Primary Care Careers

Pharmacy Technician

The closing date is 31 July 2025

Job summary

Tendring PCN has an exciting opportunity for a hardworking, enthusiastic and innovative pharmacy technician to join our primary care network on a full-time basis for 37.5 hours per week.

You will join our pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who support patients across our 3 practices; Great Bentley Surgery, St James Surgery in Clacton and Mayflower Medical Centre in Harwich.

The successful candidate will benefit from this opportunity to build up strong working relationships, across our organisation, and will be actively involved in how their role evolves over time.

Main duties of the job

  • Developing our prescribing systems to ensure safe, effective and efficient prescribing within the PCN.
  • Supporting the reception and administration teams, at our member practices, with complex medication queries.
  • Supporting the GP partners on prescribing projects and cost/safety audits and actions.

About us

Tendring Primary Care Network (PCN) is a collective group of General Practices within Tendring, North East Essex:

  • Great Bentley Surgery, Great Bentley (GBS)
  • St James Surgery, Clacton (SJS)
  • Mayflower Medical Centre, Harwich (MMC)

Our aim is to deliver better health outcomes for our local patient populations, and reduce health inequalities, via provision of additional roles and services to extend the General Practice Teams.

Tendring PCN are one of the 22 PCN Test Sites as part of the national PCN pilot programme, a partnership with SNEE ICB and NHS England to narrow demand and capacity gaps, improve workforce and patient experiences, as well as sustain general practice for the future.

Fixed term contract extensions are subject to continued funding.

Benefits include:

  • 25 days holiday
  • NHS Pension
  • Competitive salary based on experience
  • Supportive and friendly environment
  • Peer support
  • CPD support with training and development

Details

Date posted

06 June 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience - depending on experience

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

28687

Job locations

The Hollies

The Green

Great Bentley

Essex

CO7 8PJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered pharmacy technician with the GPhC.
  • Diploma Level 3 in pharmacy services, or equivalent.

Experience

Essential

  • Strong experience in either a community pharmacy or a primary care setting.
  • Confident in analysing and presenting information to health professionals.
  • Experience of implementing and promoting cost-effective strategies.
  • Ability to interpret complex clinical information and present it in suitable formats, to a variety of people from professional and non-professional backgrounds.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered pharmacy technician with the GPhC.
  • Diploma Level 3 in pharmacy services, or equivalent.

Experience

Essential

  • Strong experience in either a community pharmacy or a primary care setting.
  • Confident in analysing and presenting information to health professionals.
  • Experience of implementing and promoting cost-effective strategies.
  • Ability to interpret complex clinical information and present it in suitable formats, to a variety of people from professional and non-professional backgrounds.

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

Primary Care Careers

Address

The Hollies

The Green

Great Bentley

Essex

CO7 8PJ


Employer's website

https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Careers

Address

The Hollies

The Green

Great Bentley

Essex

CO7 8PJ


Employer's website

https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Team

Tendring PCN

enquiries@eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk

01206918760

Details

Date posted

06 June 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience - depending on experience

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

28687

Job locations

The Hollies

The Green

Great Bentley

Essex

CO7 8PJ


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