Clinical Pharmacy Technicianin317 Trustwidein317 TrustwidePUBLISHED THU 20 MAR 2025

We are delighted to offer this exciting full time post in partnership with Newcastle North Gosforth Primary Care Network. The post is supported and resourced by the trust but based in North Gosforth Primary Care Network. The successful candidate will be joining an established team of Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians in a patient facing role. You can make a real difference for multi-comorbid individuals and those at risk of medication related harm. You will be supported in practice and on the Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway by a named senior clinical pharmacist and an educational supervisor from CPPE as well as our talented, research-active multidisciplinary teams.

North Gosforth Primary Care Network comprises of 3 practices, travelling between practices would be required. If you are kind, innovative, work well in a team, find patient consultations rewarding and understand patient centred care then you could be our perfect fit.

Prior experience in a patient facing role in any sector is an advantage. Please see the Job description and Person specification for more details and get in touch for a chat or a visit.

• Interview Date: 9th April 2025

• 37 hours 30 minutes/week

• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

The successful applicants will register with Centre for Postgraduate Pharmacy Education's Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway (PCPEP); the course is fully funded by Health Education England, and we will provide full financial support for travel, study leave, and any equipment needed.

Key responsibilities of the role include solving medicines related problems for patients and alleviating GP workload. This will include:

• reconciling medicines at the point of registration to the practice and liaison with the team regarding onward monitoring.
• Establishing patient safety systems within the practices related to high risk medicines
• making changes to the patient's primary care record
• issuing prescriptions
• talking to patients about new/changed medicines
• electronic transfer of care to community pharmacy
• providing alternative medicines during stock supply shortages
• adjusting medicine formulations for swallowing difficulties or MDS provision
• bringing medicine issues in line for repeat dispensing or proxy ordering
• re-authorising repeat medicines
• Setting up electronic repeat dispensing
• Supporting the wider pharmacy team through collaboration and shared learning

About us

• To practice as an experienced pharmacy technician.
• To practice as a registered pharmacy technician.
• To provide a clinical service to identified patients
• In domiciliary general practice or Trust settings including reducing risk associated with the admission and discharge process.
• To undertake a broad range of technical pharmaceutical activities including providing advice to patients and other healthcare staff.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.