Pharmacy Technician

Posting date:	24 December 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	Negotiable
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	11 January 2026
Location:	Leeds, LS17 6PZ
Company:	NHS Jobs
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	A1137-25-0008

Summary

JOB DETAILS Job Title: Pharmacy Technician Reports to: Head of Clinical Pharmacy Responsible to: Lead or Senior pharmacist Accountable to: GP Board Director Lead for Pharmacy Location: Moortown and Harehills surgeries Salary: Depending on experience Job Summary Pharmacy technicians play an important role to pro-actively help patients stay safe,well, and out of hospital as well as helping to reduce the demands on general practice, complementing clinical pharmacists, community pharmacists and other members of the PCN multi-disciplinary team. Pharmacy technicians are different to clinical pharmacists as they are not able to prescribe or make complex clinical decisions, instead working under supervision or to an agreed protocol, to ensure effective and efficient use of medicines. Pharmacy technicians core role responsibilities will cover clinical, and technical and administrative categories. 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. 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, medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and practice patients, medicines reconciliation of medicines for patient transfers between care settings, linking with local community pharmacies, repeat synchronisation for existing patients Support the Clinical Pharmacist in Structured Medication Reviews (SMR) e.g. organise necessary monitoring tests prior to SMR and talk to patient about their medicines to ascertain current medicines use by the patient. Provide specialist 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. Take a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaising with appropriate pharmacists for more complex patients Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing locally. 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, care homes and other primary care settings. This will be achieved through undertaking audits (e.g use of antibiotics), supporting quality improvement measures and contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services and CQC inspection searches. Technical and Administrative Work with the PCN multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation processes, including implementing efficient ordering and return processes and reducing wastage. Supervise practice reception teams in sorting and streamlining general prescription requests, so as to allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests. Provide leadership for medicines optimisation systems across PCNS, supporting practices 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, 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 of the pharmacy team across health and social care including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care and mental health. 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 GPOP agenda, QOF and locally commissioned enhanced services Support the PCN in reviewing and developing practice policies for CQC requirements All Pharmacy Technicians must work within their competencies and have professional indemnity for their role. General The postholder will: Develop a culture that promotes equality and values diversity. The postholder must be aware of and committed to the Equality and Diversity policies of South and East Leeds GP Group and comply with all the requirements of these policies and actively promote Equality and Diversity issues relevant to the post. Ensure the principles of openness, transparency and candor are observed and upheld in all working practices. The post holder will have, or acquire through training provided by the organisation, the appropriate level of safeguarding and knowledge, skills and practice required for the post and be aware of and comply with the organisations safeguarding protection policies and procedures. Ensure that any infection prevention and control issues are reported to the line manager/Infection Prevention and Control Equality and diversity: The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include: Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights. Personal/Professional development: The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, with such training to include: o Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development o Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work Quality: The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will: Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs Effectively manage own time, workload and resources