Practice Pharmacy Technician
Brookside Group Practice
Reading, RG6 7HGView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
Negotiable
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
30 October 2026
11 days leftJob description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Practice Pharmacy Technician to join our dynamic and forward-thinking team at Brookside Group Practice workin...
the medications of patients whose care is transferred back to primary care in a
timely and effective manner liaising with patients and other providers to
ensure patients receive appropriate medication on discharge.
Proactively
engage with patients whose care has been transferred to reduce potential
readmission including identifying and rectifying unexplained variation.
Provide
telephone support for patients with medication queries.
Manage
requests to prescribe medication from specialists in line with Berkshire West
formulary and locally agreed guidelines.
- Develop safe, effective
and efficient systems for the repeat prescribing of medication at scale across
the PCN.
- Develop and implement
systems to ensure the effective and continuous supply of medication to
high-risk patients, and ensure safe and effective management of high risk
medication
- Develop and implement
changes to medicines in line with MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other
local or national guidance
Please see the attached job description for a full list of the main duties of the role.
The Practice serves approximately 31,000 patients from our 4 surgeries in Earley, Lower Earley, Winnersh and Wilderness Road.
Due to our size, we value communication and teamwork. We operate a strongly relational team structure and endeavour to listen well, encourage ownership and involvement and enable staff to grow in their individual development. We, therefore, spend a lot of time investing in team meetings and communication across the organisation. We are a member of Berkshire West Clinical Commissioning Group.
We recently won the HSJ (Health Services Journal) Digital Award for our innovative work we've done to refine our triage processes and model of care.
Use of Anima to aid triage/consultation
Strong IT and systems including Emis Web, Accu-Rx, DXS, ANIMA Documents
Longstanding Training Practice with GP Registrars, Physician Assistants trainees and others
Opportunities for clinical leadership and development
Specialist gynaecological, dermatology and physio services on site
Our own Primary Care Network, serving 31,000 patients
High Achieving QOF and highly successful PCN
Experience
Essential: - Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care, community, or hospital pharmacy.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change .
- Motivated & proactive.
- Ability to use initiative & judgement.
- Forward thinker with a solution focused approach.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Works effectively independently and enjoys collaborating with a team.
- Flexible and proactive approach to meet service needs.
- Self-motivated and conscientious.
Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with team members, patients, carers, and other healthcare professionals, whilst recognising peoples needs for alternative methods of communication.
- Strong IT skills.
- Ability to prioritise, delegate and work to deadlines.
- Effective time management.
- Has attention to detail, able to work accurately, identifying errors quickly and easily.
- An excellent understanding of data protection and confidentiality issues.
- Able to think analytically; anticipating obstacles and thinking ahead; using analytical techniques to draw logical solutions to problems.
- Able to analyse and interpret prescribing data.
Desirable: - Knowledge of EMIS Web.
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional registration with GPhC.
- Good standard of education with excellent literacy and numeracy skills.
- BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalenting pharmaceutical sciences.
- Evidence of continued professioanl development (CPD).
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
19 October 2026
Last checked
19 October 2026
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