Pharmacy Technician (Pontefract and Knottingley PCN) in Pontefract and Knottingley inPontefract and Knottingley PUBLISHED MON 28 APR 2025 Jump to job information section
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Job description
Pontefract & Knottingley PCN is looking to recruit additional Pharmacy Technicians to join our existing team. The current team, lead by the lead Pharmacy Technician, have built excellent working relationships between themselves and colleagues across the PCN, practices and colleagues from other PCNs. This is an exciting time to join Primary Care and help shape the future of patient care at the first points of contact.
Our PCN is made up of four GP Practices; Ashgrove Medical Centre, Friarwood Medical Centre, Northgate Medical Centre, and Stuart Road Medical Centre in the east of the district located across Pontefract and Knottingley and serving a population of approximately 49,000 registered patients.
The Pharmacy Technician will work closely with the PCN Pharmacy Team, Care Home Team, GPs, and other members of the PCN and practices. They will work within a pharmacy team with support and guidance from the Pharmacy Technician Lead and other pharmacy technicians to provide safe patient centred care.
Respond to medication related queries and acute prescription requests within their competency, and medicines reconciliation following discharge from another care provider.
To provides direct support to the PCN Care Home Team regarding medication queries.
To provide specialist pharmaceutical technical services, professional advice and direct support to Practice GPs, Nurses, Pharmacist, HCAs, and Reception/Administrative Staff
To liaise with patients, clinical and non-clinical staff, practice, hospital and community pharmacists and patient's carers to improve the pharmaceutical care of patients.
To develop the role of the Practice Pharmacy Technician to maximise support to all Clinical and Non-clinical practice staff to improve patient care in relation to all aspects of medicines and their impact.
To provide professional specialist medicines advice to GPs, Nurse Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Community Pharmacists, Community Nurses, and other health professionals to promote the safe, effective and high-quality, cost-effective use of medicines in all prescribing decisions for the benefit of the Practice's patients
About us
For the full role and responsibilities of this vacancy and the skills required please see the attached documents
If you're interested in this role but you have questions or you're not yet ready to apply, then please book a quick call with us and we'd be happy to answer any questions you have and tell you more about the role.
Requirements
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Benefits
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