Minerva Primary Care Network
Pharmacy Technician - part-time

The closing date is 17 August 2026

Job summary
Pharmacy Technician 15-20 hrs per week

Hello, we are Minerva Primary Care Network. We are a group of 4 like minded practices based in Bath.

We have a highly regarded Pharmacy Team consisting of 7 Clinical Pharmacists and 3 Pharmacy Technicians working across our member practices. We are looking to recruit a Pharmacy Technician to for a part-time role for between 15 and 20 hours per week.

As a Pharmacy Technician, you will be an integral part of the PCN and practice teams. Working closely with the clinical teams and other primary care colleagues in the practice and within the primary care network (PCN) to support patient care, develop best practice and provide mutual support.

Main duties of the job
The role is to support the Practice based Clinical Pharmacists to ensure the delivery of safe, effective and efficient systems for repeat prescribing, medicines optimisation, reducing medicines waste and maximising patient outcomes.

The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and support all Practice staff to develop and improve processes. Innovative ideas are welcomed, and excellent communication skills, enthusiasm and motivation are essential skills for a successful candidate.

A key part of the role will be dealing with daily medication requests and queries and communicating with patients and Community Pharmacies.

In addition, the post holder will be responsible for encouraging the development of better understanding of the principles of medicines optimisation throughout the practice teams and promoting good practice in line with therapeutic developments. This will involve assisting the Practices in achieving national requirements, NICE implementation and utilisation of medicines optimisation initiatives.

Working hours and location/s to be agreed with the selected candidate. Access to all Practice clinical computer systems is available from each Practice site to enable remote working from different practices within the PCN.

About us
Minerva Primary Care Network (PCN) is a group of 4 GP practices located in Bath consisting of Combe Down Surgery, Newbridge Surgery, Rush Hill & Weston Surgery and St Michaels Surgery. We have a combined list size of over 40,000 patients and we continue to grow.

We have a strong and successful history of working collaboratively and have a number of staff successfully working across all our practices. Collectively we have a strong focus on high quality patient care.

Date posted: 28 July 2026
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: Depending on experience, Competitive
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: A4638-26-0003
Job locations: The Beehive Surgery, Mount Road, Southdown, Bath, BA2 1NH, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
The following is not an exhaustive list and the post holder may at times need to undertake duties as per the needs of the PCN.

• Manage incoming medication requests, e.g. from Patients, Pharmacies, Care Homes etc.
• Assisting the Practice admin teams with medication queries.
• Liaise with patients to resolve queries and support their use of medication.
• Contribute towards improvement of prescribing processes in general practice.
• Conducts medicines reconciliation for patients discharged from hospital.
• Promotion of electronic repeat dispensing and online ordering.
• Carry out housekeeping whilst in patient records e.g. dose optimisation and medicines synchronization.
• Use and maintain information systems and databases relevant to the position including incident reporting, medicines optimisation, prescribing data, cost savings and patient outcomes.
• Handle function specific information, which may be sensitive, complex or confidential and appropriately recording, transferring and/or coordinating such information in accordance with the Data Protection Act, Caldicott Guidelines and the Confidentiality Code of Conduct.
• To utilise GP practice clinical systems to conduct prescribing audits.
• To undertake, participate and share the outcomes of clinical audits to facilitate improvement and changes in practice.
• Support the role of the Clinical Pharmacist on the delivery of the new Primary Care Networks specification model.
• Where applicable, contribute and participate in practice meetings, patient participation groups, and other meetings to improve engagement of the role of pharmacy technician and to promote issues relevant to prescribing and medicines optimization.
• To be responsible for the organisation and planning of own workload to meet set deadlines.
• To undertake learning and development to maintain the required knowledge and skills for practice based work
• To carry out other duties which are appropriate to the skills and competencies of the post holder and grade of the post as the priorities of the service change.
• Work autonomously within agreed parameters.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Professional registration with GPhC
• Qualifications of a relevant nature. e.g. FdSc in Medicines Management/Pharmacy Services; BTEC Therapeutics
• Experience of working as a qualified, registered pharmacy technician in primary care and completion of the CPPE Primary Care Education Pathway or equivalent.
• Refer to attached person spec for more details.

Desirable

• Refer to attached person spec for more details.

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: Minerva Primary Care Network
Address: The Beehive Surgery, Mount Road, Southdown, Bath, BA2 1NH, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://minervapcn.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Senior Clinical Pharmacist, Clare James, clare.james3@nhs.net