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Senior Pharmacy Technician - Primary Care Network and Acute Trust
The closing date is 07 August 2025
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced pharmacy technician to join our Integrated Pharmacy workforce providing a service to our PCNs within Wallasey and Moreton and Meols.
These PCNs are a group of 8 GP practices working together to provide joined up services to support their patients to live happier, healthier lives. You will join an experienced and dynamic team that includes GPs, Nurses, Health & Wellbeing Coaches, Care Coordinators, Social Prescribers & Physiotherapists to provide clinical pharmacy services to our local population.
We have embraced collaboration to achieve a system wide overview of the patients' medicines journey. This helps you identify how processes can be improved when patients move between care settings and become part of the system wide pharmacy family. You will be supported to complete the CPPE pathway.
Main duties of the job
The role will support the PCN clinical pharmacists to ensure the delivery of safe, effective systems for repeat prescribing, medicines optimisation, reducing medicines waste and maximising patient outcomes:
Be responsible for the development of a better understanding of the principles of medicines optimisation throughout the practice teams and promote good practice in line with clinical and operational guidelines.
Perform medicines reconciliation for patients discharged from hospital including counselling on medicines use and referral to other clinicians as necessary.
Communicate with a wide range of healthcare professionals within the trusts, practices and other services such as care home staff.
Build strong relationships with community pharmacy colleague.
Support patients with their medication and provide advice regarding benefits, risks and side effects.
Support improvements in patient care and the development of integrated pathways across primary and secondary care.
About us
All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as "competent and caring staff" by our patients.
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.
We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral's only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.
We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.
The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.
Job responsibilities
Please see the job overview and attached job description for further information about the role.
Whilst this is an integrated post, we welcome applications from candidates who would like to work solely in Primary Care, especially those from a primary care or community pharmacy background.
Person Specification
Qualifications, Experience and Training
* NVQ Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences/BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent
* Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council of Great Britain
* Experience working in a pharmacy
* Experience of pharmacy labelling and stock control systems
* Accredited accuracy checker
* Primary care pharmacy experience
* Use of EMIS Clinical system
Knowledge and Skills
* Interpret and dispense prescriptions accurately
* Effectively provide advice to patients regarding medicines
* IT literate
* Commitment to Continuing Professional Development
* Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
* Good oral communication skills
* Organise and prioritise work
* Able to motivate self and others
Personal Attributes
* Enthusiasm for the position
* Friendly, empathetic and reliable team worker, able to relate to all staff grades
* Ability to cope in busy environment
* Methodical with attention to detail
* Conscientious and reliable
* Self motivated
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.
Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
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Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
£31,049 to £37,796 a yearper annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
408-25-648
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