NHS
Pharmacy Technician
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Job Description
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- Undertake medicines reconciliation from hospital discharge summaries and clinical correspondence, ensuring accurate and timely updating of patient records.
- Support medicines management activities, including prescription screening, processing, and optimisation.
- Assist with and oversee the repeat dispensing process to ensure safe, efficient continuity of care.
- Respond to and communicate effectively with patients regarding medication-related queries.
- Liaise with community pharmacies to support stock management and mitigate medication shortages.
- Coordinate medication synchronisation in line with patients regular repeat prescription cycles.
- Oversee medication recall and monitoring processes, ensuring timely action and compliance with required reviews (e.g. blood pressure checks, blood tests, annual medication reviews).
- Support Direct Oral Anticoagulant (DOAC) monitoring in line with local and national guidance.
- Participate in prescribing and medicines optimisation audits, including those linked to CQC, QOF, and local incentive schemes, as directed by the Prescribing Team or ICB (training provided where required).
- Support high-risk drug monitoring to promote patient safety.
- Review and act on existing and new Shared Care Protocols in accordance with agreed guidance.
- Action medicines safety alerts and recalls issued by CAS, MHRA, ICB, or other relevant bodies.
- Run clinical System Reports to stratify and prioritise patients for reviews.
- Pharmacy-based experience
- Experience handling prescriptions and medicines-related queries
- Experience of medicines reconciliation
- Experience of audit or quality improvement activity
- Qualified Pharmacy Technician NVQ Level 3 or equivalent Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council GPhC
- Experience working in primary care Accuracy Checking Technician ACT qualification
- Pharmacy-based experience
- Experience handling prescriptions and medicines-related queries
- Experience of medicines reconciliation
- Experience of audit or quality improvement activity
- Qualified Pharmacy Technician NVQ Level 3 or equivalent Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council GPhC
- Experience working in primary care Accuracy Checking Technician ACT qualification
Job summary
We are seeking a motivated and detail-focused Pharmacy Technician to join our GP practice multidisciplinary team. The post holder will use EMIS Web to support safe, effective and efficient medicines management, repeat prescribing and medicines optimisation within primary care.This role is open to both Band 4 and Band 5 Pharmacy Technicians, with responsibilities aligned to experience, qualifications and scope of practice.
PLEASE APPLY BY USING THE APPLICATION FORM AND SUBMITTING TO BHARTI MISTRY. b.mistry3@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
About us
Poplars Medical Centre is a friendly, supportive GP practice serving approximately 11,500 patients in Swinton. We are a well-established, welcoming and well-organised team and pride ourselves on being a genuinely positive place to work where staff feel valued and supported.
The post holder will work as part of the practice pharmacy team, supporting medicines optimisation, repeat prescribing processes and medicines-related administration. The role is essential to ensuring safe prescribing systems, efficient workflows and high-quality patient care. The Pharmacy Technician will work under the clinical supervision and line management of the GP Lead Practice Pharmacist.
Details
Date posted
24 March 2026
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043 a year Band 5 - Depending on experience
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
A2298-26-0005
Job locations
202 Partington Lane
Swinton
Salford
Greater Manchester
M27 0NA
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY
The post holder will work as part of the practice pharmacy team, supporting medicines optimisation, repeat prescribing processes and medicines-related administration. The role is essential to ensuring safe prescribing systems, efficient workflows and high-quality patient care. The Pharmacy Technician will work under the clinical supervision and line management of the GP Lead Practice Pharmacist.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Undertake medicines reconciliation from hospital discharge summaries and clinical correspondence, ensuring accurate and timely updating of patient records.
Support medicines management activities, including prescription screening, processing, and optimisation.
Assist with and oversee the repeat dispensing process to ensure safe, efficient continuity of care.
Respond to and communicate effectively with patients regarding medication-related queries.
Liaise with community pharmacies to support stock management and mitigate medication shortages.
Coordinate medication synchronisation in line with patients regular repeat prescription cycles.
Oversee medication recall and monitoring processes, ensuring timely action and compliance with required reviews (e.g. blood pressure checks, blood tests, annual medication reviews).
