Pharmacy Technician
| Posting date: | 07 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £27,496.89 to £34,188.93 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £27496.89 - £34188.93 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 January 2026 |
| Location: | Burgess Hill, RH15 0EF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A3014-26-0000 |
Summary
Primary duties and areas of responsibility 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. Support medications reconciliation for patients when they are discharged from hospital. 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 multidisciplinary 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 Practice to deliver on QIPP agenda, QOF and locally commissioned enhanced services. Support the Practice in reviewing and developing practice policies for CQC requirements. General The postholder will: Be committed to a culture that promotes equality and values diversity, actively promote Equality and Diversity issues relevant to the post and comply with relevant ABC policies. Ensure the principles of openness, transparency and candour are observed and upheld in practices. Acquire through training, the appropriate level of safeguarding knowledge, skills and practice required and comply with relevant Practice safeguarding policies. Ensure that any infection prevention and control issues are reported to the line manager in accordance with Infection Prevention and Control guidelines Personal/Professional Development: The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practices/GP Federation as part of this employment, with such training to include: Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work