Pharmacy Technician - Care Homes

Integrated Care System; Salford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization is seeking an experienced Pharmacy Technician to join their medicines optimisation care homes team in Salford. This role involves collaborating with various healthcare staff to enhance medication outcomes for elderly residents, requiring both educational credentials and practical experience. The successful candidate will have opportunities for professional development and will engage in multidisciplinary teamwork for impactful contributions.

Qualifications

• Experience working with healthcare professionals or multidisciplinary teams.
• Significant post-qualification experience in hospital, primary care and/or community services.
• Experience implementing change and new developments.

Responsibilities

• Participate in medicine reviews and resolve medicine-related issues.
• Attend MDT meetings, provide advice to health and social care professionals.
• Contribute to new service developments and projects for improvement.

Skills

Communication

Proactive Work

Pressure Management

Medication Issue Understanding

Education

oNVQ level 3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Post graduate qualification: CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway (PCPEP)

Job description

Go back Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Pharmacy Technician - Care Homes

The closing date is 29 July 2025

Due to promotion, we're seeking a dynamic, experienced and highly motivated Pharmacy Technician to join our medicines optimisation care homes team at Salford.

Salford Care Homes Medical Practice is a unique GP Practice within Salford Care Organisation, providing medical care to older people living in residential and nursing homes within Salford. The successful candidate will work alongside the integrated multidisciplinary team at the Practice, participating in a range of medicines optimisation activities and supporting residents to get the best outcomes from their medicines.

This is an excellent career opportunity to work collaboratively with care homes staff, community specialist teams and the hospital, making a real difference.

The post requires you to be enthusiastic, resilient, adaptable and able to plan/manage your time to meet the needs/goals of the service.

In addition to working with our Care Home Pharmacists, you will have the support of our friendly community services pharmacy team. This is an exciting chance to learn new skills and develop your career, through tailored in-service training and leadership development opportunities.

Main duties of the job

This clinical role is based in a GP Practice, with visits to care homes across Salford for medicine reviews.Duties will include medication history taking, identifying and resolving medicines-related issues, answering telephone/email medicine queries from care homes, liaising with prescribers and community pharmacies regarding the supply of medicines and supporting pharmacists with post-hospital discharge medication reviews to reduce hospital readmission's for care home residents. Training of care home staff is an important feature of the role.

The post-holder will attend MDT meetings, providing advice to health and social care professionals. The post-holder will promote high quality and cost-effective prescribing and undertake audits.

As this is an ever-evolving role, the post-holder will contribute to new service developments and projects, to facilitate improvement and changes.

There is currently no weekend/late night commitment. Access to a vehicle for work purposes will be required

About us

The Diagnostics and Pharmacy Group is part of the Northern Care Alliance (NCA), one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. A place of science, innovation and transformational thinking, the Diagnostic and Pharmacy Group unites Radiology, Pathology and Pharmacy services across the NCA to create a cooperative group committed to delivering safe, consistent, and high-quality care.

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:www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Qualifications

• oNVQ level 3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent qualification
• oPost graduate qualification: CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway (PCPEP)

Registration

• oCurrent professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Knowledge, Training & Experience

• oExperience of working with a range of healthcare professionals or multidisciplinary teams
• oSignificant post qualification experience in hospital, primary care and/or community services
• oExperience of implementing change and new developments

Skills and abilities

• oExcellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• oEvidence of ability to work independently and proactively.
• oAble to work quickly and accurately under pressure, maintaining high standards
• oUnderstanding the medication related issues facing health care professionals and patients within care homes

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