Support Direct Oral Anticoagulant (DOAC) monitoring in line with local and national guidance.
Participate in prescribing and medicines optimisation audits, including those linked to CQC, QOF, and local incentive schemes, as directed by the Prescribing Team or ICB (training provided where required).
Support high-risk drug monitoring to promote patient safety.
Review and act on existing and new Shared Care Protocols in accordance with agreed guidance.
Action medicines safety alerts and recalls issued by CAS, MHRA, ICB, or other relevant bodies.
Create and run clinical system reports to identify, stratify, and prioritise patients for medicines review.
DIGITAL SYSTEMS AND WORKFLOWS
Use EMIS, Ardens, AccuRx and EPS to support medicines-related workflows.
Support improvements to prescribing processes to reduce administrative burden.
Accurately code and record medicines-related activity.
Support data collection for audits and quality improvement.
TEAMWORK AND COMMUNICATION
Work closely with the GP Lead Practice Pharmacist and wider MDT.
Communicate effectively with patients regarding medicines queries within scope.
Support induction and training of staff in medicines-related processes.
Contribute to a supportive and collaborative team culture.
CLINICAL GOVERNANCE
Work in accordance with CQC, NHS and practice governance requirements.
Adhere to medicines management SOPs and safety protocols.
Participate in audits, significant event reviews and learning activities.
Maintain confidentiality, data protection and safeguarding standards.
Job responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY
The post holder will work as part of the practice pharmacy team, supporting medicines optimisation, repeat prescribing processes and medicines-related administration. The role is essential to ensuring safe prescribing systems, efficient workflows and high-quality patient care. The Pharmacy Technician will work under the clinical supervision and line management of the GP Lead Practice Pharmacist.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Undertake medicines reconciliation from hospital discharge summaries and clinical correspondence, ensuring accurate and timely updating of patient records.
Support medicines management activities, including prescription screening, processing, and optimisation.
Assist with and oversee the repeat dispensing process to ensure safe, efficient continuity of care.
Respond to and communicate effectively with patients regarding medication-related queries.
Liaise with community pharmacies to support stock management and mitigate medication shortages.
Coordinate medication synchronisation in line with patients regular repeat prescription cycles.
Oversee medication recall and monitoring processes, ensuring timely action and compliance with required reviews (e.g. blood pressure checks, blood tests, annual medication reviews).
Support Direct Oral Anticoagulant (DOAC) monitoring in line with local and national guidance.
Participate in prescribing and medicines optimisation audits, including those linked to CQC, QOF, and local incentive schemes, as directed by the Prescribing Team or ICB (training provided where required).
Support high-risk drug monitoring to promote patient safety.
Review and act on existing and new Shared Care Protocols in accordance with agreed guidance.
Action medicines safety alerts and recalls issued by CAS, MHRA, ICB, or other relevant bodies.
Create and run clinical system reports to identify, stratify, and prioritise patients for medicines review.
DIGITAL SYSTEMS AND WORKFLOWS
Use EMIS, Ardens, AccuRx and EPS to support medicines-related workflows.
Support improvements to prescribing processes to reduce administrative burden.
Accurately code and record medicines-related activity.
Support data collection for audits and quality improvement.
TEAMWORK AND COMMUNICATION
Work closely with the GP Lead Practice Pharmacist and wider MDT.
Communicate effectively with patients regarding medicines queries within scope.
Support induction and training of staff in medicines-related processes.
Contribute to a supportive and collaborative team culture.
CLINICAL GOVERNANCE
Work in accordance with CQC, NHS and practice governance requirements.
Adhere to medicines management SOPs and safety protocols.
Participate in audits, significant event reviews and learning activities.
Maintain confidentiality, data protection and safeguarding standards.
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Poplars Medical Practice
Address
202 Partington Lane
Swinton
Salford
Greater Manchester
M27 0NA
Employer's website
https://www.thepoplarsmedicalcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Poplars Medical Practice
Address
202 Partington Lane
Swinton
Salford
Greater Manchester
M27 0NA
Employer's website
https://www.thepoplarsmedicalcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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