Senior Pharmacy Technician (Primary Care) | Northumbria Primary Care

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Lynemouth; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Senior Pharmacy Technician to coordinate medicine hub activities, ensuring high standards of patient care and effective teamwork. Responsibilities include interpreting prescriptions, managing a pharmacy team, and conducting medicines management audits. Ideal candidates will have a relevant pharmacy degree and strong communication skills. The position is based in Lynemouth, with a closing date for applications on 8 Dec 2025.

Qualifications

• Must be able to interpret legal and clear prescriptions.
• Experience in managing a pharmacy team required.
• Needs to liaise effectively with healthcare professionals.

Responsibilities

• Co-ordinate the medicine hub activities for patient care.
• Assist in medicines management audits and discussions.
• Work under the Clinical Pharmacy Service for medicines management.

Skills

Interpreting prescriptions

Medication reconciliation

Coaching and mentoring

Teamwork

Education

Relevant Pharmacy Degree

Job description

Job Overview

Working for Central Neighbourhood practices, you will be working between Lynemouth & Newbiggin, Morpeth & Pegswood and Lintoville surgeries. The Senior Pharmacy Technician will co‑ordinate the medicine hub activities to the extent necessary to ensure the development and maintenance of a high standard of patient care, sound teamwork and close co‑operation with the clinical and managerial team.

The post holder will work under the management of the Clinical Pharmacy Service to deliver a comprehensive medicines management in a primary care setting to ensure a safe and efficient service is maintained, delivering a range of medicines management activities including medicines reconciliation and repeat prescription requests.

Pharmacy staff in all sectors and other healthcare professionals will ensure a patient orientated medicines management service is provided, conducting medicines reviews for patients. To work closely with the Clinical Pharmacist to adopt a team approach to medicines management. To work with the Clinical Pharmacist to develop and undertake medicines management audits, to support discussion within the practice and agree subsequent actions.

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.

Responsibilities

• Work alongside other staff and develop their skills to prioritise workload. May supervise medicines technicians, Pharmacy technicians, student pharmacy technicians and pre‑registration pharmacists.
• Interpret prescriptions for drug problems such as drug dosage, form and administration. Considers legality, clarity and risk associated with prescribed medicines and prescriptions and make basic interventions to ensure medicines are safe for patients and be able to refer as appropriate to medicines management technician or pharmacist.
• Interpret basic medicine supply information and consider appropriate solutions ensure continuation of supply, referring as appropriate. Assess situations concerning the availability of prescribed medicines and refer non‑standard prescriptions to relevant authority.
• Assist and coach practice staff in the collation and analysis of data for reviews/ audits as required improving medicines management within the practice.
• Support embedded systems to ensure governance and operational issues are reviewed, discussed weekly with the team and escalated as required.
• As Senior Pharmacy Technician, the post‑holder will be responsible to the Operational Services Development Manager. The post holder will work autonomously in the day‑to‑day management of the team they manage.
• The Senior Pharmacy Technician will co‑ordinate the CSU medicine hub activities to the extent necessary to ensure the development and maintenance of a high standard of patient care, sound teamwork and close co‑operation with the clinical and managerial team.
• As Senior Pharmacy Technician the post holder will be on site at the medicine hub every day to deal with staffing issues, informal complaints, ensure the workforce are appropriately supported, trained and appraised.
• The post holder will work under the management of the Clinical Pharmacy Service to deliver a comprehensive medicines management hub in a primary care setting 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 Pharmacist 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 Pharmacist to develop and undertake medicines management audits, to support discussion within the practice and agree subsequent actions.

About NPC

Northumbria Primary Care Ltd (NPC) is a pioneering partnership with local GPs and now manages several GP practices with around 130,000 registered patients in Northumberland and North Tyneside. Whilst appointees will have a base practice within NPC, they may be asked to work at other practices across our group. We do however limit this as much as possible as we appreciate continuity is vital to effective primary care. Please note that NPC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

Application Guidance

Make sure to read the ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before applying to join our fantastic organisation.

Closing Date

This advert closes on Monday 8 Dec 2025.