Pharmacy Technician (Primary Care) | Northumbria Primary Care

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Haydon Bridge, Ponteland; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Band 4 Registered Pharmacy Technician to join the team supporting GP practices in Northumberland. The role involves managing medicines management tasks, collaborating closely with clinical pharmacists and other healthcare professionals. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and the ability to work flexibly across multiple sites. Business insurance is required. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to primary care services, ensuring patient safety and effective medication delivery.

Benefits

Evening and weekend working opportunities

Flexible working across GP practices

Qualifications

• Band 4 Registered Pharmacy Technician qualifications required.
• Business insurance must be on policy.
• Understanding of primary care operations preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage comprehensive medicines management service within GP practices.
• Liaise with healthcare professionals for patient medicines reviews.
• Conduct medicines management audits with Clinical Pharmacists.

Skills

Registered Pharmacy Technician

Patient-oriented service

Team collaboration

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Northumbria Primary Care for a Band 4 Registered Pharmacy Technician to join the team, supporting a group of GP practices within our West Northumberland Neighbourhood (NPC Ponteland and NPC Haydon Bridge and Allendale). The successful candidate will work closely with clinical and administrative colleagues to process a wide range of medication related tasks. The successful candidate will be expected to work between Ponteland and Haydon Bridge. The base site will be Ponteland and mileage can be claimed from base site - the postholder must have business insurance on their policy.

The successful candidate will contribute to the delivery of a comprehensive primary care medicines management system acting on current best practice. The Pharmacy Technician will be required to undertake activities predominantly within practice, but will need to be flexible to work to the wider demands of the network.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

The role will contribute to the efficient and effective delivery of medicines to patients e.g. medicines supply, actioning of discharge summary medication changes, liaising with care homes regarding prescription queries and supporting the organisation move towards online prescription services. An understanding of primary care operations and use of SystmOne would be an advantage but is not essential.

Responsibilities

• To work under the management of the Clinical Pharmacists in the West Neighbourhood to deliver a comprehensive medicines management to ensure a safe and efficient service is maintained, delivering a range of medicines management activities including medicines reconciliation and repeat prescription requests.
• To liaise with pharmacy staff in all sectors and other healthcare professionals to ensure a patient orientated medicines management service is provided, conducting medicines reviews for patients identified by the wider multidisciplinary team or from other medicines management initiatives.
• To work closely with the Clinical Pharmacists to adopt a team approach to medicines management, acting as a key member of the multidisciplinary team and the wider pharmacy team, providing medicines management advice to healthcare professionals, patients and carers.
• To work with the Clinical Pharmacists to develop and undertake medicines management audits, to support discussion within the practice and agree subsequent actions.
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within Northumbria Primary Care. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

Requirements

• Band 4 Registered Pharmacy Technician.
• Business insurance on their policy.
• An understanding of primary care operations and use of SystmOne would be an advantage but is not essential.

Northumbria Primary Care Ltd (NPC) is a pioneering partnership with local GPs and now manages several GP practices with around 120,000 registered patients in Northumberland and North Tyneside.

Appointees will have a nominated base site within NPC as we appreciate continuity and teamwork is vital to effective primary care. As a large multi-site organisation we benefit from offering cross site support and the opportunity to work flexibly across our practices. We also offer evening and weekend working which further enhances flexible working opportunities. Please note that NPC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

This advert closes on Monday 15 Dec 2025