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Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Technician

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Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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United Kingdom , Swindon

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Pharmacy

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Not provided

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Salary:

31049.00 - 37796.00 GBP / Year
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Job Description:

Are you an enthusiastic and forward-thinking Pharmacy Technician looking to take the next step in your career? The Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a motivated Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Technician to join our dynamic and supportive clinical pharmacy team. In this role, you will play a key part in ensuring safe, effective, and efficient use of medicines across our hospital. Working closely with pharmacists, nursing staff, prescribers and wider clinical teams, you will support high-quality patient care by delivering accurate medicines reconciliation, improving medicines safety, and helping patients get the most from their medicines. The pharmacy team are forward thinking and continuously strive to improve our ways of working, putting medicines optimisation at the heart of our clinical services. We put the patient at the center of our care and aim to enhance every patient's experience.

Job Responsibility:

  • Carrying out timely and accurate medicines reconciliation for patients on admission
  • Supporting safe and effective discharge through processing discharges at ward level and counselling patients about their medicines
  • Participating in ward-based medicines optimisation initiatives to reduce medication errors and improve outcomes
  • Helping implement best practice, formularies, and medicines policies across the Trust
  • Supporting medicines supply, stock management, and minimising waste
  • Using digital systems to improve the flow of medicines information and support clinical decision making
  • Acting as a role model for high-quality, patient-centred medicines management

Requirements:

  • Registered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
  • Experience in hospital or primary care pharmacy
  • Confident communicating with patients and multidisciplinary teams
  • Organised, proactive, and able to work independently as well as part of a team
  • Passionate about improving patient safety and medicines optimisation
  • Working within a team
  • Managing own workload to meet the needs of a service
  • Working with Pharmacy computer systems
  • Previous experience of training others
  • 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

Nice to have:

  • Working in a busy Dispensary
  • In-depth post qualification experience in a hospital pharmacy
What we offer:
  • A friendly, supportive and progressive pharmacy department
  • Opportunities for professional development, including further training and qualifications
  • Access to rotation opportunities within clinical, dispensary, and medicines management services
  • NHS pension, generous annual leave, and a range of staff wellbeing benefits
  • The opportunity to work in a Trust committed to innovation, quality improvement, and excellent patient care

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 03, 2026

Expiration:
January 06, 2026

Work Type:
On-site work
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