Pharmacy Technician

Job summary

Nottingham West PCN covers 12 practices with a well-established clinical pharmacy team in practice as well as a pharmacy lead cardiovascular service, prescribing for patients in hypertension and lipids, across the PCN. This service won a PresQipp award and was shortlisted for the National General Practice awards.

We are a well-established, forward thinking PCN with a large and supportive clinical pharmacy team, with the depth to provide support for newly qualified pharmacists or the opportunity for growth and development for more experienced pharmacists. Medicines Safety is at the heart of our team, working at PCN level to ensure high risk medicines are monitored regularly, along side innovative system one visualisations on drug monitoring

We have an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician to join our dynamic team. We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic about providing high quality care.

In Nottingham West PCN, patient safety is at the core of everything we do and we recognise the importance of the support provided by Pharmacy Technicians in improving best practice to maximise safe and cost effective prescribing. Our Senior Pharmacy team will support you to fulfil the requirements of the role and you will have access to the CPPE pathway in order to develop your skills. We are committed to further the development of Pharmacy Technicians within Primary Care.

Main duties of the job

• KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Be responsible for encouraging the development of better understanding of the principles of medicines optimisation throughout the practice teams and promoting good practice in line with therapeutic developments.
• Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared decision-making conversations with patients.
• Be a key player in the multi-disciplinary PCN team.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• General Pharmaceutical Council professional registration
• Good clinical knowledge (including terminology) and knowledge and understanding of pharmacy law, ethics and current legislation
• Evidence of continued professional development

About us

PICS is the employer for this role. We collaborate with patients and partners to design and deliver clinically robust health and social care solution through Community Services, Out of Hospital Services, GP Practices, and Primary Care Networks. Find out more about us: http://picsnhs.org.uk/.

Benefits of working for PICS

We offer a comprehensive package which includes:

• NHS Pension 2015 Scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Alternative government-based scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Competitive leave entitlement that includes maternity, paternity and adoption leave, study leave allowance, and sickness provisions
• Access to education and training opportunities, depending on your role (CPPE Pharmacy, NHS England Roadmap for First Contact Practitioners, apprenticeship schemes, support professional development)
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team with support from a wide variety of professionals
• A flexible approach to a work-life balance
• Cycle to work scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Access to Blue Light Card scheme
• All staff events and conferences
• Staff engagement (Wellbeing Group, EDI Network, Staff Focus group)
• Free parking across many sites
• Personalised induction into the company and job role

Details

• Date posted: 28 August 2026
• Pay scheme: Other
• Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year depending on experience
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
• Reference number: E0220-26-0009NW
• Job locations: Nottingham West PCN, Nottingham, NG9 1GA, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical

• Carry out medicines optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration (e.g. checking inhaler technique), supporting medication reviews and medicines reconciliation. Where required, utilise consultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively.
• As determined by the PCN, support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and synchronising medicines for patient transfers between care settings, linking with local community pharmacies.
• Support the Clinical Pharmacist in Structure Medication Reviews (SMR) i.e. organise necessary monitoring tests prior to SMR.
• Provide expertise to address both the public health and social care needs of patients, including lifestyle advice, service information, and help in tackling local health inequalities.
• Manage shared care protocols and liaise with Clinical Pharmacists for more complex patients.
• Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing locally.

Technical and administration

• Support the PCN multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation processes are being followed.
• Implement efficient ordering and return processes and reducing medication wastage.
• Provide training and support on the legal, safe and secure handling of medicines, including the implementation of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS).
• Promotion of Electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD) and online ordering.
• Develop relationships with other pharmacy professionals and members of the multi-disciplinary team to support integration across health and social care including primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care and mental health.
• Support practice Reception Teams in streaming general prescription requests, so as to allow GPs and Clinical Pharmacists to review the more clinically complex requests.
• Support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other primary care settings.
• Support the PCN to deliver on QIPP agenda, QOF and locally commissioned enhanced services.
• Support the PCN in reviewing and developing practice policies for CQC requirements

General

The post holder will:

• Develop a culture that promotes equality and values diversity. The post holder must be aware of and committed to the Equality and Diversity policies of the appointing GP Federation and comply with all the requirements of these policies and actively promote Equality and Diversity issues relevant to the post.
• Ensure the principles of openness, transparency and candor are observed and upheld in all working practices.
• The post holder will have, or acquire through training provided by the organisation, the appropriate level of safeguarding and knowledge, skills and practice required for the post and be aware of and comply with the organisations safeguarding protection policies and procedures.
• Ensure that any infection prevention and control issues are reported to the Line Manager/Infection Prevention and Control

Equality and diversity

The post-holder will support equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers & colleagues, to include:

• Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
• Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
• Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Personal/Professional development

The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, with such training to include:

• Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
• Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work

Quality

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:

• Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk.
• Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, directly or under supervision.
• Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance.
• Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs.
• Effectively manage own time, workload and resources

Indemnity

• All Pharmacy Technicians must work within their competencies and have professional indemnity for their role.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).