Senior Pharmacy Technician (Primary Care) | Northumbria Primary Care

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Whitley Bay; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A health service provider in Whitley Bay seeks a Senior Pharmacy Technician to coordinate activities within the medicine hub. The role involves managing pharmacy staff, ensuring high standards in medicines management, and providing support to healthcare teams. Ideal candidates will have experience in pharmacy services, a strong understanding of prescription interpretation, and the ability to improve patient care through effective management. This is a full-time position, and applications close on January 5, 2026.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing pharmacy teams and services.
• Ability to interpret prescriptions and manage drug issues.
• Skills in liaising with healthcare professionals.

Responsibilities

• Co-ordinate medicine hub activities for patient care.
• Support medicines management and conduct audits.
• Supervise and train pharmacy technicians and staff.

Job description

Overview

Working for NPC North Tyneside Neighbourhood practices, you will be working between 49 Marine Avenue, Park Parade, Nelson and Spring Terrace 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.

Responsibilities

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.

Main Duties

• 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.

Organisational context

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.

Additional Key Responsibilities

• As Senior Pharmacy Technician, the post-holder will be responsible to the Practice 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.

This advert closes on Monday 5 Jan 2026