Job Title: Practice Based Pharmacy Technician (PCN employed)
Hourly Rate: £17.23
Term and Hours: Permanent up to 33 hours per week
Location: Hope House Surgery, Radstock
Closing Date: 28th November 2025
About Us
Traditional Values, Modern Thinking
3 Valleys Health Primary Care Network is a group of 8 general practices covering circa 68k patients living in rural and semi-rural North-East Somerset and within easy commuting distance of Bath and Bristol.
Currently we have a team of 9 Clinical Pharmacists and 5 Pharmacy Technicians working within the PCN. Each colleague is embedded in one or two practices only and at the same time they are part of a bigger PCN supportive peer group which meets regularly. There are opportunities to develop areas of special interest and participate in PCN projects within the role.
We would like to expand our Pharmacy team further and have a part-time vacancy at Hope House Surgery, Radstock.
Successful candidates will be enrolled on the CPPE Primary Care Education pathway (if not already) and be supported and mentored by a Clinical Pharmacist.
For more information about 3 Valleys Health PCN please visit our website: www.threevalleyshealthpcn.co.uk and contact PCN Manager Helen.Harris3@nhs.net or Senior Clinical Pharmacist Joel.Hirst@nhs.net
Main Duties
- To improve care for our patients by developing and implementing safe, effective and efficient systems for repeat prescribing, medicines optimisation, reducing medicines waste and other prescribing practice under the supervision of our Clinical Pharmacist Team.
- You will need to be qualified to BTEC / NVQ level 3 qualification in pharmaceutical sciences, with at least two years post-qualification experience.
- You will have excellent communication, interpersonal and leadership skills to work with Pharmacists, GPs and administrative staff.
- You will need an appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, and the ability to review and improve prescribing practice.
- You should be self-motivated and able to work on your own initiative with the ability to prioritise workload and exercise good time management skills.
Successful candidates will be enrolled on the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) Primary Care Education pathway.
For more information about 3 Valleys Health PCN please visit www.threevalleyshealthpcn.co.uk
Please return completed application forms to sam.lacey5@nhs.net