Pharmacy ACT

Salary:From £33,000 per annum

Hours:Monday to Friday, 0800 - 1800

Location:Laindon, Essex

Contract:Full Time and Permanent

Role Summary

We are looking for an experienced ACT to join our growing dispensary team to ensure the safe and effective running of the dispensary, meeting the organisation’s timeframes for medication dispatch.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• To follow and promote relevant SOPs, guidelines and company policies to ensure patient safety
• To efficiently and accurately check all information on patient prescriptions and ensure Ship Theory labelling, invoice and prescription information all correspond
• Ensure all errors are identified and corrected before product leaves the pharmacy
• Record all Near Miss errors in log and relay to dispensers for learning
• To work collaboratively with other dispensary members to ensure efficient and safe running of dispensary

Qualifications/Registrations

• BTEC/NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services and be ACT accredited.
• GPHC registration as a Pharmacy Technician desired
• GCSE (or equivalent) in English and Maths preferred

Experience

• Extensive ACT experience within relevant UK Pharmacy setting preferred
• Experience helping to lead a team desirable
• Experience using MS Office desirable

Skills & Attributes

• Strong organisational and coordination skills
• Ability to communicate and negotiate effectively with peers
• High attention to detail
• Ability to analyse potential issues/risks and develop and implement practical resolutions
• Ability to manage potentially complex workloads and meet expectations

About Mamedica:

Mamedica is a private clinic, with linked pharmacy, which specialises in assisting patients who may not have found satisfactory results for their conditions via their existing medications. We work with consultants specialising within pain, psychiatry, neurology, palliative care and cancer, so our patients can receive their prescribed medication directly to their door, via next-day delivery service.

Our prescribed medicines are produced and manufactured according to the pharmaceutical-grade EU-GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice.)

Additional Information:

Mamedica may receive a higher-than-anticipated number of applications for this role, such that it may not always be possible to provide individual feedback to all applications.

Applicant shortlisting and interviews may be taking place whilst the role is still being advertised, which may mean that this advert may close sooner than expected. We recommend that, if interested in this opportunity, you apply for this role as soon as possible.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check:

This role may be subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order (as amended) and it may be required for Mamedica to conduct a DBS check accordingly for a successful applicant.