Overview
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Job purpose: To work under the supervision of the Pharmacist to ensure the safe, accurate and timely supply of prescriptions to patients.
Job details
Job title: Pharmacy Technician
Responsible to: Pharmacist
Responsible for: N/A
Job locations: 32 Clifton, YORK YO30 6AE
Working pattern: Full-time
Contract: Permanent
Salary: Depending on experience
Date posted: 21 August 2025
Responsibilities
* To provide technical and administrative support to the Clinical Pharmacists and Clinicians.
* Support the Reception teams with complex queries around medication from patients.
* Complete audits around patient safety and cost effective prescribing and present the information for sharing with the clinical team.
Main Duties And Responsibilities
* Work with the Pharmacist and Clinicians in accordance with agreed practice prescribing standard operating procedures.
* Process repeat medication requests, including the conversion of acute requests to repeat medicines, changing quantities of medicines.
* Issuing prescriptions in line with agreed clinical protocols and within your competency.
* Liaise with secondary and primary care colleagues to ensure correct medicines are continued following the transfer of care.
* Monitor practice adherence to the repeat prescribing policy.
* Assist the Pharmacist with data analysis of prescribing behavior in line with NICE guidance and local clinical commissioning directives.
* Assist with the development and review of medicine audits.
* Maintain and develop medicines communication to staff.
* Provide a contact for patients and colleagues with medication queries.
* Use practice and CCG templates to record near-patient monitoring for high risk drugs.
* Identify blood tests, recalls and reviews using established protocols and forward these to the appropriate clinician.
* Liaise with Clinicians and staff to resolve prescribing queries.
* Review hospital discharge notifications and outpatient hospital letters and reconcile medication against current repeats, flagging up and correcting discrepancies.
* Promote safe use of medication, reporting of medication related incidents and proactively preventing safeguarding incidents.
* Observe the principles of clinical governance when developing policies, protocols, guidelines, SOPs and procedures.
* Support practice prescribing budgets by ongoing monitoring, audit and analysis of drug use and support practices in reviewing, developing and enhancing cost-effective prescribing.
* Stay aware of latest QIPP and other cost targets.
* Help review medication with the Pharmacists and make recommendations for prescribing changes to improve outcome and ensure prescribing of the most effective product.
* Project work/prescribing initiatives under the support of the Pharmacist.
* Adhere to strict confidentiality policies at all times.
* Attend local meetings seeking to improve access to medicines or repeat-prescribing processes.
* Undertake audits of prescribing as agreed by the pharmacist.
* This job description is not exhaustive and may be adjusted periodically after review and consultation. You will also be expected to carry out any reasonable duties which may be requested from time-to-time.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential: mandatory - registered with GPhC as pharmacy technician
Checks
Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a Disclosure to the DBS will be required. UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer details
York Medical Group, 32 Clifton, YORK YO30 6AE
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