Overview
PCN Pharmacy Technician role at NHS. Location: Honiton, Ottery St Mary and Sidmouth PCN.
Job Summary
Honiton, Ottery St Mary and Sidmouth PCN is looking for a Pharmacy Technician to work within our PCN Pharmacy Team. Our PCN Pharmacy Team is a well established team, consisting of Pharmacists, Lead Pharmacy Technician and Pharmacy Technicians supported by clinical supervision from a GP and Senior Clinical Pharmacist. If you would like an informal discussion about the role before applying, please contact Charlotte Nally, Deputy Practice and PCN Manager, or Rachel Stewart, Senior Pharmacy Technician.
Main duties
* Work with GP practices, care homes and community pharmacy colleagues to enable patients to get the most from their medicines.
* Maximise safe, cost-effective prescribing through medicines optimisation and quality improvement projects.
* Contribute to repeat prescribing processes minimising clinical risk and reducing wasted medicines.
* Promote medicine safety, reconciliation and staff training.
* Promote antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing.
* Provide advice to patients and multidisciplinary teams within professional limits of expertise and refer to pharmacist or GP when appropriate.
* Attend prescribing committee meetings and develop PCN policies, prescribing protocols and standard operating procedures.
* Support the PCN Pharmacy Team to implement the DES and IIF annual targets through quality improvement, educational presentations and multidisciplinary working.
* Implement efficient ordering and reduce medication wastage.
* Link with community pharmacies to communicate supply issues and solutions.
* Promote electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD), online ordering and proxy ordering processes for care homes.
* Link with other pharmacy professionals and members of the multi-disciplinary team to support integration across health and social care.
* Support staff on secondments and training rotations from other organisations.
* Support prescription teams, deliver audits and training and lead change to improve services across the practices.
* Deliver changes in prescribing practice according to QIPP agenda, QOF, PCN DES and other enhanced services.
* Assist in transportation of vaccine for vaccination campaigns according to national and local protocols.
* Develop a culture that promotes equality and values diversity; comply with Equality and Diversity policies and promote such issues relevant to the post.
* Ensure openness, transparency and candour in all working practices.
* Have or acquire safeguarding knowledge and practice through training and comply with safeguarding policies.
* Ensure that any infection prevention and control issues are reported to the line manager/Infection Prevention and Control.
About Us
HOSMS Primary Care Network is located in East Devon with a population of around 50,000 patients. The PCN has three surgeries: Honiton Surgery, Coleridge Surgery and Sid Valley Practice. The network supports multiple teams including Pharmacy, Health and Wellbeing, and FCP Physiotherapy, under a Lead Manager, Deputy PCN Manager and Clinical Director with clinical supervision from GP practice colleagues.
Details
Date posted: 11 August 2025
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: £15.80 to £16.80 an hour
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number: A1758-25-0010
Location: Marl pits Lane, Honiton, Devon, EX14 2NY
Job Description
Responsibilities
* As PCN Pharmacy Technician, undertake patient-facing conversations to promote understanding and effective medicines use through shared decision-making.
* Carry out medicines optimisation tasks including supply synchronisation and administration support (inhaler technique, formulation choice).
* Undertake medicines reconciliation for care home residents and elderly patients recently discharged from hospital.
* Visit care homes to optimise medicine safety and improve patient outcomes.
* Assist in the audit and management of patients with shared care protocols and high-risk medications.
* Support antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing.
* Provide advice to patients and multidisciplinary teams and refer to pharmacist or GP when appropriate.
* Attend prescribing committee meetings and develop PCN policies, prescribing protocols and SOPs.
* Support the PCN Pharmacy Team to implement DES and IIF targets through quality improvement and multidisciplinary work.
* Promote electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD), online ordering and proxy ordering for care homes.
* Link with community pharmacies and other professionals to support integration across health and social care.
* Support staff on secondments and training rotations; lead change to improve services.
* Deliver changes in prescribing practice according to QIPP, QOF, PCN DES and other enhanced services.
* Assist in transportation of vaccines for vaccination campaigns per national/local protocols.
* Commit to equality and diversity policies and promote them in practice.
* Ensure openness, transparency and candour in all working practices.
* Maintain safeguarding knowledge and compliance with safeguarding policies.
Qualifications
* Essential: Professional registration with GPhC
* Essential: BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences
Disclosure
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require Disclosure to check for previous criminal convictions. UK registration is required; see NHS Careers for details.
Employer: Honiton Surgery, Marlpit Lane, Honiton, Devon, EX14 2NY. Website: https://www.honitonsurgery.nhs.uk
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