PCN Pharmacy Technician

Healthier West Wirral Primary Care Network; Wirral; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A primary care network in the UK is seeking a PCN Pharmacy Technician to join their clinical pharmacy team. The role involves supporting safe and effective medicine use, aiding in medication reviews, and working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to improve patient care. Applicants should possess a BTEC/NVQ level 3 in pharmaceutical sciences and relevant registration, along with experience in a similar setting. Join us in caring for over 70,000 patients across five practices.

Qualifications

• Registered pharmacy technician experience in primary care, community or hospital.
• Ability to influence and persuade partners on various options and innovations.

Responsibilities

• Support improvements in prescribing to enhance patient care.
• Conduct patient-facing roles for effective medicine use.
• Assist in medication reviews and reconciliations.

Skills

Professional registration with GPhC

Effective communication skills

Medication review support

Patient consultation skills

Education

BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences

Job description

Healthier West Wirral Primary Care Network

PCN Pharmacy Technician

The closing date is 30 January 2026

Its an exciting time to join our growing PCN Pharmacy team. This greatopportunity will allow you to work as part of a 15 person clinical pharmacy team to deliver care to our 70,000 patients across five practices.

As part of the ARRS team you will enrole on the CPPE pathway for pharmacy techs,commissioned by HEE ,to deliver training as part of the Direct Enhanced Services (DES). This pathway will equit pharmacy technicians with the necessary knowledge, skills and experience to work in various patient-facing roles in primary care networks as part of a multidisciplinary team. Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians will be able to access a range of different study methods to suit different learning styles, a continuous assessment process and support from supervisors and peers. The pathway is 15-months for pharmacy technicians, and is fully funded by Health Education England.

ClinicalPharmacy in General Practice model is supported by the direction of national policy including the Five Year Forward View and GP Forward View where there is a need to better utilise the role ofpharmacy within primary care to pro-actively help patients stay well and out of hospital as well ashelping to reduce the demands on general practice. Pharmacy technicians play an important role,complementing clinical pharmacists, community pharmacists and other members of the PCN multidisciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

The purpose of the role is to support improvements to maximise safe, cost effective best practice inprescribing to improve the quality of patient care. The post holder will help patients to get the bestfrom their medicines by switching medications to agreed and approved protocols, improving repeatprescribing processes in General Practice, including promotion of repeat dispensing and onlineordering, minimising clinical risk and aiming to reduce wasted medicines.

Your working week will consist of a mix of both GP practice and PCN office based days. This is not a remote or home working position.

About us

Healthier West Wirral PCN supports a population of over 70,000 patients across 5 different Practicesincluding Marine Lake Medical Practice, Myrtle Group Practice, Upton Group Practice, West Wirral Group Practice and Greasby Group Practice.We are an ambitious and forward thinking organisation that has already had much success building alarge PCN team including Physician Associates, Care Coordinators and Paramedics.

Job responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities

• Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared decision-making conversations with patients.
• Carry out medicines optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration (e.g. checking inhaler technique), supporting medication reviews and medicines reconciliation. Where required, utilise consultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively.
• As determined by the PCN, support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and synchronising medicines for patient transfers between care settings, linking with local community pharmacies.
• Support the Clinical Pharmacist in Structure Medication Reviews (SMR) i.e. organise necessary monitoring tests prior to SMR.
• Provide expertise to address both the public health and social care needs of patients, including lifestyle advice, service information, and help in tackling local health inequalities.
• Manage shared care protocols and liaise with Clinical Pharmacists for more complex patients.
• Support the PCN to deliver on QOF, IIF and other locally commissioned enhanced services.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Who we're looking for
• Professional registration with GPhC
• BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences
• Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy
• Demonstrate ability to influence and persuade partners and stakeholders of the respective merits of different options, innovations, new opportunities and challenges

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 name

Healthier West Wirral Primary Care Network