High-Cost Drugs & Homecare Pharmacy Assistant | Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Great Western Hospitals NHS FT; Swindon; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A national healthcare provider in Swindon is looking for a Pharmacy Technician to support the homecare team. The responsibilities include processing homecare prescriptions, managing supplier invoices, and ensuring funding approval for high-cost medications. Candidates should be willing to undertake training to achieve QCF level 2 in Pharmacy services. This role is suitable for individuals with a patient-centered approach and a willingness to embrace change and new technology.

Qualifications

• Undertake in-depth training and obtain a QCF level 2 in Pharmacy services unless already qualified.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to the lead pharmacy technician working with the homecare team.
• Book in and process homecare prescriptions, ensuring legal and complete.
• Pay supplier invoices and book medication to patient profiles.
• Monitor emails to the joint box regarding prescriptions.
• Coordinate with gastroenterology for homecare prescriptions and funding approval.
• Manage high-cost medication supply with ophthalmology and ensure funding is approved.

Education

QCF level 2 in Pharmacy services

Job description

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.

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.

STAR VALUES

Our 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.

Responsibilities

• To 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.
• To book in and process homecare prescriptions, checking that each prescription is legal and complete, create purchase order numbers, and send the prescriptions to the suppliers.
• To pay the invoices from the suppliers and to book the medication out to the patient’s profile.
• To monitor and action emails to the joint box.
• To work with gastroenterology to ensure homecare prescriptions are managed when requested and to check that the patient has prior approval of funding before prescriptions are sent to pharmacy.
• To work with ophthalmology in the supply of high‑cost medication, control the stock, and ensure prior approval of funding is in place.

Qualifications

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.

This advert closes on Friday 2 Jan 2026.