Pharmacy Technician

Southampton Sea City Partnership; Southampton; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

Job summary

Sea City Partnership is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to join the team in Southampton, pro-rata AFC Band 5 with NHS Pension. You will provide specialist pharmaceutical services, medicines reconciliation, and support clinical pharmacists in structured medication reviews, with a focus on safe prescribing and cost-effective care within our practices.

The post involves collaboration with doctors, nurses, and admin staff, induction and ongoing training, CPD, and contributing to QOF and MOIS

Qualifications

• NVQ level 3 in Pharmaceutical Services (or equivalent).
• Pharmacy Technician Registered with General Pharmaceutical council.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist pharmaceutical services and direct support to practice staff.
• Undertake medicines reconciliation and SMRs with clinical pharmacists.
• Promote safe prescribing and medicines optimisation within GP practices.
• Support audits, service evaluations and policy development.
• Train and supervise admin and trainee staff in safe prescribing practices.

Skills

Medicines optimisation

GP practice support

Communication with staff

Education

NVQ level 3 in Pharmaceutical Services

Pharmacy Technician registered with GPhC

Tools

Systm One

AccuRx

Anima

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the newly formed Sea City Partnership for keen and committed individuals to join our friendly team to develop medicines optimisation services within our practices.

The post holder will play a key role in improving safe and cost-effective prescribing, enhancing patient outcomes, reducing health inequalities, and supporting public health initiatives.

We are looking to recruit a registered Pharmacy Technician (Salary AFC Band 5 equivalent pro-rata with NHS Pension available) to enhance the care of our patients.

The posts will complement the existing Pharmacist Team, who will provide professional support and development.

We will welcome applications from all sectors of Pharmacy, and you will be fully supported with a comprehensive induction and ongoing training.

If you have the drive, motivation and enthusiasm to work with us and other agencies to improve the quality of care to patients and be at the forefront of developing an exciting Health Service Provider we would love to hear from you and receive your application.

Main duties of the job

• Providing specialist pharmaceutical services, professional advice and direct support to Drs, Nurses, HCAs, ANPs, Reception/Administrative Staff.
• Liaising with patients, clinical and non-clinical staff, practice, hospitals.
• Undertaking medicines reconciliation.
• Assisting clinical pharmacists in Structured Medication Reviews (SMRs).
• Supporting the clinical pharmacists with long term condition reviews.
• Responding to medication queries from patients, carers, and staff.
• Liaising with community pharmacy teams for items which are out of stock.
• Promoting safe and effective prescribing, reduce medicines waste, and support repeat prescribing systems.
• To work with reception staff and medicines managers to help manage repeat prescription requests, resolving queries.
• Supporting the team with QOF, MOIS, NICE guidance.
• Training and supporting admin staff and pharmacy colleagues in safe prescribing processes.
• Participate in audits, service evaluation, and policy development.
• Monitoring and developing recall systems to ensure that all patients have appropriate therapeutic drug monitoring.
• Responding to medicines related MHRA safety alerts.
• Assisting in the appropriate monitoring of high-risk medications through patient safety searches.
• Processing and reviewing shared care agreements received from other healthcare providers.

About us

Sea City Partnership is a large training practice serving some of the most vibrant and diverse communities in Southern England. We operate from 4 sites - St Marys Surgery, Mulberry House Surgery, Telephone House Surgery and Victor Street Surgery. We are committed to working with our communities to develop our services for the future.

We have well established and experienced multi-disciplinary clinical team providing excellent care to our communities. We strive to provide high quality, patient centred care whilst supporting staff wellbeing and development. As a nurse joining our team, we will provide you with opportunities to develop your skills in a supportive and collegiate environment.

Job responsibilities

• Providing specialist pharmaceutical services, professional advice and direct support to Drs, Nurses, HCAs, ANPs, Reception/Administrative Staff and the wider multi-disciplinary ARRS team to promote the safe, effective and high-quality, cost-effective use of medicines.
• Liaising with patients, clinical and non-clinical staff, practice, hospital and community pharmacists/ technicians and patient's carers to improve the pharmaceutical care of patients.
• Undertaking medicines reconciliation in accordance with practice protocols and within clinical competence to update patients medical records accordingly referring on any discrepancies promptly to the clinical pharmacists or GPs.
• Assisting clinical pharmacists in Structured Medication Reviews (SMRs), including arranging required monitoring and carrying out preparatory work.
• Supporting the clinical pharmacists with long term condition reviews through lifestyle and medication advice.
• Responding to medication queries from patients, carers, and staff, providing counselling where appropriate.
• Liaising with community pharmacy teams for items which are out of stock, supporting compliance with medication and promoting lifestyle advice (smoking/alcohol).
• Promoting safe and effective prescribing, reduce medicines waste, and support repeat prescribing systems.
• To work with reception staff and medicines managers to help manage repeat prescription requests, resolving queries where possible and producing prescriptions for clinical review.
• Supporting the team with QOF, MOIS, NICE guidance implementation, antimicrobial stewardship, and prescribing audits.
• Training and supporting admin staff and pharmacy colleagues in safe prescribing processes.
• Participate in audits, service evaluation, and policy development to improve medicine use.
• Monitoring and developing recall systems to ensure that all patients have appropriate therapeutic drug monitoring.
• Responding to medicines related MHRA safety alerts.
• Assisting in the appropriate monitoring of high-risk medications through patient safety searches.
• Processing and reviewing shared care agreements received from other healthcare providers.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, contributing to patient group meetings and service discussions.
• Provide information and support to patients, carers, and professionals, tailored to their needs and understanding.
• Participate in delivering training to staff and patient groups.
• Take responsibility for CPD and revalidation requirements with the GPhC.
• Identify and undertake training to support service needs, including IT systems (Systm One, AccuRx, Anima).
• Manage own workload effectively, working independently and as part of a team.
• Support pharmacists with QOF and MOIS and other medicine-related targets.
• Contribute to audits, data collection, and reporting to commissioners.
• Supervise and train administrative and trainee staff as required
• Identify risks and ensure safe practice in medicines management.
• Contribute to evidence-based practice, audit, and research.
• Participate in service improvement initiatives and development of clinical standards and protocols.
• Promote patient and public involvement to inform service improvements.

The above is not exhaustive. The postholder may from time to time be required to undertake other activities commensurate with the expected levels of responsibility and scope of the role, within levels of attained competence. This will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels, annual leave cover.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NVQ level 3 in Pharmaceutical Services (or equivalent)
• Pharmacy Technician Registered with General Pharmaceutical council.

Experience

• Evidence of CPD
• Experience of working in GP practice or NHS provider as a pharmacy technician (hospital or community pharmacy).

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).

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. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).