Pharmacy Technician

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Pharmacy Technician to join our friendly and progressive clinical team at Hetton Group Practice. The successful candidate will be a registered Pharmacy Technician who has completed, is currently undertaking, or is willing to undertake the appropriate primary care pharmacy training pathway. Working alongside our Clinical Pharmacist, GPs, nurses and wider multidisciplinary team, you will play a key role in supporting the safe, effective and efficient use of medicines across the practice population.

This is an evolving role with excellent opportunities for personal and professional development within a supportive environment that values innovation, collaboration and high-quality patient care.

The Pharmacy Technician is an integral member of the general practice team and will work within their professional competencies to:

• Work under the supervision of the Clinical Pharmacist to support the safe and effective use of medicines.
• Process and manage prescription requests in line with practice policies and procedures.
• Undertake medicines reconciliation following hospital discharge and transfer of care.
• Support medication reviews and medicines optimisation initiatives.
• Respond to medication-related queries from patients, carers, clinicians and community pharmacies.
• Assist with the management of repeat prescribing systems.
• Carry out prescribing and medication safety audits.
• Support quality improvement projects and medicines-related enhanced services.
• Ensure accurate coding and maintenance of clinical records.
• Identify opportunities to improve prescribing quality, reduce waste and enhance patient safety.
• Support public health initiatives, screening programmes and vaccination services.
• Work collaboratively with GPs, nurses, pharmacists and the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Maintain professional standards and comply with all relevant governance, confidentiality and safeguarding requirements.

Hetton Group Practice is a friendly, supportive, and forward-thinking semi-rural training practice serving a growing patient population of approximately 12,000 patients from a spacious purpose-built premises.

• 6 GP Partners
• 3 Salaried GPs
• A full nursing team including:
• 2 Practice Nurses
• 1 Student Nursing Associate
• 2 Healthcare Assistants
• A dedicated and experienced administration and reception team supporting the delivery of high-quality patient care

We are an established training practice for both GP Registrars and Medical Students, offering a supportive learning environment and excellent opportunities for professional development. We actively encourage staff to develop specialist interests, undertake further training, and progress within their careers.

We are proud members of the Coalfields Primary Care Network (PCN) and work closely with neighbouring practices to deliver services and improve healthcare outcomes for patients across the Coalfields area.

The practice also has representation on the Sunderland Local Medical Committee (LMC), ensuring we remain engaged with wider primary care developments and initiatives.

As a practice, we are committed to delivering high-quality patient care, embracing innovation, supporting our workforce, and continually improving the services we provide to our patients and local community.

The Pharmacy Technician will work as an integral member of the multidisciplinary primary care team, supporting the safe, accurate and effective use of medicines within the practice population.

Working within their professional competencies and under the clinical supervision of the Clinical Pharmacist and GPs, the post holder will support medicines optimisation, prescription management, medication safety and quality improvement initiatives. The role will contribute to improving patient outcomes, reducing medication-related risks and enhancing the efficiency of prescribing processes across the practice.

The post holder will work collaboratively with clinicians, patients, carers, community pharmacies, care homes and other healthcare providers to support the delivery of high-quality patient care.

• Support the safe, efficient and cost-effective use of medicines within the practice.
• Undertake medicines reconciliation following hospital discharge and transfers of care.
• Support medication reviews in line with practice protocols and within individual competency.
• Process medication requests and…