Pharmacy Technician

NHS Jobs; Swindon; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

Discounts via My Reward Hub

Earned wage access

Wellbeing support

Learning and development

Job summary

NHS Jobs in Swindon is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to join the Medicines Optimisation Team supporting inpatient units across BaNES, Swindon and Wiltshire. Based at Swindon Intermediate Care Centre, you will deliver a safe, patient-centred pharmacy service and develop clinical and ward-based experience.

The role offers Band 5 AfC salary with NHS Pension and Agenda for Change terms, with access to wellbeing, eLearning and career development through the Learning Enterprise.

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacy Technician with NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualification.
• Experience in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy.
• Able to work autonomously within a multidisciplinary team.
• Attention to detail and accuracy in all tasks.
• Knowledge of pharmacy law and ethics and current legislation.
• Organised with ability to prioritise workload to meet deadlines.
• Clean driving licence and access to a vehicle for daily use.
• Desirable patient counselling skills and confidentiality.
• Understand the evolving role of the Pharmacy Technician and registration requirements.
• Medicines reconciliation or optimisation training.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Computer skills and data handling.
• Professional commitment to development and confidentiality.
• Team player with ability to travel if needed.

Responsibilities

• Support ward-based medicines management service across inpatient units.
• Collaborate with pharmacists, nurses and clinicians to optimise prescribing and manage budgets.
• Work independently within agreed guidelines and priorities.
• Contribute to medicines management projects and service improvements.

Skills

Autonomous working

Attention to detail

Written and verbal communication

Computer skills

Teamwork

Organisational skills

Education

NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy Technician

Job description

Package Description

• Band 5 AfC Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Job Introduction

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Pharmacy Technicianto join our Medicines Optimisation Team supporting the inpatient units across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire. Based at Swindon Intermediate Care Centre, you will play a vital role in delivering a safe, effective, and patient-centred pharmacy service that supports outstanding patient outcomes. This is an excellent opportunity for a registered Pharmacy Technician looking to develop their clinical and ward-based experience within a supportive multidisciplinary environment.

Main Responsibilities

As a Pharmacy Technician, you will support the delivery of a safe, effective and high-quality ward-based medicines management service across our inpatient units. Working closely with pharmacists, nurses, clinicians, and other healthcare professionals, you will contribute to the safe and effective use of medicines while ensuring compliance with national and local medicines optimisation strategies. You will be instrumental in supporting the delivery of high-quality pharmacy services, helping to optimise prescribing practices, reduce medicines waste, and support the effective management of medication budgets. The successful candidate will work independently within agreed guidelines and priorities while contributing to medicines management projects and service improvement initiatives.

Ideal Candidate

• Essential Registered Qualified Pharmacy Technician holding an NVQ Level 3 or other relevant qualification.
• Experience in primary care, community or hospital pharmacy
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a wider multidisciplinary team
• Attention to detail, able to work accurately, identifying errors
• Knowledge and understanding of pharmacy law and ethics and current legislation
• Have a planned and organised approach with an ability to prioritise their own workload to meet strict deadlines.
• Clean driving licence and access to a vehicle for daily use
• Desirable Patient counselling skills
• Conscientious approach to own work
• Understand the changing roles of the Pharmacy Technician and what registration involves.
• Medicines reconciliation or optimisation training
• Skills Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Computer skills
• Decision making and prioritisation skills with good attention to detail and accuracy.
• Professional/organisational Commitment to & evidence of personal professional development
• Professional, reliable and an ability to maintain confidentiality at all times
• Adhere to behavioural standards framework.
• Team player
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to travel BSW Enthusiasm for work

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can. As you would expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. Finally, we need to let you know that the company youll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job well need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.