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We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated Advanced Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Technician for Surgery to join our clinical pharmacy team within the acute hospital setting. This role plays a vital part in supporting safe, effective, and timely use of medicines across surgical services, working closely with pharmacists, surgeons, anaesthetists, nursing staff, and the wider multidisciplinary team. You will contribute to medicines optimisation throughout the surgical pathway, including pre-operative assessment, inpatient care, and discharge planning, helping to improve patient outcomes and flow.
Job Responsibility:
Provide specialist medicines optimisation support to surgical wards and theatres
Undertake medicines reconciliation on admission and support accurate prescribing
Support peri-operative medicines management, including high-risk and complex medicines
Identify, resolve, and escalate medicines-related issues in collaboration with pharmacists
Support timely and accurate discharge planning, including discharge counselling and liaison with primary care
Participate in audit, quality improvement, and service development within surgical pharmacy services
Support training and supervision of junior pharmacy staff and learners
Contribute to clinical governance, risk management, and incident reporting
Requirements:
Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Knowledge of pharmaceutical technical procedures acquired through training, NVQ3, BTEC in pharmaceutical science or equivalent
Additional training for checking dispensed prescriptions, supervising a technical area within the pharmacy to degree or equivalent level
Knowledge of medicines management, including relevant legislation and policies acquired through NVQ3 or BTEC equivalent level qualification plus specialist training and experience to degree or equivalent level
Accredited to clinical prioritisation module or equivalent clinical qualification or be eligible or willing to work towards
Significant broad experience in a hospital pharmacy with experience of leading and managing teams
Managing own workload to meet the needs of a service
Working within a role involving multi-disciplinary communication
Developing and training staff
Aware of risk and Health and Safety issues and their implications for staff
Managing meetings
Knowledge and clear understanding of Good Distribution Practice (EU GDP 2013/C 343/01), and other relevant regulations, guidance and quality standards
Regular formal refresher training on EU GDP at least annually if no changes in legislation have occurred
Nice to have:
Project management qualification
Staff/team Management qualification
Audit and/or research experience and implementation
Knowledge of national reports on development of pharmacy services