Lakeside Healthcare Group

PCN Pharmacy Technician

The closing date is 03 August 2025

Job summary

Lakeside Healthcare is continuing to expand its team of Pharmacy Technicians across the organisation and its Primary Care Network member practices. We aim to build the largest Pharmacy Technician workforce in General Practice. We value the contribution that Pharmacy Technicians make within our multi-disciplinary teams, and we aim to continue to safely push the boundaries in-order to develop the Pharmacy Technician role.

Main duties of the job

Your role will be to predominately support our Pharmacists with Medicines Reconciliation and Medication Reviews. This is an innovative role to work within the Lakeside Healthcare Pharmacy team to ensure safe and effective use of medicines for patients within Lakeside Healthcare. As a starting point the role will initially focus on medicines reconciliation from clinic and dischargeletters, and will develop further as the role of the Pharmacy team expands within the organisation. It is vital that effective systems and procedures are in place to ensure that this process is effective, safe and efficient. The right candidate will be involved in day to day management of this with regular and thorough reviews of all medications. The process also ensures that patients receive the appropriate monitoring necessary for the medication they are prescribed.

If you are working across a Primary Care Network, you will be required to complete the 15 month CPPE Training pathway for Pharmacy Technicians. Please see the CPPE website for further information.

Within the Supporting Information of your application please state the number of hours and days you wish to work.

About us

LAKESIDE HEALTHCARE is changing the face of primary care provision in England. We are bold, adventurous and ambitious and determined to thrive in uncertain times. We are the largest true partnership in the NHS and operate from various sites across the East Midlands. We serve the healthcare needs of over 170,000 patients across Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire & Cambridgeshire.

Caring & Respect: Simply put we genuinely care about people: working together for our patients and our teams, our patients come first in everything we do.

Teamwork & Quality: In all areas of our business we network, collaborate and learn from our Patients, Stakeholders and each another to ensure we are always striving to improve, making the right and best decisions to provide the best service.

About the Practice/Department/Team

St Neots PCN is an average sized yet forward-thinking Primary Care Network (PCN) comprising of three practices within central St Neots and Great Staughton. We have built and developed a growing pharmacy team and recognise the value that these roles will bring to our practices and our patients, we now look forward to growing our PCN team.

We strongly believe in learning and teaching to progress personal development. Further training and development is encouraged to help build your role according to your aspirations and the needs of the business.

Details

Date posted

23 July 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£24,000 to £28,000 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

A3007-25-0115

Job locations

Doctors Surgery

14 Huntingdon Street

St. Neots

Cambridgeshire

PE19 1BQ


Job description

Job responsibilities

The role of pharmacy within General Practice is part of an exciting programme of transformation which is underpinned by the NHS Long Term Plan.

This is an innovative role to work within the Lakeside Healthcare Pharmacy team to ensure safe and effective use of medicines for patients within Lakeside Healthcare.

As a starting point the role will initially focus on medicines reconciliation from clinic and discharge letters, and will develop further as the role of the Pharmacy team expands within the organisation. It is vital that effective systems and procedures are in place to ensure that this process is effective, safe and efficient. The right candidate will be involved in day to day management of this with regular and thorough reviews of all medications. The process also ensures that patients receive the appropriate monitoring necessary for the medication they are prescribed.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The role of pharmacy within General Practice is part of an exciting programme of transformation which is underpinned by the NHS Long Term Plan.

This is an innovative role to work within the Lakeside Healthcare Pharmacy team to ensure safe and effective use of medicines for patients within Lakeside Healthcare.

As a starting point the role will initially focus on medicines reconciliation from clinic and discharge letters, and will develop further as the role of the Pharmacy team expands within the organisation. It is vital that effective systems and procedures are in place to ensure that this process is effective, safe and efficient. The right candidate will be involved in day to day management of this with regular and thorough reviews of all medications. The process also ensures that patients receive the appropriate monitoring necessary for the medication they are prescribed.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working as a Pharmacy Technician in community pharmacy

Desirable

  • Experience of working as a Pharmacy Technician in either Primary Care or a hospital pharmacy

Qualifications

Essential

  • BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences
  • Professional Registration with the GPhC
  • Evidence of continued professional development
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working as a Pharmacy Technician in community pharmacy

Desirable

  • Experience of working as a Pharmacy Technician in either Primary Care or a hospital pharmacy

Qualifications

Essential

  • BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences
  • Professional Registration with the GPhC
  • Evidence of continued professional development

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

Lakeside Healthcare Group

Address

Doctors Surgery

14 Huntingdon Street

St. Neots

Cambridgeshire

PE19 1BQ


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Lakeside Healthcare Group

Address

Doctors Surgery

14 Huntingdon Street

St. Neots

Cambridgeshire

PE19 1BQ


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

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Details

Date posted

23 July 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£24,000 to £28,000 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

A3007-25-0115

Job locations

Doctors Surgery

14 Huntingdon Street

St. Neots

Cambridgeshire

PE19 1BQ


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