# Pharmacy Technician

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Primary Care Careers
- **Town:** Bury St Edmunds
- **Region:** East of England
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Pharmacy technician
- **Salary:** Depends on experience
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part-time
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-06T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-17T14:59:03.041Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/M0038-26-0705?employerCode=M0038
- **Application URL:** https://vacancies.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/vacancies/29807/pharmacy-technician.html

## Job Content

### Job summary

Cobbs Garden Surgery is looking to recruit a qualified and experienced pharmacy technician into our friendly practice, to play a full and active role within our multi-disciplinary team. The role is offered on a part time basis for 2-3 days per week. There is flexibility within this role, which will be discussed at interview stage.

### Main duties of the job

- Medicines optimisation, assisting with medication queries from patients, care homes and community pharmacies
- Carry out medicine reconciliation for discharge letters, outpatient letters and new patient registrations
- Oversee and maximise our Prescribing Incentive Scheme income
- Identify and resolve discrepancies and liaise closely with Pharmacists and GP's
- Promote medicines synchronisation and encourage patient adherence
- Support the implementation of local and national prescribing initiatives, including performing medication switches as directed by prescribers or pharmacists
- Maintain MHRA alerts and high risk drug monitoring records
- Support safe prescribing support recall of patients when needed.
- Contribute to medicines safety alerts implementation
- Lead and contribute to audits and quality improvement relating to the effective prescribing of medicines
- Manage medication related queries and escalate as appropriate
- Analyse prescribing data and share with the wider team
- Support patient education and promote safe care and patient self management
- Engage in continuous professional development and attend clinical and educational meetings within the practice
- Adhere to practice policies, clinical governance frameworks and safeguarding procedures.

### About us

Cobbs Garden is based in Olney, a beautiful market town in north Buckinghamshire and we also serve the surrounding villages. We are proud of our current CQC rating which is good with an outstanding rating for responsiveness. Our multidisciplinary team is made up of a range of very experienced clinicians including six doctors, an advanced nurse practitioner, specialist womensnurse, a treatment room nurse, chronic disease nurses, a physiotherapist, Health and Wellbeing Coach, HCA, phlebotomist and two care coordinators.

### Details

- Date posted: 17 July 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: Depending on experience - depending on experience
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Part-time
- Reference number: 29807
- Job locations: West Street, Olney, Buckinghamshire, MK46 5QG, United Kingdom

### Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Previous experience in either a community pharmacy or a primary care setting
- Previous experience of using SystmOne is essential

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Registered pharmacy technician with the GPhC
- Diploma Level 2/3 in pharmacy services, or equivalent

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