High-Cost Drugs & Homecare Pharmacy Assistant

Katalysysts Consulting; Swindon; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Swindon seeks a Pharmacy Technician to support the lead technician in managing homecare medication. Responsibilities include processing prescriptions, managing invoices, and ensuring funds are approved. Candidates should have a QCF level 3 in Pharmacy services or be willing to pursue it, along with prior pharmacy experience. Full-time position based at Great Western Hospital offers a salary of £24,937 to £26,598 per annum for a fixed-term contract of 12 months.

Qualifications

• QCF level 3 in Pharmacy services is essential, or willingness to work towards it.
• Previous pharmacy experience is necessary.
• Ability to manage own workload in a busy office environment.

Responsibilities

• Support the lead pharmacy technician in the homecare team.
• Process homecare prescriptions and manage invoices.
• Ensure funding approvals before sending prescriptions.

Skills

Teamwork

Time management

Pharmacy experience

Education

QCF level 3 in Pharmacy services

GCSE in Maths and English grade C or above

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Job Summary

At the time of advertising, this role does not meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. For this reason, we are unable to sponsor anyone for a skilled worker visa for this role. We are happy to accept applications from candidates who can prove their right to work in the UK or via alternative visa routes. Such applications will be considered alongside all other applications. Are you looking to join a friendly and progressive pharmacy team, which is focused on ensuring that all our patients receive safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient medicines? The successful candidate will support our Lead Pharmacy Technician (Homecare and Blueteq) in the management of homecare medication to our patients. You will also help the ophthalmology clinical area with the controlled supply of high cost stock as well as working with the Blueteq pre-approval funding process to ensure that their patients have the correct funding in place. You will also help the gastroenterology team in managing the flow of homecare prescriptions and ensuring funding is in place.

Main duties of the job

In joining our team, we would like you to support our culture of improving together, inspire other team members, embrace change, and demonstrate a patient‑centred approach. In return, we will support you in developing your knowledge and skills, and in your future career development. We embrace new technologies. Our pharmacy robots are invaluable members of our team; electronic prescribing is well‑established in almost all inpatient and outpatient settings at Great Western Hospital; we use CareFlow EPR electronic patient records system and NerveCentre for electronic pharmacy handover notes.

About Us

STAR values – Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect – are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.

Job Details

Date posted: 05 December 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: 3
Salary: £24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full‑time
Reference number: 249-7613474
Job location: Great Western Hospital, Marlborough Road, Swindon, SN36BB

Job responsibilities

• Provide support to the lead pharmacy technician working with the homecare team to assist in the delivery of the team's key objectives, completion of the team's agreed tasks and actions, and documentation as per pre‑set processes.
• Book in and process homecare prescriptions, checking through the prescription to make it legal and complete; create purchase order numbers and send the prescriptions to suppliers.
• Pay the invoices from suppliers and book the medication out to the patient's profile.
• Monitor and action emails to the joint box.
• Work with gastroenterology to ensure homecare prescriptions are managed when requested and that the patient has prior approval of funding before prescriptions sent to pharmacy.
• Work with ophthalmology, in the supply of high cost medication, controlling stock and ensuring prior approval of funding is in place.

It is expected that the post holder will undertake in‑depth training and obtain a QCF level 2 in Pharmacy services unless you already hold a relevant qualification.

Person Specification

Essential

• QCF level 3 in Pharmacy services – or willing and able to work towards.
• GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English grade C or above.
• Working within a team.
• Managing own workload to meet the needs of a service.
• Previous pharmacy experience.
• Working within a busy office environment.

Desirable

• Previous work with spreadsheets on Microsoft Excel.
• Previously managed joint email boxes.

Other job-related requirements

• Working within a busy office environment.

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here.

Employer details

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Great Western Hospital
Marlborough Road
Swindon
SN36BB
Website: https://www.gwh.nhs.uk/