Pharmacy Technician

Are you a motivated and enthusiastic Pharmacy Technician with a passion for supporting the safe and effective use of medicines? If so, we would love to hear from you. Derwent Valley Medical Practice is recruiting a Pharmacy Technician 25 -30 hours per week, to join our friendly and well established team based in Chaddesden, with additional services provided at our Spondon Village branch, three miles away.

You will work closely with General Practitioners and Practice Pharmacists to support medicines optimisation for our patient population of approximately 11,800 patients. The role includes discharge medicines reconciliation, supporting repeat prescribing systems, patient facing consultations, audit work, and contributing to medicines safety across the practice.

The successful candidate will have excellent organisational and communication skills, be able to manage their workload effectively, and remain calm and professional in a busy primary care environment. You must be a qualified Pharmacy Technician, ideally GPhC registered. Primary care experience is desirable but not essential. Structured supervision and development through the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway will be provided.

We use TPP SystmOne and are rated Good by CQC. Salary and hours are negotiable depending on experience.

Main duties of the job:

• Support the safe and effective use of medicines across the practice.
• Complete medicines reconciliation following hospital discharge.
• Support repeat prescribing systems.
• Contribute to medicines optimisation activity that improves patient outcomes and reduces clinical risk.
• Engage in patient-facing work, including medicines support conversations, inhaler technique checks, and medication reviews.
• Support medicines safety processes, including recall systems, monitoring requirements, and MHRA alerts.

About us:

We are a high-performing and well-established clinical team serving a patient population of approximately 11,800 patients. Our multidisciplinary workforce includes 5 Partners (4 GP Partners and 1 Managing Partner), 6 Salaried GPs, 2 GP Registrars, 2 Advanced Clinical Practitioners, 3 Practice Nurses, 2 Healthcare Assistants, 3 Pharmacists and 2 Physiotherapists.

We have a strong and longstanding ethos of teaching and training, supporting both undergraduate and postgraduate education. The practice is an accredited training environment for GP Registrars and regularly hosts medical students. We are proud of our track record in developing staff and have successfully trained multiple Nurse Practitioners, Advanced Clinical Practitioners and an Independent Prescribing Pharmacist.

Job responsibilities:

• Work collaboratively with the wider multidisciplinary team to support safe, effective and efficient use of medicines across the practice.
• Hold patient-focused consultations to improve medicines understanding and adherence.
• Assist with antimicrobial stewardship initiatives and medicines safety programmes.
• Participate in clinical audits and quality improvement projects that improve medicines safety and patient care.
• Deliver vaccinations, where appropriately trained and authorised.

Professional Responsibilities:

• Practise in line with GPhC standards, practice policies and governance arrangements.
• Maintain professional registration and ongoing continuing professional development (CPD).
• Identify and escalate concerns promptly to protect patient safety.

Person Specification:

• Proactive and self-motivated.
• Flexible and adaptable to service needs.
• Team-focused.
• Calm under pressure and able to manage competing priorities.
• Commitment to learning and development.

Experience:

• Experience working in community or hospital pharmacy.
• Experience in GP practice or PCN setting.
• Audit or quality improvement work.

Qualifications:

• GPhC registered Pharmacy Technician or working towards registration.
• Level 3 qualification in Pharmaceutical Sciences (or equivalent).
• Evidence of CPD.
• IT literate and able to use clinical systems.

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.