Job summary We are looking for a skilled and reliable Pharmacy Technician to join our supportive and friendly General Practice team. Our emphasis is keeping prescribing safe, accurate and efficient, and you will play an important role in the supporting the team. You will work closely with our GPs, clinical pharmacist, 4 pharmacy technicians, nurses and administrative staff, where everyone works together and communication is open and respectful. The post is for 5 hours per week which may suit someone who already works elsewhere and wishes to increase their hours. The role would suit someone who enjoys being part of a team, has an excellent eye for detail, takes pride in high quality work and is committed to safe and consistent patient care. Main duties of the job To work alongside the practice pharmacist to maximise safe, effective and efficient systems to ensure best practice prescribing. To help patients get the best from their medicines through: effective medicines reconciliation after discharge and on other transfers of care, medication use reviews, identification of patients suitable for electronic repeat dispensing, promotion of online ordering, reducing waste, providing assurance of monitoring of high risk drugs, and handling of prescription queries within their areas of competence. To support the training of practice medicines co-ordinators to develop effective pharmacy administration within the practice, especially with relation to repeat prescribing systems and processes. To encourage the development of better understanding of the principles of medicines optimisation throughout the practice team and promoting good practice in line with therapeutic developments. About us Culverhay Surgery is a well-established friendly GP training practice located in Wotton under Edge, Berkeley and Frampton on Severn in Gloucestershire. The Culverhay ethos is very much based around continuity of care and good team working to provide excellent, responsive patient care for our 18000 patients. Our team consists of 4 partners (1 managing partner), 13 salaried GP's, a full mix of nurses, a senior clinical pharmacist, pharmacy technicians, frailty care co-ordinators, social prescriber and practice counsellors. Not forgetting our fantastic reception and admin team who work very hard to minimise administrative burden for the clinical team. Staff turnover is very low and the practice encourages feedback, to help us create a happy supportive practice environment. We are a GP training practice (Severn Deanery) with 2 GP trainers. In addition, we are a teaching practice (University of Bristol medical students and UWE/University of Gloucestershire nursing students) Details Date posted 15 December 2025 Pay scheme Other Salary Depending on experience Contract Permanent Working pattern Part-time Reference number A3174-25-0004 Job locations Culverhay Surgery Culverhay Wotton-under-edge Gloucestershire GL12 7LS Culverhay Berkeley Marybrook Street Berkeley Gloucestershire GL13 9BL Culverhay Frampton Whitminster Lane Frampton on Severn Gloucestershire GL2 7HU Job description Job responsibilities To support the practice pharmacist in ensuring safe and best practice prescribing. To undertake medicines reconciliation in accordance with practice protocols and update patients records accordingly. To include new care home patients and the synchronization of medicines for transfer of care between care settings. To improve prescribing processes and support the development and implementation of prescribing policies and guidance. To support the practice pharmacist to provide medication reviews and patient information in different formats as required according to the patients individual needs. To promote electronic repeat dispensing (eRD) and online ordering. To provide advice to GPs, staff and patients regarding changes to prescribing to support the improvement of prescribing safety, quality and cost effectiveness. To deliver training and support the development of practice based medicines coordinators to improve co-ordination and effective pharmacy administration within the practice. To support the practice reception team in streamlining prescription queries, allowing the practice pharmacist to review the more complex requests. To liaise with other pharmacy stakeholders e.g. community pharmacy, and hospital pharmacy teams. To manage shared care protocols, liaising with the practice pharmacist for complex patients. To ensure that all major MHRA drug alerts, where appropriate and within level of competence, are acted upon within the practice over an appropriate time frame and to advice on any medication changes that occur as a result. To support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing. To utilise GP practice clinical systems to conduct prescribing audits and to share the outcomes of clinical audits to facilitate improvement and changes in practice. To produce patient information leaflets and posters and run medicine awareness projects throughout the year. To use and maintain information systems and databases relevant to the position including incident reporting, medicines optimisation, prescribing data, cost savings and patient outcomes. To support the practice to deliver on prescribing Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) targets. To be responsible for the organisation, planning and of own workload to meet set deadlines. To undertake learning and development to ensure the required knowledge and skills for practice based work To carry out other duties which are appropriate to the skills and competencies of the post holder and grade of the post as the priorities of the service change. To handle function specific information, which may be sensitive, complex or confidential and appropriately recording, transferring and/or coordinating such information in accordance with the Data Protection Act; Caldicott Guidelines and the Confidentiality Code of Conduct. Job description Job responsibilities To support the practice pharmacist in ensuring safe and best practice prescribing. To undertake medicines reconciliation in accordance with practice protocols and update patients records accordingly. To include new care home patients and the synchronization of medicines for transfer of care between care settings. To improve prescribing processes and support the development and implementation of prescribing policies and guidance. To support the practice pharmacist to provide medication reviews and patient information in different formats as required according to the patients individual needs. To promote electronic repeat dispensing (eRD) and online ordering. To provide advice to GPs, staff and patients regarding changes to prescribing to support the improvement of prescribing safety, quality and cost effectiveness. To deliver training and support the development of practice based medicines coordinators to improve co-ordination and effective pharmacy administration within the practice. To support the practice reception team in streamlining prescription queries, allowing the practice pharmacist to review the more complex requests. To liaise with other pharmacy stakeholders e.g. community pharmacy, and hospital pharmacy teams. To manage shared care protocols, liaising with the practice pharmacist for complex patients. To ensure that all major MHRA drug alerts, where appropriate and within level of competence, are acted upon within the practice over an appropriate time frame and to advice on any medication changes that occur as a result. To support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing. To utilise GP practice clinical systems to conduct prescribing audits and to share the outcomes of clinical audits to facilitate improvement and changes in practice. To produce patient information leaflets and posters and run medicine awareness projects throughout the year. To use and maintain information systems and databases relevant to the position including incident reporting, medicines optimisation, prescribing data, cost savings and patient outcomes. To support the practice to deliver on prescribing Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) targets. To be responsible for the organisation, planning and of own workload to meet set deadlines. To undertake learning and development to ensure the required knowledge and skills for practice based work To carry out other duties which are appropriate to the skills and competencies of the post holder and grade of the post as the priorities of the service change. To handle function specific information, which may be sensitive, complex or confidential and appropriately recording, transferring and/or coordinating such information in accordance with the Data Protection Act; Caldicott Guidelines and the Confidentiality Code of Conduct. Person Specification Qualifications Essential Professional registration with GPhC. BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences. Enrol in, be undertaking or be qualified from an approved training pathway. For example, the Primary Care Pharmacy Educational Pathway (PCPEP) or Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes (MOCH). Evidence of continued professional development (CPD). Experience Essential Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy Person Specification Qualifications Essential Professional registration with GPhC. BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences. Enrol in, be undertaking or be qualified from an approved training pathway. For example, the Primary Care Pharmacy Educational Pathway (PCPEP) or Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes (MOCH). Evidence of continued professional development (CPD). Experience Essential Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer details Employer name Culverhay Surgery Address Culverhay Surgery Culverhay Wotton-under-edge Gloucestershire GL12 7LS Employer's website https://www.culverhaysurgery.com/ (Opens in a new tab) Employer details Employer name Culverhay Surgery Address Culverhay Surgery Culverhay Wotton-under-edge Gloucestershire GL12 7LS Employer's website https://www.culverhaysurgery.com/ (Opens in a new tab)