Pharmacy Technician

NHS Jobs; West of England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs is seeking an experienced pharmacist to support the Clinical Pharmacists in delivering essential clinical pharmacy services. You will participate in medicines optimisation, ensuring safe and cost‑effective prescribing under supervision, and assist with medication safety monitoring systems.

Key duties include liaison with clinicians and admin staff, monitoring prescribing policies, driving audits, and reconciling medicines post‑discharge across care settings.

Responsibilities

• Support the role of the Clinical Pharmacists in delivering clinical pharmacy services.
• Perform medicines improvement work to maximise safe, cost‑effective prescribing under supervision.
• Assist with medication safety monitoring systems (e.g. high‑risk drugs).
• Liaise with clinicians and administrative staff to resolve medicine‑related queries.
• Monitor practice prescribing and local/national prescribing policies.
• Improve service and quality through audits and patient safety initiatives.
• Reconcile medicines post discharge from hospital, intermediate care and into care homes, coordinating with patients and carers.
• Assist with searches, data collection and medicine safety tasks; implement changes from CAS/MHRA alerts and other guidance.
• Develop relationships with community, hospital and pharmacy colleagues and the wider health system.

Job description

Support the role of the Clinical Pharmacists in the delivery of clinical pharmacy services. Perform medicines improvement work to maximise safe, cost-effective best practice in prescribing under the supervision of the GP or Clinical Pharmacist. Assist with medication safety monitoring systems (e.g. high-risk drugs). Liaise with clinicians and administrative staff to resolve medicine-related queries. Monitor practice prescribing and local and national prescribing policies. Improve service and quality through mechanisms such as audits. Reconciliation of medicines post discharge from hospital, intermediate care & into care homes, including identifying & rectifying unexplained changes & working with patients, admissions & discharge care coordinator & community pharmacists to ensure patients receive the medicines they need Assist Clinical Pharmacists with any searches, data collection, medicine safety tasks. Implement changes to medication that result from CAS/MHRA alerts, product withdrawal and other local/national guidance. Develop relationships and work closely with community, hospital and pharmacy colleagues and the wider health system.

£39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata for part time roles

£49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata for part time roles