Lakeside Healthcare Group

Pharmacy Technician

The closing date is 24 August 2025

Job summary

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.

Main duties of the job

Your role will be to predominately support our Pharmacists with Medicines Reconciliation and Medication Reviews. This is an innovative role to work within the Lakeside Healthcare Pharmacy team to ensure safe and effective use of medicines for patients within Lakeside Healthcare. As a starting point the role will initially focus on medicines reconciliation from clinic and discharge letters, and will develop further as the role of the Pharmacy team expands within the organisation. It is vital that effective systems and procedures are in place to ensure that this process is effective, safe and efficient. The right candidate will be involved in day to day management of this with regular and thorough reviews of all medications. The process also ensures that patients receive the appropriate monitoring necessary for the medication they are prescribed.

About us

LAKESIDE HEALTHCAREis 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.

Our values

Caring & Respect: Simply put we genuinely care about people.

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.

New Queen Street and Stanground Surgeries are located in Peterborough. This is a modern, forward thinking and cohesive eight Partner GP practice. Supporting the partners is a multi-disciplinary clinical team of nursing and associated health care providers and a large patient services team delivering reception, administration and care coordination roles.

There is a strong team ethos within the practice, which is described as non hierarchical, supportive, friendly, approachable, and caring. It is very important to the partners that this is maintained and developed.

Being part of Lakeside Healthcare means that you have the support of in-house specialist skills from our People, Finance, Communications and Executive teams.

Lakeside Healthcare New Queen Street & Stanground Surgery is part of South Peterborough Primary Care Network compromising of five practices across South Peterborough.

Details

Date posted

07 August 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£21,142.94 to £24,682.93 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A3007-25-0119

Job locations

The New Queen Street Surgery

Syers Lane

Whittlesey

Peterborough

PE7 1AT


Job description

Job responsibilities

The role of pharmacy within General Practice is part of an exciting programme of transformation which is underpinned by the NHS Long Term Plan.

This is an innovative role to work within the Lakeside Healthcare Pharmacy team to ensure safe and effective use of medicines for patients within Lakeside Healthcare.

Please see attached full job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The role of pharmacy within General Practice is part of an exciting programme of transformation which is underpinned by the NHS Long Term Plan.

This is an innovative role to work within the Lakeside Healthcare Pharmacy team to ensure safe and effective use of medicines for patients within Lakeside Healthcare.

Please see attached full job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical
  • sciences
  • Professional Registration with the GPhC

Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of continued professional development
  • Experience of working as a Pharmacy Technician in community pharmacy

Desirable

  • Experience of working as a Pharmacy Technician in either a CCG or hospital pharmacy
  • Experience of clinical systems (SystmOne/Emis/Vision)
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical
  • sciences
  • Professional Registration with the GPhC

Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of continued professional development
  • Experience of working as a Pharmacy Technician in community pharmacy

Desirable

  • Experience of working as a Pharmacy Technician in either a CCG or hospital pharmacy
  • Experience of clinical systems (SystmOne/Emis/Vision)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Lakeside Healthcare Group

Address

The New Queen Street Surgery

Syers Lane

Whittlesey

Peterborough

PE7 1AT


Employer's website

https://www.lakesidehealthcaregroup.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Lakeside Healthcare Group

Address

The New Queen Street Surgery

Syers Lane

Whittlesey

Peterborough

PE7 1AT


Employer's website

https://www.lakesidehealthcaregroup.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Details

Date posted

07 August 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£21,142.94 to £24,682.93 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A3007-25-0119

Job locations

The New Queen Street Surgery

Syers Lane

Whittlesey

Peterborough

PE7 1AT


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