Pharmacy Tech

NHS; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Manchester is looking for a Medicines Optimisation Lead to enhance prescribing practices across GP practices. The successful candidate will manage audits, support medicines initiatives, and provide technical assistance. Essential qualifications include registration as a Pharmacy Technician. This permanent position offers full-time hours in an engaging environment promoting professional development.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Cost Improvement Programmes.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate high-quality prescribing in healthcare settings.
• Conduct clinical audits to optimize prescribing.
• Manage own work plans for GP practices.

Skills

Working knowledge of Medicines Optimisation

Excellent IT skills

Education

Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Tools

Microsoft Office

EMIS

Job description

Overview

Job Summary

promote and facilitate safe and effective high quality and cost-effective prescribing and management of medication in base locality and across Greater Manchester.

To provide technical assistance, working within GP practices to implement and maintain high-quality, cost-effective changes in prescribing patterns and trends and reducing medicines-related risks to patients.

To act as one of the medicines optimisation link persons for specified GP practices to implement medicines optimisation initiatives in line with the primary care, and medicines optimisation priorities.

To undertake prescribing audits and work within Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and support the development of repeat prescribing systems within GP practices as directed by line manager.

Support with the management of Medicines Information enquiries within GP Practice, social care settings or as part of a medicine\'s information service.

Process repeat prescriptions for practices.

Complete the reconciliation of medicines detailed in patient medical documents.

Using prescribing data, information, knowledge and technology to contribute to the management of the prescribing budget and improve, inform and support a portfolio of Medicines Optimisation projects, services, and initiatives.

Main duties of the job

To identify implement and deliver on Medicines Optimisation and primary care quality and QIPP objectives.

To work on GP practice-based, prescribing, primary care initiatives and standards, to enable practices to achieve targets whilst optimising medicines optimisation.

To build and maintain strong relationships and be a key member of teams outside of own organisation

Regularly produce, analyse, interpret and present financial & clinical prescribing data at practice, PCN, locality and Greater Manchester level, enabling the targeting of support and monitoring of targets.

• develop, implement and complete clinical and non-clinic audits to support Medicines Optimisation objectives and improve prescribing quality.

To contribute to the development and implement Standard Operation Procedures, guidelines, policies & protocols for own locality.

To provide information, advice and query answering in relation to general medicines management issues

To carry out medication optimisation reviews in a domiciliary, care home or clinic setting meet with vulnerable patients and carers referred by other healthcare or social care professionals or identified during audit.

About Us

The PCN is the collaboration of GP practices who are working together to deliver high quality services to our communities in an innovative and flexible way. We are forward thinking and if you join us you will be part of a professional and committed Primary Care clinical network where we will encourage and support you in your professional development and where you can play a key role in helping us to develop and deliver new services.

Details

Date posted: 11 September 2025

Pay scheme: Other

Salary: Depending on experience

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number: A3734-25-0005

Job locations: Hazeldene Medical Centre, 97 Moston Lane East, Manchester, M40 3HD

Job Description

Job responsibilities

• Communicate complex and sensitive financial information to prescribers and practice managers about their performance against budgets, standards and targets.
• Support & contribute to the development and of internal and external communications, such as prescribing alerts by regular contact with the teams, stakeholders and Communications team.
• Demonstrate advanced computer skills using a range of Microsoft (MS) applications, including but not exclusive to Word, Excel, Outlook, MS Teams and PowerPoint.
• Regularly use advanced computer skills to utilise GP clinical systems to gather, analyse and interpret patient related prescribing and clinical data. To supplement this with information from patient\'s Lloyd George paper records if needed, in order to undertake clinical audits arising from the primary care, Medicines Optimisation work streams and priority areas in line with current local and national guidelines. Requires the ability to identify errors and/or near misses as well as identifying opportunities for optimisation of medicines.
• Review, develop, implement and audit practice repeat prescribing systems. Monitor standards and give support where needed e.g. supporting projects within GP surgeries to implement patient led ordering.
• Manage own work plans for individual GP practices to ensure accurate delivery of areas of the Medicines Optimisation work programme

Job Description

Job responsibilities

• Communicate complex and sensitive financial information to prescribers and practice managers about their performance against budgets, standards and targets.
• Support & contribute to the development and of internal and external communications, such as prescribing alerts by regular contact with the teams, stakeholders and Communications team.
• Demonstrate advanced computer skills using a range of Microsoft (MS) applications, including but not exclusive to Word, Excel, Outlook, MS Teams and PowerPoint.
• Regularly use advanced computer skills to utilise GP clinical systems to gather, analyse and interpret patient related prescribing and clinical data. To supplement this with information from patient\'s Lloyd George paper records if needed, in order to undertake clinical audits arising from the primary care, Medicines Optimisation work streams and priority areas in line with current local and national guidelines. Requires the ability to identify errors and/or near misses as well as identifying opportunities for optimisation of medicines.
• Review, develop, implement and audit practice repeat prescribing systems. Monitor standards and give support where needed e.g. supporting projects within GP surgeries to implement patient led ordering.
• Manage own work plans for individual GP practices to ensure accurate delivery of areas of the Medicines Optimisation work programme

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Working knowledge of Medicines Optimisation and Cost Improvement Programmes
• Excellent IT skills including knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Desirable

• Proficient in use of EMIS

Qualifications

Essential

• Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Desirable

• PCPEP Course

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: Miles Platting, Newton Heath and Moston PCN

Address: Hazeldene Medical Centre, 97 Moston Lane East, Manchester, M40 3HD

Employer\'s website: https://hazeldenemanchester.nhs.uk/