PCN Pharmacy Technician

NHS; Haverhill; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider invites applications for the position of pharmacy technician, offering a full-time or part-time role with a minimum of 18 hours per week. You will support patient care by managing medication queries, with a strong emphasis on collaboration and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible working

Training and development opportunities

Cycle to work scheme

Death in service cover

27 days holiday (plus bank holidays)

Blue light card discounts

Qualifications

• Registered pharmacy technician status required.
• Good interpersonal and influencing skills essential.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Undertake medicines reconciliation for discharged patients.
• Respond to medication queries and manage related issues.
• Handle administrative queries through Econsult.

Skills

Caring and empathetic nature

Interpersonal skills

Negotiating skills

Teamwork

Ability to learn IT systems

Education

Registered pharmacy technician with the GPhC

Job description

Job summary

Unity Healthcare have an exciting opportunity for a pharmacy technician to join our well-established clinical practice pharmacy team as part of our Primary Care Network. This is a permanent position with full or part-time hours considered - a minimum of 18 hours per week.

You will be working from our centralised hub in Haverhill, where most of the clinical workload is triaged with telephone and virtual consultations, and will have the opportunity to work across other Unity sites including Clements site in Haverhill, Long Melford and Lavenham.

We will work alongside the successful candidate to ensure they are sufficiently inducted and trained; there will be regular constructive supervision in place. It is important to us that you feel safe and supported in the role.

Main duties of the job

• You will be part of the practice pharmacy team with a positive, patient focussed supportive culture which transfers work from GPs.
• Undertake medicines reconciliation to patients recently discharged from hospital and ensure the patients medical record is updated accordingly.
• Respond to medication queries including acute medication requests, patient medication queries or any medication related issue triaged by GP practice team to the pharmacy technician appointment list.
• Undertake Econsult (electronic online triage system) administration queries.

About us

We are a not-for-profit, community interest company and our main purpose is to support primary care across Suffolk, including support with working collaboratively and at scale. We also deliver a portfolio of NHS services across Suffolk and north east Essex, including podiatry, ultrasound, diabetes, as well as urgent care services including the out of hours face-to-face service in Suffolk.

What we can offer you:

• A strong ethos of flexible working, to help us maintain (or reclaim) that work/life balance.
• Innovative teams who strive in forward thinking, with a voice that is heard.
• A visible and supportive management team, with operational support that get it.
• Excellent IT teams and support giving us first class equipment and no wait responses.
• A commitment to personal development, training, and leadership opportunities, with service-managed training budgets.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Death in service cover.
• Competitive salaries with annual benchmarking.
• 27 days holiday (plus bank holidays) on starting, rising to 29 days (plus bank holidays) after 5 years service.
• Blue light card employer access to the discount service with thousands of discounts online and on the high street.

Details Date posted

17 June 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year (Band 5 equivalent)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

28721

Job locations

Norton Road

Haverhill

Suffolk

CB9 8LU

Job description Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.

Job description Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.

Person Specification Experience Essential

• Caring and empathetic nature
• Appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practices and good interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
• Enthusiastic, motivated and wanting to offer the very best up to date patient care
• Work well as part of a team as well as independently
• Youll need to be able to pick up new IT systems with supportive training.

Qualifications Essential

• be a registered pharmacy technician with the GPhC.

Person Specification Experience Essential

• Caring and empathetic nature
• Appreciation of the nature of GPs and general practices and good interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills
• Enthusiastic, motivated and wanting to offer the very best up to date patient care
• Work well as part of a team as well as independently
• Youll need to be able to pick up new IT systems with supportive training.

Qualifications Essential

• be a registered pharmacy technician with the GPhC.

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

Primary Care Careers

Address

Norton Road

Haverhill

Suffolk

CB9 8LU

Employer's website

https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Primary Care Careers

Address

Norton Road

Haverhill

Suffolk

CB9 8LU

Employer's website

https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)