About this role
Job summary
The Pharmacy Technician will work as part of the Laurel Bank Surgery multidisciplinary team to support safe, effective, and efficient use of medicines across all three practice sites. The role delivers both clinical and technical medicines optimisation functions, supporting GPs, Clinical Pharmacists, and the wider team to improve patient outcomes, reduce medicines related risk, and strengthen prescribing systems.
The postholder must meet all national requirements for ARRS Pharmacy Technicians, including registration, training pathway compliance, and delivery of the mandated clinical, technical, and administrative responsibilities.
Main duties of the job Clinical Responsibilities
Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to promote effective medicines use, including shared decision making conversations.
Carry out medicines optimisation tasks including:
checking inhaler technique
supporting medication reviews
medicines reconciliation
supporting patients to use medicines safely and effectively
Support medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home residents, and assist with synchronising medicines for patients transferring between care settings.
Provide specialist expertise, where competent, to address public health and social care needs, including lifestyle advice, service information, and reducing health inequalities.
Contribute to shared care protocols, liaising with specialist pharmacists for complex patients.
Support antimicrobial stewardship initiatives to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing.
Assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation and management incentive schemes, patient safety audits, and quality improvement projects.
Support implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance across all Laurel Bank Surgery sites, including:
clinical audits (e.g., antibiotic use)
Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF)
Enhanced Services
Undertake Dispensing Reviews of the Use of Medicines (DRUMs) for eligible dispensing patients, ensuring safe, effective, and personalised use of medicines.
About us
A dispensing and training practice with 16,300 patients, Laurel Bank Surgery is a dynamic, progressive and supportive practice, proud of our clinical care and patient continuity. We operate across three rural villages from our Main Site (Malpas) and two branches (Tattenhall and Farndon).
We work from purpose-built premises, and the Malpas site has been through significant extension and refurbishment in 2023.
We take pride in maintaining a rounded approach to patient care, with the reputation of long established patient relationships and high quality care.
As a quality practice we endeavour to maintain the highest of clinical standards and are held in esteem by both patients and the wider local community. We rank very highly in the GP survey each year.
Job description Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
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Experience Essential
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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. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Malpas Surgery
Address Laurel Bank Surgery
Farndon Health Centre
Farndon
Cheshire
CH3 6PT
Employer's website https://www.malpassurgery.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)