Pharmacy Technician - Virtual Ward

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to join the Virtual Ward team, delivering hospital-grade pharmaceutical care to patients in their homes across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin.

You will perform medication reviews, support transitions, conduct home visits, and work with the MDT under mentorship to progress towards Band 5. A strong commitment to patient safety and accurate medicines management is essential.

Qualifications

• Professional Qualifications: BTEC Pharmaceutical Science and NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy
• Current Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Qualified to administer medicines to patients using electronic prescriptions or willing to work towards this competency
• Able to demonstrate degree level or equivalent post registration experience as a Pharmacy Technician
• Maintains a portfolio of CPD in line with regulatory body standards

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality pharmaceutical and technical services directly to Virtual Ward patients.
• Participate in medication reviews and clinical audits.
• Play a crucial role in medication management during care transitions into and out of the Virtual Ward environment.
• Conduct home visits to patients in their own homes or care settings to offer holistic pharmaceutical care and assess medicines concordance.
• Collaborate with the MDT to develop and enhance the pharmacy services provided by our virtual wards.

Skills

Pharmacy knowledge

Medicine management

Numerical accuracy

IT literacy

Team working

Education

BTEC Pharmaceutical Science

NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy

GPhC Registration

Tools

Pharmacy systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

Are you a pharmacy technician looking for a role where you can make a difference in your community? Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is expanding our Virtual Ward service and we're looking for a Pharmacy Technician to join our growing Pharmacy team. Our Virtual Ward provides hospital-level care to patients in their own homes, supporting conditions such as respiratory, cardiology, and frailty. The aim is to prevent avoidable hospital admissions and enable early discharge, ensuring patients receive high-quality care in the comfort of their familiar surroundings.

Main duties of the job

• Provide high-quality pharmaceutical and technical services directly to Virtual Ward patients.
• Participate in medication reviews and clinical audits.
• Play a crucial role in medication management during care transitions into and out of the Virtual Ward environment.
• Conduct home visits to patients in their own homes or care settings to offer holistic pharmaceutical care and assess medicines concordance.
• Collaborate with the MDT to develop and enhance the pharmacy services provided by our virtual wards.

You will work alongside an experienced Senior Pharmacy Technician, who will mentor and develop you, and have the support of the Principal Pharmacist for Virtual Wards.

For pharmacy technicians that are eligible for registration with GPhC, but do not match the person specification, we are able to offer suitable candidates a position in our pharmacy technician development program which would allow us to appoint you at Band 4 with progression to Band 5 once you have successfully completed all of your competencies.

About us

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Job responsibilities

Please see further information on the attached document entitled job description and person specification.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Professional Qualifications: BTEC Pharmaceutical Science and NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy
• Current Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Qualified to administer medicines to patients using electronic prescriptions or has a willingness to work towards completing this competency.
• Able to demonstrate degree level or equivalent post registration experience as a Pharmacy Technician.
• Maintains a portfolio of CPD in line with regulatory body standards

Experience

• Able to demonstrate post-qualification experience working within a multi-disciplinary team
• Demonstrable experience of providing a pharmacy service on a hospital ward and counselling patients
• Demonstrable experience of using a range of medicines management procedures and practices

Knowledge & Skills

• Proficient in all Microsoft Office software with proven computer literacy and IT skills in:
• Experience of using Pharmacy systems
• Knowledge of using search engines/medical databases to retrieve information
• Evidence of undertaking medicine management audits
• Evidence of good analytical skills and shows attention to detail with a high degree of accuracy
• Demonstrate accurate numeric skills
• Good knowledge of pharmacy practice and clinical governance initiatives relating to medicines
• Good understanding of law and ethics related to prescribing, storage and handling of pharmaceuticals
• Ability to work well with all grades of staff internally as part of a team and externally including ward staff, doctors and patients
• Good knowledge of commonly prescribed drugs, their uses and main counselling points
• Demonstrate ability to maintain required competencies for medicines management duties

Other

• Able to meet the travel requirements of the post

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.

£32,073 to £39,043 a yearper annum / pro rata