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Job summary
Clinical Pharmacy in General Practice is part of an exciting programme of transformation to develop a new model of care which addresses our ambition to deliver person-centered, coordinated care across the PCN. The Clinical Pharmacy in General Practice model is supported by the direction of national policy including the Five Year Forward View and GP Forward View where there is a need to better utilise the role of pharmacy within primary care to pro-actively help patients stay safe and well and out of hospital as well as helping to reduce the demands on general practice.
Pharmacy technicians play an important role, complementing clinical pharmacists, community pharmacists and other members of the PCN multi-disciplinary team. Pharmacy technicians are different to clinical pharmacists as they are not able to prescribe or make clinical decisions, instead working under supervision to ensure effective and efficient use of medicines. Pharmacy technicians core role responsibilities will cover clinical, technical and administrative categories.
Main duties of the job
* Undertake clinical, technical, and administrative roles in Tudor Surgery.
* Support our Clinical Pharmacist in the delivery of clinical pharmacy services.
* Perform medicines improvement work to maximise safe, cost-effective best practice in prescribing under the supervision of the GP or Clinical Pharmacist.
* Assist with medication safety monitoring systems (e.g. high-risk drugs).
* Liaise with clinicians and administrative staff to resolve medicine-related queries.
* Monitor practice prescribing and local and national prescribing policies.
* Improve service and quality through mechanisms such as audits.
* Support the Clinical Pharmacist in Structured Medication Reviews and organise necessary monitoring tests before SMR.
* Undertake patient-supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use through shared decision-making.
* Support medicine reconciliation of patients whose care is transferred back into primary care in a timely and effective manner, liaising with patients and other providers to ensure appropriate medication post-discharge.
* Carry out medicines optimisation tasks including effective medicine administration, supporting medication reviews and medicines reconciliation on transfer of care.
* Assist our Clinical Pharmacist with searches, data collection, and medicine safety tasks.
* Increase uptake of Electronic Repeat Dispensing and the use of the Electronic Prescription Service.
* Support the Practice to deliver on QOF and locally commissioned enhanced services.
* Implement changes to medication that result from CAS/MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local/national guidance.
* Work collaboratively with the clinical team and develop relationships with community, hospital and MMT pharmacy colleagues and the wider health system.
* Participate in practice meetings, patient participation groups and other local meetings to improve engagement with the role of the pharmacy technician.
About us
Tudor Surgery is a close-knit, cohesive practice with a friendly working environment, providing quality care via a proven record of innovation and adapting to change. Situated in the market town of Nantwich, South Cheshire, we share purpose-built premises with on-site community staff. We are part of Nantwich and Rural PCN who are a group of five practices working together to focus on the care of 35,000 local patients. Tudor Surgery has a slowly expanding list of 5,200 patients, we are supportive of professional development and pride ourselves on working in a supportive and friendly environment and facilitated peer development.
Details
Date posted: 08 September 2025
Pay: Depending on experience
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
Location: Tudor Surgery, Churchview PCC, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 5NX
Job responsibilities (continued)
* See above responsibilities
Person Specification
Essential
* Professional Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
* BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical science/pharmacy services
* Evidence of continued professional development
* Understanding of clinical knowledge and principles of evidence-based healthcare
* Experience of dealing with a range of clinical conditions
* Experience of working within a primary care, community or hospital setting
* Good clinical pharmacy knowledge including terminology
* Advanced knowledge of Primary Care Networks, General Practice and evidence-based medicine
* Awareness of systems to support management of patients in a primary care setting
* Understanding of NHS policy aims within the PCN and awareness of NHS targets
* Strong time management to prioritise workload and meet deadlines
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to adapt to the audience
* Ability to manage allocated resources
* Ability to interpret and analyse prescribing data
Desirable
* Minimum of 2 years post-qualification
* Experience of EMIS
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a Disclosure to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer: Tudor Surgery
Address: Churchview PCC, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 5NX
Employer's website: https://www.tudor-nantwich.nhs.uk/
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