Job summary
We are seeking a motivated and proactive Pharmacy Technician to join our dynamic and
forward-thinking team within a busy GP practice operating across three sites, (9-12 months fixed term contract to cover maternity leave).This is an exciting
opportunity to be part of a supportive and innovative environment that values
collaboration, continuous development, and patient-centered care.
Working closely with our multidisciplinary team,
you will play a key role in supporting the delivery of safe and effective
medicines management, improving prescribing processes, and enhancing the
quality of patient care.
If you're looking for a varied role within a
progressive primary care setting, where your skills and ideas are valued, we
would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Medication Reconciliation
2. Repeat Prescription Management
3. Supporting Medicines Optimisation
4. Auditing and Data Management
5. Patient Communication and Support
6. Administrative and Operational Support
7. Collaboration with the Multidisciplinary Team
Overall Role
The Pharmacy Technician in General Practice acts as a vital link between patients, the clinical team, and the pharmacy services. They focus on:
- Accuracy: Ensuring safe and effective prescribing.
- Efficiency: Reducing GP and pharmacist workload.
- Patient safety and experience: Supporting better medication use and understanding.
About us
About Us
We are a thriving, forward-thinking GP practice operating across three well-established sites, with our main base in Woking, serving a diverse and growing patient population. Known for our positive and friendly team culture, we pride ourselves on delivering high-quality, patient-centred care in a supportive and collaborative environment.
Our team is made up of experienced GPs, nurse practitioners, allied health professionals, and a proactive administrative staff, all committed to innovation and continuous improvement in primary care.
We embrace technology and new ways of working, with a strong focus on digital solutions, workflow optimisation, and patient access. Our leadership encourages open communication, shared learning, and professional development at every level.
Location & Accessibility
All three of our sites are well-connected with excellent transport links, making commuting straightforward whether you're travelling by public transport, bike, or car.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical responsibilities of the Pharmacy Technician:
undertake patient facing and patient
supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared-decision
making conversations with patients;
carry out medicines optimisation tasks
including effective medicine administration (e.g. checking inhaler technique),
supporting medication reviews, and medicines reconciliation. Where required,
utilise consultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they
use their medicines effectively;
support, medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new patients and
synchronising medicines for patient transfers between care settings and linking
with local community pharmacists.
provide specialist expertise, where
competent, to address both the public health and social care needs of patients,
including lifestyle advice, service information, and help in tackling local
health inequalities;
take a central role in the clinical aspects
of shared care protocols and liaising with specialist pharmacists for more
complex patients;
support initiatives for antimicrobial
stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing
assist in the delivery of medicines
optimisation and management incentive schemes and patient safety audits;
support the implementation of national
prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices. This will be achieved
through undertaking clinical audits (e.g. use of antibiotics), supporting quality
improvement measures and contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and
enhanced services.
To promote high quality, cost-effective
prescribing in primary care, supporting the specifications within the PCN DES,
such as Structured Medication Reviews and Medicines Optimisation and others as
they commence and as determined by the PCN.
To support the functional role of
prescribing and medicines optimisation as a registered and qualified pharmacy
technician.
Specific operational duties, especially in
emergency situations e.g. flu epidemics/pandemic (which involves managing the
centralised initial and ongoing allocation of antiviral medicines, vaccines.
Ensuring correct storage conditions are maintained at all times, assuring
maximum patient benefit and safety).
Technical and Administrative responsibilities of the Pharmacy
Technician:
work with the PCN multi-disciplinary team to
ensure efficient medicines optimisation, including implementing efficient
ordering and return processes, reducing wastage and producing MAR sheets where
needed;
Support practice reception teams in sorting
and streaming general prescription requests, so as to allow GPs and clinical
pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests;
provide leadership for medicines
optimisation systems, supporting with a range of services to get the best value
from medicines by encouraging and implementing Electronic Prescriptions, safe
repeat prescribing systems, and timely monitoring and management of high-risk
medicines;
provide training and support on the legal,
safe and secure handling of medicines
develop relationships with other pharmacy
technicians, pharmacists and members of the multi-disciplinary team to support
integration of the pharmacy team across health and social care including
primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care, and mental health
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical responsibilities of the Pharmacy Technician:
undertake patient facing and patient
supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared-decision
making conversations with patients;
carry out medicines optimisation tasks
including effective medicine administration (e.g. checking inhaler technique),
supporting medication reviews, and medicines reconciliation. Where required,
utilise consultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they
use their medicines effectively;
support, medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new patients and
synchronising medicines for patient transfers between care settings and linking
with local community pharmacists.
provide specialist expertise, where
competent, to address both the public health and social care needs of patients,
including lifestyle advice, service information, and help in tackling local
health inequalities;
take a central role in the clinical aspects
of shared care protocols and liaising with specialist pharmacists for more
complex patients;
support initiatives for antimicrobial
stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing
assist in the delivery of medicines
optimisation and management incentive schemes and patient safety audits;
support the implementation of national
prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices. This will be achieved
through undertaking clinical audits (e.g. use of antibiotics), supporting quality
improvement measures and contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and
enhanced services.
To promote high quality, cost-effective
prescribing in primary care, supporting the specifications within the PCN DES,
such as Structured Medication Reviews and Medicines Optimisation and others as
they commence and as determined by the PCN.
To support the functional role of
prescribing and medicines optimisation as a registered and qualified pharmacy
technician.
Specific operational duties, especially in
emergency situations e.g. flu epidemics/pandemic (which involves managing the
centralised initial and ongoing allocation of antiviral medicines, vaccines.
Ensuring correct storage conditions are maintained at all times, assuring
maximum patient benefit and safety).
Technical and Administrative responsibilities of the Pharmacy
Technician:
work with the PCN multi-disciplinary team to
ensure efficient medicines optimisation, including implementing efficient
ordering and return processes, reducing wastage and producing MAR sheets where
needed;
Support practice reception teams in sorting
and streaming general prescription requests, so as to allow GPs and clinical
pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests;
provide leadership for medicines
optimisation systems, supporting with a range of services to get the best value
from medicines by encouraging and implementing Electronic Prescriptions, safe
repeat prescribing systems, and timely monitoring and management of high-risk
medicines;
provide training and support on the legal,
safe and secure handling of medicines
develop relationships with other pharmacy
technicians, pharmacists and members of the multi-disciplinary team to support
integration of the pharmacy team across health and social care including
primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care, and mental health
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE grade A-C English and Maths
- NVQ3, BTEC in pharmaceutical science or equivalent
- Registration with GPHC
- General Practice Pharmacy Technician Medicines Optimisation programme or equivalent
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills, mature in outlook and flexible in approach to work with high professional standards and attention to detail.
- Evidence of ability to be self-motivated, practice self-management including prioritising workload.
- Ability to deliver high quality work to deadline
- Evidence of commitment to CPD.
Desirable
- Experience of working as pharmacy technician in primary care
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE grade A-C English and Maths
- NVQ3, BTEC in pharmaceutical science or equivalent
- Registration with GPHC
- General Practice Pharmacy Technician Medicines Optimisation programme or equivalent
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills, mature in outlook and flexible in approach to work with high professional standards and attention to detail.
- Evidence of ability to be self-motivated, practice self-management including prioritising workload.
- Ability to deliver high quality work to deadline
- Evidence of commitment to CPD.
Desirable
- Experience of working as pharmacy technician in primary care
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).