Pharmacy Technician
| Posting date: | 10 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £29,970.00 to £36,483.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £29970.00 - £36483.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 September 2025 |
| Location: | Truro, TR1 2JA |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A1654-25-0012 |
Summary
Post Overview The Pharmacy Technician will be part of the Primary Care Network (PCN) managing the care of people registered with both The Three Spires Medical Practice and Lander Medical Practice. Our aim is to provide exemplary patient care; finding innovative solutions in general practice to deliver the best care we can to our patients. The successful Pharmacy Technician will play an important role in complementing our clinical pharmacists, community pharmacists and other members of the PCN multi-disciplinary team and will support the PCN Clinical Pharmacists in the delivery of clinical pharmacy services. Pharmacy technicians are different to clinical pharmacists as they are not able to prescribe or make clinical decisions, instead working under supervision to ensure effective and efficient use of medicines. The purpose of the role is to lead improvements to maximise safe, cost effective best practice in prescribing to improve the quality of patient care. The post holder will help patients to get the best from their medicines by switching medications to agreed and approved protocols, improving repeat prescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and online ordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines. In addition, the post holder will be responsible for encouraging the development of better understanding of the principles of medicines optimisation throughout the practice teams and promoting good practice in line with therapeutic developments. This will involve assisting the PCN in achieving national requirements, NICE implementation and utilisation of medicines optimisation initiatives. It is a requirement of the role to be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician. Key Responsibilities Clinical 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. As determined by the PCN, support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and synchronising medicines for patient transfers between care settings, linking with local community pharmacies Support the Clinical Pharmacist in Structure Medication Reviews (SMR) i.e. organise necessary monitoring tests prior to SMR Provide expertise to address both the public health and social care needs of patients, including lifestyle advice, service information, and help in tackling local health inequalities. Manage shared care protocols and liaise with Clinical Pharmacists for more complex patients. Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing locally. Technical and administrative Support the PCN multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation processes are being followed. Implement efficient ordering and return processes and reducing medication wastage. Provide training and support on the legal, safe and secure handling of medicines, including the implementation of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS). Promotion of Electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD) and online ordering Develop relationships with other pharmacy professionals and members of the multi-disciplinary team to support integration across health and social care including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care and mental health. Support practice reception teams in streaming general prescription requests, so as to allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests. Support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other primary care settings. Support the PCN to deliver on QIPP agenda, QOF and locally commissioned enhanced services Support the PCN in reviewing and developing practice policies for CQC requirements Collaborative Working Relationships Liaise with clinicians and administrative staff to resolve medicine related queries. Work collaboratively with the PCN team. Develop relationships and work closely with community, hospital and MMT pharmacy colleagues and the wider health system. Liaise with other stakeholders for the collective benefit of patients. Participate in Practice meetings, patient participation groups and other meetings to improve engagement with the role of the Pharmacy Technician.