Pharmacy Technician

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Title: Pharmacy Technician

Reports to: Clinical Pharmacist, GP Partners, Practice Manager

Location: GP Surgery

Job summary

To work as part of the general practice team to optimise medicines use, support safe prescribing, and improve patient care. The pharmacy technician will play a vital role in medicines reconciliation, repeat prescription management, and patient education to ensure safe, effective, and efficient use of medicines.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

Carry out medicines reconciliation following hospital discharge, outpatient clinics, or care home transfers.

Support repeat prescription processing, ensuring appropriate reviews, accuracy, and cost-effectiveness.

Support pharmacist with project work

Review patients compliance with treatment, encouraging safe and effective medicines use.

Provide information and advice to patients, carers, and colleagues on medicines and minor ailments.

Carry out housekeeping whilst in patient records e.g. dose optimisation and medicines synchronisation.

Assist with chronic disease management by supporting long-term condition reviews under the supervision of a pharmacist/GP.

Work closely with GPs, practice nurses, and pharmacists to ensure safe prescribing and reduce medicines-related risks.

Support medication safety initiatives, audits, and quality improvement projects.

Ensure prescribing follows national guidance (e.g., NICE, local formularies) and practice policies.

Contribute to repeat prescribing reviews, reducing waste and promoting cost-effective use of NHS resources.

Liaise with community pharmacies, hospitals, and care homes to ensure continuity of care.

Participate in training, supervision, and continuous professional development.

Participate in practice meetings, patient participation groups, and other meetings to improve engagement of the role of pharmacy technician

Ensure that all major MHRA drug alerts, where appropriate and within level of competence, are acted upon within practices over an appropriate time frame and to advise on any medication changes that occur as a result.

Contribute to the achievement and maintenance of good to outstanding CQC registration status.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Level 3 Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills NVQ/SVQ or equivalent.
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council GPhC.

Desirable

• Accredited Checking Technician ACT.
• Additional qualifications in primary care or medicines optimisation.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in
• primary care, community or hospital pharmacy - ideally five year post qualification experience
• Must understand the background to and aims of
• general practice

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

Castle Medical Centre

Address

22 Bertie Road

Kenilworth

Warwickshire

CV8 1JP

Employer's website

https://www.castlemedicalcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)