Advanced Pharmacy Assistant / Rotational Pharmacy Technician

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust; Bath; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Bath is seeking a motivated Advanced Pharmacy Assistant / Rotational Pharmacy Technician to support safe and efficient medicines management. This role involves working across various pharmacy areas, ensuring timely discharge and patient care while promoting a collaborative environment. Ideal candidates should be enthusiastic and ready to contribute to innovative healthcare solutions, and they will enjoy a range of staff benefits in an inclusive workplace.

Benefits

Extensive staff benefits

Wellbeing programs

Opportunities for learning and development

Qualifications

• Motivated and enthusiastic attitude towards pharmacy practice.
• Experience in pharmacy or healthcare settings preferred.
• Ability to work under supervision and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Dispense and check prescriptions following standard operating procedures.
• Support patient care and medication history taking.
• Participate in stock checks and service improvement initiatives.

Skills

Medicines management

Patient care

Team collaboration

Flexibility in shifts

Education

Accredited accuracy checking training

Tools

ePMA

Webtracker

Job description

You will work across multiple areas of the pharmacy service, supporting safe and efficient medicines management. Under the supervision of a registered pharmacy professional, your responsibilities will include:

Dispenary & Accuracy Checking

• Dispense inpatient, outpatient, discharge, and controlled drug prescriptions in line with SOPs.
• Complete accredited accuracy checking training and undertake final accuracy checks once competent.
• Use ePMA and Webtracker systems to process and track prescriptions.

Rotational Responsibilities

• Work across dispensary, distribution & homecare, medicines optimisation, aseptic services, purchasing, and digital services.
• Support medicines optimisation by assisting with medication history taking and reconciliation.
• Participate in purchasing, goods receipt, and stock distribution activities.
• Assist in aseptic preparation under the supervision of senior technical staff.
• Support digital pharmacy tasks such as running reports, creating drug profiles, and software testing.

Patient Care & Flow

• Help ensure timely discharge by supporting discharge planning and medicines supply.
• Assess patient’s own medicines for suitability during admission and discharge following training.

General Duties

• Maintain a clean, safe, and organised working environment.
• Respond to queries professionally and elevate when outside scope of practice.
• Participate in audits, stock checks, and service improvement initiatives.
• Work flexibly, including weekends, late and bank holidays as per rota.

About the Role

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Advanced Pharmacy Assistant / Rotational Pharmacy Technician to join our dynamic team at RUH Bath. This role offers the opportunity to work across multiple areas of the pharmacy service, including dispensary, homecare, digital services, wards, clinical trials, and stores, supporting the safe and timely supply of medicines to patients.

At the Royal United Hospitals Bath, we’re not just looking to shape the future – we want to reimagine it, through collaborative working and our improving together methodologies. This gives us data‑driven, sustainable changes that are shaped by our teams.

Our Pharmacy team is leading change, driving innovation, flexibility, and compassionate care in everything we do.

We know the next decade will bring transformation across healthcare, and we’re looking for people who are ready to adapt, share ideas, and grow with us. Whether you’re at the start of your career or looking for your next challenge, we welcome individuals who bring curiosity, collaboration, and creativity to their work. At the RUH we’re proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person‑centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well‑established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.