Clinical Pharmacy is part of an exciting programme to develop a new model of care, which addresses our ambition to deliver person-centred, co-ordinated care across the place; utilising the role of pharmacy within primary care to pro-actively help patients stay safe and well to reduce the demands on general practice.
Pharmacy Technicians playan important role, complementing Clinical Pharmacists, CommunityPharmacistsand other members of the PCN multi-disciplinary team. Pharmacy Technicians work under supervision of the Clinical Pharmacists and the Head of Medicines Management GP to ensure effective and safe usage of medicines.
Interviews will be on Wed 11th Feb 2026
Main duties of the job
Pharmacytechnicianscore role responsibilitieswill cover clinical, technical,educationaland administrative categories.All Pharmacy Technicians must work within theircompetencies, andhave professional indemnity for their role.
Please refer to job description for key aspects of this role.
About us
Foundry is made up of four sites across Lewes and Ringmer - School Hill, St Andrew's, River Lodge and Anchor Field.
We currently have 28,500 patients between our practices.
We have a management team to help support staff across all our sites, as well as clinical and non-clinical teams to support staff wellbeing.
Job responsibilities
Clinical
* Review patients with shared-care decisions for effective medication use
* Support medication reviews, reconciliation and synchronising medications
* Review clinic letters and action any changes and ensure any monitoring/concerns are raised
* Participate in clinical audits and annual DMARD / other drug monitoring
* Resolve queries from Community Pharmacies, multidisciplinary team and patients
* Undertake face to face/telephone clinics as required
* Engage in Quality Outcome Framework (QOF), Locally Commissioned services (LCS), Medicine Optimisation Incentive Scheme (MOIS)and Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS).
Technical and Administrative
* Support the multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficient medicines optimisation processes.
* Develop relationships with other pharmacy professionals and members of the multi-disciplinary team to support integration.
* Support in reviewing and developing practice policies for CQC requirements.
Personal and Professional Development
* Working with your line manager and clinical supervisor(s) to engage in ongoing personal and professional development.
* Attend training on revisions to information systems or changes in protocols for the inputting of data in the light of local and national initiatives.
* Adhere to organisational policies, including confidentiality, safeguarding, information governance, and health and safety.
* Work with your clinical supervisor to access regular clinical supervision,to enable you to discuss challenges and seek advice.
* Demonstrate an understanding of current educational policies relevant to working areas of practice and keep up to date with relevant clinical practice.
Person Specification
Experience
* Completion of GPHC recognised Pharmacy Technician training
* GPHC registration
* Confident and polite
* Motivated and able to motivate others
* Forward thinker
* Experience of working with the general public
* Experience of working in a health care setting
* Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
* Clear, polite telephone manner
* Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
* Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
* Effective interpersonal skills
* Problem solving & analytical skills
* Ability to support implementation of policies and procedures
* Ability to appreciate the sensitive nature of work and maintain confidentiality
* Completion of CPPE Primary care pharmacy education pathway (PCPEP)
* Experience in working in Primary care settings
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.
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