Pharmacy Technician - Medicines Optimisation & Clinics

Conexus Healthcare Ltd; Castleford; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Wakefield North Primary Care Network (PCN) is expanding its pharmacy team and recruiting an additional Pharmacy Technician to support GP surgeries. The role involves medicines reconciliation, repeat dispensing, and liaising with clinicians and community pharmacies to optimise outcomes for patients.

The successful candidate will contribute to antimicrobial stewardship, safety alerts, and national/local prescribing guidance, with ongoing training and professional development available within a

Responsibilities

• Undertake medicines reconciliation following discharge or correspondence from secondary care, community services, and clinics.
• Maintain and optimise repeat medication lists, including synchronisation, review date management, electronic repeat dispensing, and appropriate amendments under agreed protocols.
• Support care home and nursing home patients through medicines optimisation, prescription changes, and liaison with clinicians and community pharmacies.
• Deliver patient-facing clinics where appropriate, including medicines optimisation, secondary prevention, cardiovascular disease (CVD) support, and frailty reviews.
• Undertake clinical support activities including observations (e.g. blood pressure), urine dip testing and, if required, phlebotomy (training provided).
• Support antimicrobial stewardship, opioid de‑prescribing, safety alerts, and the implementation of national and local prescribing guidance.
• Contribute to prescribing safety through audits, quality improvement activity, monitoring of recalls, blood tests, and medication reviews.
• Support effective stock management, prescribing data analysis, cost‑effective prescribing, and waste reduction initiatives.
• Promote safe use of medicines, report and prevent medicines‑related incidents, and elevate safeguarding concerns appropriately.

Job description

Wakefield North Primary Care Network (PCN) is expanding its pharmacy team and recruiting an additional Pharmacy Technician to support GP surgeries. The role involves medicines reconciliation, repeat dispensing, and liaising with clinicians and community pharmacies to optimise outcomes for patients.

The successful candidate will contribute to antimicrobial stewardship, safety alerts, and national/local prescribing guidance, with ongoing training and professional development available within a