Pharmacy Technician – Medicines at Home Team

NHS; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Ipswich is seeking a Pharmacy Technician for the Medicines at Home team. This role involves working within a multidisciplinary team to enhance Homecare services and manage medications for patients. Applicants should have relevant qualifications in pharmaceutical sciences and prior experience in pharmacy settings. The position may be full-time or part-time, offering various training and development opportunities alongside competitive NHS benefits.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

NHS discounts

Health and Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Registered or eligible to register with the GPhC.
• Experience as a hospital pharmacy technician.
• Knowledge of pharmacy standards and Medicines Optimisation.

Responsibilities

• Arrange antibiotic prescribing and dispensing for OPAT patients.
• Ensure Homecare medicines services compliance with contracts and governance.
• Collaborate with healthcare teams to assess existing services.

Skills

Pharmaceutical dispensing and stock control

Supervising other staff

Medicines Homecare Services

Medicines management

Education

C&G/NVQ3/BTEC or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences

Accuracy checking accreditation

Job description

Pharmacy Technician – Medicines at Home Team

Closing date is 11 January 2026

Go back East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Are you a Pharmacy Technician looking for a career development opportunity with the pharmacy Homecare team in an acute hospital trust?

We are looking for a Pharmacy Technician to be based at Ipswich Hospital in our Medicines at Home and Homecare team (cross site working may occasionally be required).

You will be responsible for developing the constantly evolving Homecare Medicines services across ESNEFT which includes all Medicines at Home services and OPAT (outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy).

You will participate in the day to day running of the Pharmacy Medicines at Home service, providing medication to over 4500 patients across East Suffolk and North Essex, saving NHS economy £3.5million in the last financial year. You will work closely with clinics and Medicines at Home service providers to implement service level agreements in line with clinical governance.

You will be encouraged in your professional and personal development through on the job training and other training opportunities.

You will maintain your core role as a pharmacy technician in the dispensary and at ward level.

These posts are full time however we would consider part time.

About our Pharmacy Service

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

Main duties of the job

• Work with the OPAT co‑ordinator, doctor and antimicrobial pharmacist to arrange antibiotic prescribing, ordering, dispensing and supply of antibiotics to patients newly received into the OPAT service across East Suffolk and North Essex.
• Ensure all Homecare medicines services are implemented with due process of Homecare contract tenders, service level agreements and clinical governance issues.
• Work with multidisciplinary healthcare teams to review existing Homecare medicines services.

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experence

• Experience of supervising other staff
• Pharmaceutical dispensing and stock control.
• Experience as a hospital pharmacy technician
• Medicines Homecare Services
• Experience of procurement practice related to medicines
• Pharmacy Medicines Management (PODS and Transcribing) or working towards

Qulifications

• C&G/NVQ3/BTEC or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences - Registered or eligible to register with the GPhC.
• Accuracy checking accreditation (or working towards)

Knowledge

• Knowledge of pharmacy standards
• Evidence of CPD
• Homecare Medicines Services
• OPAT
• Medicines Optimisation and safety
• Hospital Formularies
• NHS Funding streams

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.

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust