Pharmacy Technician

**About Lakeside**

**LAKESIDE HEALTHCARE** is changing the face of primary care provision in England. We are bold, adventurous and ambitious and determined to thrive in uncertain times. We are the largest ‘true’ partnership in the NHS and operate from various sites across the East Midlands. We serve the healthcare needs of over 170,000 patients across Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire & Cambridgeshire. Joining our team presents an opportunity to be part of a large organisation that is changing the way primary care is delivered today.

**Living and breathing our values at Lakeside Healthcare**

**Caring & Respect**: Simply put we genuinely care about people: working together for our patients and our teams, our patients come first in everything we do. We strive to ensure we connect and respond to all needs with compassion, care and respect to improve the lives and wellbeing of the communities we serve.

**Teamwork & Quality**: In all areas of our business we network, collaborate and learn from our Patients, Stakeholders and each another to ensure we are always striving to improve, making the right and best decisions to provide the best service.

**About the Team**

Four Counties PCN, part of Lakeside Healthcare Group, is formed of two GP practices across Stamford and Bourne. Covering roughly 44,000 patients from Sheepmarket, St Marys Medical Centre and Hereward surgeries the PCN aims to support the health challenges within the communities it serves.

Four Counties PCN’s vision is to ‘work together to deliver the best possible outcomes for our patients and staff’.

**Job Introduction**

Lakeside Healthcare is continuing to expand its team of Pharmacy Technicians across the organisation and its Primary Care Network member practices. We aim to build the largest Pharmacy Technician workforce in General Practice. We value the contribution that Pharmacy Technicians make within our multi-disciplinary teams, and we aim to continue to safely push the boundaries in-order to develop the Pharmacy Technician role.

**What you will do (not exhaustive)**

If you are working across a Primary Care Network, you will be required to complete the 15 month CPPE Training pathway for Pharmacy Technicians. Please see the CPPE website for further information.

**Essential Criteria**

**What we offer you (Benefits)**
- Generous holidays (additional long service entitlements)
- NHS pension and long service recognition
- NHS Discounts (Blue Light Card)
- Career opportunities
- Role specific training and ongoing development
- Great team environment

Lakeside Healthcare is proud to be a Living Wage employer

Our interview process will aim to meet you in person however some interviews may be carried out virtually.

Please ensure you have your Right to Work documentation available at interview We will require you to produce the original documentation prior to your start date.

**Shortlisting**

**Website**

**Equality, Diversity & Inclusion**

**Equal Opportunities**

Lakeside Healthcare is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to ensuring that all our staff and job applicants are protected from unlawful discrimination. All employees and job applicants will be treated equally, fairly and with respect. We will endeavour, through appropriate training, to ensure that our hiring teams making selection and recruitment decisions that do not discriminate, whether consciously or unconsciously and follow recognised industry best practice.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £24,000.00-£28,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- On-site parking
- Store discount

Application question(s):

- Do you have the right to work in the UK? (Yes/No) - If you answered Yes you must be able to provide sufficient evidence upon interview.
- Do you have a current registration with the GPhC as a Pharmacist?
- Do you have a BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences?
- Do you have evidence of continued professional development?
- Do you have experience working as a Pharmacy Technician in community pharmacy?

Work Location: In person