Pharmacy Technician

NHS; Coventry; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated Pharmacy Technician to join their ARRS team in Coventry. This role involves enhancing medication optimization practices, supporting patient care initiatives, and being part of a dynamic environment that fosters continuous learning and professional development. With competitive benefits and a supportive work culture, this is an excellent opportunity to advance your career while making a difference in patient healthcare management.

Benefits

27 days annual leave

Enhanced sick pay

NHS pension scheme

Enhanced maternity leave

Paternity leave

Blue Light Discounts

Qualifications

• Experience as a qualified Pharmacy Technician in primary care or community pharmacy.
• Registration with GPhC and willingness to complete PCPEP if needed.
• Ability to support medication reviews and patient consultations.

Responsibilities

• Lead improvements in prescriptions to enhance patient care quality.
• Undertake patient-facing roles to ensure effective medicine use.
• Support medication reviews and liaise with clinical pharmacists.

Skills

Effective communication

Patient care

Clinical decision-making

Education

BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences

Professional registration with GPhC

Tools

Microsoft Office

EMIS

Job description

Job summary

Are you looking to contribute your skills in a dynamic and supportive environment? A fantastic opportunity to join our ARRS team and be a part of the overall vision of Coventry & Rugby GP Alliance has become available, and we are currently seeking a driven and dedicated individual to fill the role of Pharmacy Technician.

Our Pharmacy Technicians play a vital role as part of a busy team. In this position, you will support us with achieving our goals, while also contributing to the overall success of our organisation.

The post holder will be responsible for encouraging the development of better understanding of the principles of medicines optimisation throughout the practice teams and promoting good practice in line with therapeutic developments. This will involve assisting the PCN in achieving national requirements, NICE implementation and utilisation of medicines optimisation initiatives.

If youre excited by the prospect of tackling new challenges, collaborating with a dynamic team, and helping shape the future of our organisation, we would love to hear from you.

Apply today and take the first step toward an exciting new chapter in your career.

Main duties of the job

The Pharmacy technicians core role responsibilities will cover clinical, and technical and administrative categories.

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

About us

Coventry and Rugby GP Alliance are working with Primary Care Networks across Coventry and Warwickshire to deliver roles as part of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme including Clinical Pharmacists and Physicians Associates.

At Coventry and Rugby GP Alliance, we pride ourselves on fostering a culture of innovation, growth, and continuous learning. As a member of our team, youll have the opportunity to work alongside talented professionals who are committed to delivering excellence and driving positive change within our industry.

We take pride in offering a robust range of benefits to support our employees, including,

- Annual Leave: Enjoy 27 days of annual leave for full-time employees, in addition to bank holidays.

- Sick Pay: Our enhanced sick pay policy ensures you are supported during times of illness.

- Pension Scheme: Access to the NHS pension scheme to secure your financial future.

- Enhanced Maternity Leave: We provide generous maternity leave to support new parents.

- Paternity Leave: We also offer paternity leave to allow new fathers to bond with their newborns.

- Blue Light Discounts: Take advantage of exclusive discounts available for our staff. After probation you can make a expense claim for the price of your blue light discount card and receive full reimbursement.

We are committed to creating a supportive and rewarding work environment for all our employees.

Details Date posted

27 June 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience up to £34086 pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

E0046-25-0058

Job locations

Foleshill Health Centre

Livingstone Road

Coventry

CV6 5AR

Job description Job responsibilities

Duties: Clinical Practice

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 Structured Medication Reviews

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 initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing locally.

Technical and Administrative

Support the PCN multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation processes are being followed.

Implement efficient ordering and return processes and reducing medication wastage.

Provide training and support on the legal, safe and secure handling of medicines, including the implementation of the Electronic Prescription Service.

Promotion of Electronic Repeat Dispensing and online ordering

Develop relationships with other pharmacy professionals and members of the multi-disciplinary team to support integration across health and social care including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care and mental health.

Support practice reception teams in streaming general prescription requests, to allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests.

Support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other primary care settings.

Support the PCN to deliver on QIPP agenda, QOF and locally commissioned enhanced services

Supporting quality improvement measures and contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services;

Support the PCN in reviewing and developing practice policies for CQC requirements

This is not an exhaustive list and ad hoc tasks will be assigned as appropriate. The duties of the post may be reviewed and, if appropriate, changed by discussion with the post holder to ensure the provision of effective and efficient services.

Job description Job responsibilities

Duties: Clinical Practice

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 Structured Medication Reviews

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 initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing locally.

Technical and Administrative

Support the PCN multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation processes are being followed.

Implement efficient ordering and return processes and reducing medication wastage.

Provide training and support on the legal, safe and secure handling of medicines, including the implementation of the Electronic Prescription Service.

Promotion of Electronic Repeat Dispensing and online ordering

Develop relationships with other pharmacy professionals and members of the multi-disciplinary team to support integration across health and social care including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care and mental health.

Support practice reception teams in streaming general prescription requests, to allow GPs and clinical pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests.

Support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other primary care settings.

Support the PCN to deliver on QIPP agenda, QOF and locally commissioned enhanced services

Supporting quality improvement measures and contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services;

Support the PCN in reviewing and developing practice policies for CQC requirements

This is not an exhaustive list and ad hoc tasks will be assigned as appropriate. The duties of the post may be reviewed and, if appropriate, changed by discussion with the post holder to ensure the provision of effective and efficient services.

Person Specification Experience Essential

• - Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy
• - Working with Microsoft Office

Desirable

• - Working with EMIS
• - Working with DOCMAN
• - Working with MedOptimise
• - Demonstrate ability to influence and persuade partners and stakeholders of the respective merits of different options, innovations, new opportunities and challenges

Qualifications Essential

• - Professional registration with GPhC
• - Meets the specific qualification and training requirements as specified by the GPhC criteria to register as a Pharmacy Technician
• - BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences
• - Willingness to complete the Primary Care Pharmacy Educational Pathway - PCPEP, if not already completed

Desirable

• - Qualified from, an approved training pathway. For example, the Primary Care Pharmacy Educational Pathway - PCPEP or Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes MOCH;
• - Formal teaching or mentoring qualification
• - Recognised qualification in Quality Improvement methodology

Person Specification Experience Essential

• - Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy
• - Working with Microsoft Office

Desirable

• - Working with EMIS
• - Working with DOCMAN
• - Working with MedOptimise
• - Demonstrate ability to influence and persuade partners and stakeholders of the respective merits of different options, innovations, new opportunities and challenges

Qualifications Essential

• - Professional registration with GPhC
• - Meets the specific qualification and training requirements as specified by the GPhC criteria to register as a Pharmacy Technician
• - BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences
• - Willingness to complete the Primary Care Pharmacy Educational Pathway - PCPEP, if not already completed

Desirable

• - Qualified from, an approved training pathway. For example, the Primary Care Pharmacy Educational Pathway - PCPEP or Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes MOCH;
• - Formal teaching or mentoring qualification
• - Recognised qualification in Quality Improvement methodology

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

Coventry And Rugby GP Alliance

Address

Foleshill Health Centre

Livingstone Road

Coventry

CV6 5AR

Employer's website

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

Employer details Employer name

Coventry And Rugby GP Alliance

Address

Foleshill Health Centre

Livingstone Road

Coventry

CV6 5AR

Employer's website

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