Pharmacy Technician

Are you a qualified Pharmacy Technician registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and looking for a new challenge or more hours in Wales?

If you answered yes, New Directions Pharmacy has locum work available near you. We have been supplying pharmacy personnel to our valued clients as a trusted and preferred supplier throughout the UK for over 15 years and we have vacancies in:

• Cardiff
• Swansea
• Llanelli
• Carmarthen
• Aberystwyth
• Bridgend
• Pontypridd
• Cwmbran
• Ammanford
• Brecon
• Builth Wells
• Newport
• Monmouth
• Chepstow
• Bangor
• Caernarfon
• Caerphilly
• Wrexham
• Llandudno
• Blaenavon
• And more

We offer our Pharmacy Technicians work with large multiples such as Boots the Chemist, Lloyds Pharmacy, Well Pharmacy, Rowlands Pharmacy, Day Lewis Pharmacy and Superdrug. We also provide work in supermarkets (Tesco pharmacy, Morrisons Pharmacy), independent pharmacies, hospital out-patient dispensaries and prisons.

Requirements

To be eligible for the role of Pharmacy Technician, you are required to hold an NVQ level 3 in Pharmacy Services and you must be registered as a Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), with a valid GPhC number.

You must have a minimum of 6 month’s experience working in a dispensary setting in the UK before we can register you for work.

Responsibilities

As a Pharmacy Technician, you will be responsible for assisting licensed Pharmacists by:

• Supplying prescription and over-the-counter medications to patients
• Assembling medications to prepare prescriptions
• Providing information to inform and educate patients and other healthcare professionals
• Gathering, organising and assessing patient information and maintaining electronic patient information
• Monitoring the prescription-filling process to ensure compliance
• Liaising with healthcare providers
• Taking an inventory of drugs and placing orders for additional drugs
• Completing patient sales and transactions for over-the-counter medications

Why you’ll love working through New Directions Pharmacy

The benefits of working as a Pharmacy Technician with New Directions Pharmacy include:

• Choose the work that suits you
• Work as many or as few days as you want
• Never one day the same
• Work wherever you want, throughout the UK
• Work in a variety of environments
• Gain knowledge and experience of different systems used by our varied clients
• Competitive pay rates and travel expenses paid (dependent on client)
• You will be assigned your own experienced regional Account Manager, providing you with a single point of contact for your locum work

Apply now

Register with us as a Pharmacy Technician in Wales now.

We look forward to you joining our team!

Please contact New Directions Pharmacy for more information on this job vacancy, on 029 2082 7600, or use our form below to enquire about this job vacancy.