Medicines Management Technician - Pharmacy | Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Winchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Winchester is looking for a Medicines Management Technician to support the quality of patient care by ensuring proper management of medications. The ideal candidate will be a registered pharmacy technician with ward-based experience. Responsibilities include medicines reconciliation and patient counselling. This role offers flexible working opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Open to applications from registered pharmacy technicians.
• Previous ward-based hospital experience and an accredited checking qualification are desirable.

Responsibilities

• Duties include medicines reconciliation, assessment of patients' own drugs, checking medications for discharge.
• Provide Medicines Management at ward level, assist with discharges.
• Work in the dispensary to maintain ACPT accreditation.

Skills

Medicines reconciliation

Patient counselling

Ward-based hospital experience

Education

Registered pharmacy technician

Accredited checking qualification

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a Medicines Management Technician to work alongside our Clinical Pharmacists supporting the Medicines Management service to the wards, including the new Hampshire Orthopaedic Centre, to ensure patients receive the highest standards of care in the management of their medication.

Responsibilities

• Duties will include medicines reconciliation, assessment of patients own drugs (PODs), checking of medication for discharge and the counselling of patients.
• Provide Medicines Management at ward level, be involved with medicines reconciliation, checking patients own medicines, initiating medicine supplies, providing information and advice to patients about their medicines and assisting with discharges.
• Be involved in developing and delivering enhanced medicines management services and training.
• Work in the dispensary to maintain ACPT accreditation.

Requirements

• Open to applications from registered pharmacy technicians.
• Previous ward-based hospital experience and an accredited checking qualification are desirable.

About the Trust

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire. Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer. The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working will be considered.

Application

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

This advert closes on Tuesday 7 Oct 2025.