Medicine Management Pharmacy Assistant

NHS; Oldham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Oldham is seeking a Pharmacy Technician for the Intensive Care Unit. The role involves patient medication histories, managing medications, and working under pressure. Ideal candidates should have strong organizational skills and the ability to communicate effectively with healthcare professionals and patients. This position offers training opportunities and requires a NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent qualifications. Standard working hours include weekends, late nights, and bank holidays.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Health and wellbeing activities

Competitive benefits package

Qualifications

• Experience of working within a team.
• Knowledge of Pharmacy services.
• Previous experience in hospital or community pharmacy.

Responsibilities

• Carry out patient medication histories.
• Manage and order medications and ward stock lists.
• Assist with audits and counselling patients.

Skills

Quick and accurate work under pressure

Good communication skills

Organisational skills

Basic IT skills

Ability to work under own initiative

Education

NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Services or 4 GCSEs grade C or above

Job description

Medicine Management Pharmacy Assistant (Intensive Care Unit)

Closing date: 13 October 2025

Applicants must be able to meet the apprenticeship criteria to apply for this role.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic team member, working at The Royal Oldham Hospital. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Pharmacy Technician, with good communication and teamwork skills to carry out a medicines management and optimisation role on our busy Intensive Care Unit. If you value patient-centred care, and want to continue developing your skills and knowledge, we would like to hear from you. We are keen to develop this new role whilst supporting training and progression.

You will need excellent organisational skills in order to undertake this role and be able to work accurately and quickly under pressure, have a good eye for detail, be able to prioritise your workload, meet deadlines and be committed to the delivery of high standards in a patient focused service.

Main duties of the job

Applicants must be reliable, adaptable to change, capable of working in a busy environment and have excellent people skills to be able to communicate with a large range of healthcare professionals, patients and their relatives.

You must be able to prioritise your workload, use initiative, work under pressure, meet deadlines and be committed to the delivery of high standards in a patient focused service.

This is an exciting role and service that you will be able to develop, working as part of the Critical Care pharmacy team, alongside the pharmacists and a medicines management assistant. Your role will involve carrying out patient medication histories, managing and ordering medications and ward stock lists, assisting with audits, providing advice to ward-based staff and counselling patients.

You will gain experience of critical care ward-based medicines management as well as assisting with dispensary work, clinical trials and mentoring.

If you do not have the required experience / qualifications to meet the Band 5 position, you will be appointed to Band 4 Pharmacy Technician, and be supported to achieve the qualifications and experience required to progress to a Band 5 post. There will be a requirement to participate in a 7 day working pattern, this will include working extended hours, late nights, weekends and bank holidays on a rotational basis.

Unfortunately, this role does not meet the criteria required to qualify for sponsorship

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we\'re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Learn more about us in our Candidate Information Pack (opens in existing window)

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Services; or 4 GCSE\'s grade C or above, 2 of which must include English and Maths (training for NVQ level 2 in Pharmacy Services, BTEC syllabus is provided if qualification not achieved at appointment)

Skills & Abilities

• Able to work quickly and accurately under pressure
• Ability to work under their own initiative
• Ability to negotiate
• Ability to problem solve
• Able to receive complex and/or sensitive information and act accordingly
• Good communication (written and verbal skills)
• Basic IT skills
• Good organisational skills
• Self-reliant

Knowledge, Training & Experience

• Experience of working within a team
• Awareness of the range of duties involved in the post
• A knowledge of stock control systems
• Knowledge of Pharmacy services
• Previous experience in hospital or community pharmacy

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.

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust