Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
11 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Autonomy
Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload with minimal supervision working to tight and often changing timescales
- Analytical
Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
- Physical Skills
Skills for manipulating information
- Physical Skills
Advanced keyboard skills, use of a range of software
- Planning Skills
Skills for project management
- Management Skills
Skills for managing aspects of projects ensuring they meet financial targets
- Communication Skills
Interpersonal and oral/written communication skills in order to communicate complex information and administrative matters
- Equality and Diversity
Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships
- Knowledge, Training and Experience
Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Knowledge, Training and Experience
Knowledge of administrative procedures, project management or information analysis
- Knowledge, Training and Experience
Advanced knowledge of IT systems including MS suite of packages and information systems relevant to role.
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Analytical
Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
- Communication Skills
Ability to pull together comprehensive draft reports, data and letter
- Communication Skills
Negotiating, networking and persuasive skills
- Knowledge, Training and Experience
Basic knowledge of project principles
- Knowledge, Training and Experience
Previously worked in similar position within the public sector
Job overview
- Support implementation of community pharmacy clinical services.
- Assist with the rollout of community pharmacy delivered pathways, providing technical and administrative support.
- Help review and maintain service materials, implementation packs and standard operating tools.
- Support training and onboarding activities for community pharmacy teams.
Main duties of the job
Enable pharmacy integration within Neighbourhood Health teams
- Support coordination between community pharmacies, PCNs and other neighbourhood services. Facilitate information flows, meeting logistics and follow up actions between partners. Help identify operational issues and escalate appropriately.
Improve access to medicines and local services
- Support mapping of services, signposting materials and practical processes that improve access to urgent and same day community pharmacy services. Collect and summarise feedback from providers to support continuous improvement. Work with community pharmacy to promote consistent operational delivery.
Provide technical, governance and quality support
- Support audits, process reviews and data collection for neighbourhood pharmacy programmes. Help ensure services follow agreed protocols and governance arrangements.
Data, monitoring and reporting
- Gather activity data, service KPIs and feedback to support monitoring and evaluation. Maintain simple dashboards, trackers or data summaries. Support the identification of trends or operational issues requiring further review.
Stakeholder and communication support
- Develop effective working relationships with community pharmacies, PCN teams, practice staff and neighbourhood partners. Help coordinate engagement events, training sessions and communications. Provide practical support in disseminating updated pathways, guidance and resources.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Enable pharmacy integration within Neighbourhood Health teams, improve access to medicines and local services , provide technical, governance and quality support , data, monitoring and reporting , stakeholder and communication support
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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This advert is for Pharmacy Technician Community Pharmacy and Integration with NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board in Leicestershire/ Northamptonshire, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Pharmacy technician role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 17 Sep 2026.
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