Lead Pharmacy Tech – Medicines Optimisation & Ward Care

The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

Wakefield

On-site

GBP 24,000 - 32,000

Full time

4 days ago

Be an early applicant

Get a reply from this employer

Your resume and cover letter, tailored to exactly what they’re hiring for.

Get past ATS filters

Job summary

The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust is recruiting a Pharmacy Technician to join the Medicine Optimisation team at Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield. The role involves working in a hospital pharmacy service to support safe and effective medicines management across the trust.

You will perform ward-based medication reconciliation, assess patients' own medicines for hospital use, provide specialist counselling to patients and carers, and participate in discharge planning to ensure timely care

Qualifications

BTEC in Pharmaceutical sciences or equivalent.
Certificate of Accreditation as a Checking Technician.
Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with GPhC.
Dispensing of medicines.

Responsibilities

Provide a comprehensive, ward‑based pharmacy service.
Undertake meticulous medicine reconciliation reviews for inpatients.
Assess suitability of patients' own drugs for use in hospital.
Provide specialist counselling to patients and carers about medications and treatment.
Participate in discharge planning with ward staff and other health professionals to ensure safe, timely transfers.
Support training and development of Pharmacy Support Workers, Trainee Technicians, Technicians and Trainee Pharmacists.