completed an approved primary care pharmacy educational pathway (PCPEP) or Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes (MOCH).
- Knowledge of pharmacy procedures and the wholesaler supply chain.
- Skilled in using pharmacy references, both online and texts (including the ICB's formulary).
- Understanding of medicines legislation and ethics.
- Knowledge of diversity issues and ability to work in non-discriminatory way.
Desirable
- Experience in medicines management or community pharmacy
- Experience of General Practice repeat prescribing policies and systems -Use of GP computer systems, IT skills - in analysing and presenting prescribing activity data
- Experience of multidisciplinary working
- Experience of educating and training staff / patients / carers, Understanding of EMIS GP system
Analytical
Essential
- Ability to analyse and interpret data and present reports, Ability to apply the principles of evidence-based medicine to prescribing
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
2 September 2026
Last checked
2 September 2026
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