Creffield Medical Group in Colchester are looking to welcome a full-time PCN Pharmacy Technician on a 1 year fixed term contract. The role will include some sessions to oversee our dispensary at Nayland Surgery and a dispensing background is desirable.. The successful candidate will benefit from this opportunity to build up strong working relationships, across our organisation, and will be actively involved in how their role evolves over time. The main responsibilities of the role include: developing our prescribing systems to ensure safe, effective and efficient prescribing within the PCN; supporting the reception and administration teams, at our member practices, with complex medication queries; supporting the GP partners on prescribing projects and cost/safety audits and actions. managing patient prescriptions supporting medication reviews and reconciliations advising patients and healthcare professionals on medication-related queries developing our prescribing systems to ensure safe, effective and efficient supporting the reception and administration teams with complex medication queries supporting the GP partners on prescribing projects and cost/safety audits and actions minimising medication wastage About the Candidate The successful candidate will: be a registered pharmacy technician with the GPhC; hold a Diploma Level 3 in pharmacy services, or equivalent; have strong experience in either a community pharmacy or a primary care setting; be confident in analysing and presenting information to health professionals; have e xperience of implementing and promoting cost-effective strategies; have the a bility to interpret complex clinical information and present it in suitable formats, to a variety of people from professional and non-professional backgrounds. About Us Creffield Medical Group was formed in June 2017, it is an amalgamation of Creffield Medical Centre, Layer Road Surgery, Turner Road Surgery and North Hill Medical Group and we have 30,000 patients. Colchester is a historic, vibrant town with quick road and rail links to London Liverpool Street. It houses one of Europe’s finest zoos, a Norman Castle, beautifully maintained parks, an active theatre scene and new modern art gallery. The local grammar schools are amongst the best in the country and the local area is surrounded by beautiful countryside including ‘Constable country’ in nearby Dedham. Mersea Island, Wivenhoe and Brightlingsea offer excellent oysters, beaches and sailing within a short drive. Disclosure and Barring Service Check Please note this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.