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The Mid Devon Healthcare Primary Care Network has an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician post in primary care.
Main Duties And Responsibilities
* Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective medicines use, through shared decision‑making conversations with patients.
* Carry out medicines optimisation tasks.
* Utilise consultation skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use their medicines effectively.
* Support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and synchronise medicines for patient transfers between care settings, linking with local community pharmacies.
* Support the Clinical Pharmacist in Structure Medication Reviews (SMR).
* Manage shared care protocols and liaise with Clinical Pharmacists for more complex patients.
* Participate in medication audits.
* Provide advice to GPs, surgery teams and patients to support improvements in prescribing safety, quality and cost effectiveness.
* Respond to medication queries from patients and staff in a professional manner referring onto appropriate clinician when necessary.
* Advise on the sourcing and safe management of medicines as appropriate.
About Us
Mid Devon Healthcare is the Primary Care Network supporting Bow Medical Practice, Redlands Primary Care and Wallingbrook Health Group. In 2019 Primary Care Networks were set up by the NHS to help support General Practice. It enabled the practices to recruit different skills to support the existing GPs and Nursing teams in practice. Mid Devon Healthcare now has 17 members of staff of which 13 are involved in front line patient care. The PCN clinical team includes Pharmacists, Health Coaches, Social Prescribers and Occupational Therapist.
Job Details
* Date posted: 11 November 2025
* Salary: £15.50 an hour
* Contract: Permanent
* Working pattern: Full-time
* Reference number: A5564-25-0027
* Job location: Redlands Primary Care, Joseph Locke Way, Crediton, Devon, EX17 3FD
Person Specification
* Must be registered with the GPHC.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer Details
Redlands Primary Care
Joseph Locke Way
Crediton
Devon
EX17 3FD
Website: https://www.redlandsprimarycare.nhs.uk/
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