Pcn Pharmacy Technician

Hinckley & Bosworth Medical Alliance; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

Eyecare Scheme

Funded CPD Days

NHS Staff Discount Scheme

Minimum of 25 days annual leave + bank

Sick pay

Job summary

Hinckley and Bosworth Medical Alliance is recruiting a Pharmacy Technician to support the Old School Surgery in the Hinckley area. The role focuses on delivering medicines management within a PCN, working alongside an existing technician and the multi-disciplinary team in a primary care setting.

The ideal candidate will be GPhC registered, with experience in primary care and a commitment to improving safe prescribing and patient adherence.

Qualifications

• Must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician.
• Preferably with experience in primary care.
• Experience in medicines management and NHS practices is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support the practice in delivering clinical pharmacy services.
• Contribute to medicines management to ensure safe, cost-effective prescribing.
• Improve medicines use and support patient adherence.
• Assist with medicines safety monitoring and high-risk drugs.
• Liaise with clinicians and pharmacies to resolve medicine queries.
• Monitor prescribing and adherence to policy.
• Participate in audits to improve service quality.

Skills

Pharmacy experience

Primary care familiarity

Medicines management

Education

GPhC Registration

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

Job summary

Due to some changes within a practice, we are delighted to be recruiting a Pharmacy Technician, to work at The Old School Surgery for Hinckley and Bosworth Medical Alliance.

The Old School Surgery is part of Fosseway PCN, and is a practice that is anticipated to increase its patient list size over the coming years.

There is already a Pharmacy Technician within the practice, and the successful applicant will be working alongside them, to support the needs of the practice.

There is a degree of flexibility in regards to the working hours per week, with a minimum requirement of 18.75 hours, up to a maximum of 37.5 hours per week. Salary will be pro-rata based on working hours.

Please note that should this vacancy attract sufficient interest it may be necessary to close the vacancy at an earlier date.

Benefits

• Access to the NHS Pension
• Eyecare Scheme
• Funded CPD Days (if appropriate)
• Access to NHS Staff Discount Scheme
• Minimum of 25 days annual leave per year, plus bank holidays (pro rata). Increasing with length of service
• Sick pay

Main duties of the job

We are seeking an enthusiastic and forward-thinking pharmacy technician to join our like-minded practice. We endeavour to find the best pharmacy talent to join our team. The successful pharmacy technician candidate will play an important role in complementing our members of the PCN multi-disciplinary team. This is an evolving job role with huge scope for development as we expand our PCN team further over the years.

It is a requirement of the role to be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician. We are seeking a pharmacy technician preferably with previous experience of working in primary care.

We expect the successful candidate to contribute to the delivery of a comprehensive primary care medicines management system acting on current best practice / service change requests from our clinical commissioning group.

The Pharmacy Technician will be required to undertake activities predominantly at a practice level, but will need to be flexible to work to the wider demands of the network. For example, the role will involve liaising with community pharmacy teams to highlight and manage problems identified by community pharmacy, such as medicines waste.

An understanding of primary care operations and use of SystmOne would be an advantage but is not essential.

About us

Hinckley and Bosworth Medical Alliance is a GP Federation that supports 12 GP practices across Hinckley & Bosworth locality, which form 3 Primary Care Networks (PCNs).

We employ in excess of 40 PCN staff across a number of clinical grades and in supportive roles, and we continue to grow. This includes a team of 8 Social Prescriber Link Workers

As a rapidly growing Federation, we have structures in place to ensure that all staff have appropriate mentors and are supported in their professional development.

Details

Date posted: 12 August 2026

Pay scheme: Other

Salary: Depending on experience

From £28,442.96 per year

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: B0055-26-0025

Job locations: The Old School Surgery, Hinckley Road, Stoney Staton, LE9 4LJ, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

The post holder will

• Support the practice in the delivery of clinical pharmacy services
• Perform medicines improvement work to maximise safe, cost-effective best practice in prescribing under the supervision of the GP or Clinical Pharmacist
• Improve the use of medicines and help patients with medication adherence.
• Assist with medication safety monitoring systems (e.g. high-risk drugs)
• Liaise with clinicians and administrative staff to resolve medicine-related queries
• Monitor practice prescribing and adherence to practice, local and national prescribing policies
• Improve service and quality through mechanisms such as audits

Primary Duties and Areas of Responsibility

Operational

• Support the Clinical Pharmacists in Structured Medication Reviews (e.g. organise necessary monitoring tests before SMR and identification of appropriate patients)
• Undertake patient-supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use through shared decision-making
• Support medicine reconciliation of patients whose care is transferred back into primary care in a timely and effective manner liaising with patients and other providers to ensure patients receive appropriate medication on discharge
• Liaise with PCN dispensaries and community pharmacies to aid effective medicines reconciliation
• Carry out medicines optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration, supporting medication reviews and medicines reconciliation post-discharge and other transfers of care
• Assist with the development and implementation of systems to ensure safe and effective monitoring of high-risk medication
• Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing
• Assist Clinical Pharmacists with any searches, data collection, medicine safety tasks
• Work with pharmacy team to develop safe, effective and efficient systems for repeat prescribing
• Increase uptake of Electronic Repeat Dispensing
• Support the PCN to deliver on QIPP agenda, QOF and locally commissioned enhanced services
• Review and analyse prescribing data across the network using available tools producing reports and feedback for practices
• Undertake, participate and share outcomes of clinical audits to facilitate improvement
• Implement changes to medication that result from CAS/MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local/national guidance

Collaborating Working Relationships

• Work collaboratively with the PCN team
• Develop relationships and work closely with community, hospital and MMT pharmacy colleagues and the wider health system
• Liaise with other stakeholders for the collective benefit of patients
• Participate in practice meetings, patient participation groups and other meetings to improve engagement with the role of pharmacy technician

Practice Targets

• Support practices in achieving QOF
• To be aware of the prescribing budget and identify and action areas for cost improvement
• Work with PCN team to ensure the practice is compliant with CQC standards where medicines are involved

PCN responsibilities

• Identify, report and/or process any issues of concern relating to safeguarding and quality of care arising from working with patients and referring onwards as appropriate.
• Participate in the induction and training of new members of staff and contribute to PCN development.

Professional development

• Work with your line manager to undertake continual personal and professional development, taking an active part in reviewing and developing the roles and responsibilities.
• Adhere to organisational policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance, and health and safety.
• Undertake the CPPE Primary Care Education Pathway
• Work with your line manager to access regular clinical supervision, to enable you to deal effectively with the difficult issues that people present.

Miscellaneous

• Work as part of the team to seek feedback, continually improve the service and contribute to business planning.
• Undertake any tasks consistent with the level of the post and the scope of the role, ensuring that work is delivered in a timely and effective manner.
• Duties may vary from time to time, without changing the general character of the post or the level of responsibility

HBMA Privacy notice is available upon request.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• General Pharmaceutical Council Registration (required)

Desirable

• Reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

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: Hinckley And Bosworth Medical Alliance Ltd

Address: The Old School Surgery, Hinckley Road, Stoney Staton, LE9 4LJ, United Kingdom

Employer's website: http://hbma-gpfederation.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

HR Manager

Claire Nicholls

[e-mail]

01455271222

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.