Senior Pharmacy Technician - Primary Care Network and Acute Trust

Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Upton; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS healthcare provider in the UK is seeking an experienced pharmacy technician to join their Integrated Pharmacy workforce. You will be responsible for delivering clinical pharmacy services and supporting improvements in medication management within primary care networks. Ideal candidates will have a background in primary care or community pharmacy and be able to work collaboratively within a dynamic healthcare team. This role offers opportunities for professional development and a holistic view of patient care in an NHS setting.

Benefits

Supportive team environment

Opportunities for professional development

Participation in a holistic healthcare approach

Qualifications

• Experience in primary care or community pharmacy.
• Ability to develop strong relationships with healthcare professionals.
• Understanding of clinical and operational guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Support clinical pharmacists to ensure safe prescribing systems.
• Perform medicines reconciliation for discharged patients.
• Advise patients on medication benefits and risks.

Skills

Medicines optimisation

Communication with healthcare professionals

Medicines reconciliation

Counseling patients

Job description

Vacancy at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced pharmacy technician to join our Integrated Pharmacy workforce providing a service to our PCNs within Wallasey and Moreton and Meols.

These PCNs are a group of 8 GP practices working together to provide joined up services to support their patients to live happier, healthier lives. You will join an experienced and dynamic team that includes GPs, Nurses, Health & Wellbeing Coaches, Care Coordinators, Social Prescribers & Physiotherapists to provide clinical pharmacy services to our local population.

We have embraced collaboration to achieve a system wide overview of the patients’ medicines journey. This helps you identify how processes can be improved when patients move between care settings and become part of the system wide pharmacy family. You will be supported to complete the CPPE pathway.

The role will support the PCN clinical pharmacists to ensure the delivery of safe, effective systems for repeat prescribing, medicines optimisation, reducing medicines waste and maximising patient outcomes:

• Be responsible for the development of a better understanding of the principles of medicines optimisation throughout the practice teams and promote good practice in line with clinical and operational guidelines.
• Perform medicines reconciliation for patients discharged from hospital including counselling on medicines use and referral to other clinicians as necessary.
• Communicate with a wide range of healthcare professionals within the trusts, practices and other services such as care home staff.
• Build strong relationships with community pharmacy colleague.
• Support patients with their medication and provide advice regarding benefits, risks and side effects.
• Support improvements in patient care and the development of integrated pathways across primary and secondary care.

As part of the WUTH Integrated Pharmacy Service that supports a number of PCNs within Wirral, these roles are based within Wallasey Wellbeing and Moreton & Meols PCNs but may also support our other PCNs as required by service need. There are opportunities to work with colleagues from the other PCN teams in Wirral as well as having access to the Acute Trust specialists which helps you develop a better understand the full patient journey.

Benefits

• Being part of a successful, friendly, supportive team.
• Wrap around support from the wider pharmacy team.
• Opportunity to develop a holistic perspective to support our ‘healthcare without boundaries’ approach.

Employment is via Wirral University Teaching Hospital which brings with it all the benefits of working for an NHS organisation. Staff are supported to develop, take opportunities to learn and to reach their potential.

Please see the job overview and attached job description for further information about the role.

We would require the successful candidate to work solely in primary care and so welcome applications from candidates from a primary care or community pharmacy background.

This advert closes on Monday 17 Nov 2025.