Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 418-COR4683-MR
- Employer
- Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bedford Hospital
- Town
- Bedford
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Medicines Management Technician
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
Step Into a Key Role in Our Forward-Thinking Pharmacy Team!
An exciting opportunity has opened up for a Senior Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician to join our vibrant and supportive Pharmacy Department. If you’re an organised, motivated individual with strong communication skills and a passion for patient care, we want to hear from you.
In this role, you’ll be at the heart of our ward-based pharmacy service, playing a vital part in ensuring safe and effective medication use. Working closely with pharmacists, your main focus will be supporting medicines reconciliation within 24 hours of patient admission, taking drug histories, and providing medication counselling at both admission and discharge. You'll also help facilitate a smooth and efficient discharge process, ensuring continuity of care.
As a digitally advanced Trust, we’ve embraced electronic prescribing and introduced a bespoke clinical prioritisation dashboard. This allows our pharmacy team to focus on meaningful, patient-facing work, enhancing both efficiency and impact.
This is a fantastic opportunity to build on your clinical experience in a team that’s committed to your growth. We’ll fully support your training and professional development, helping you make the most of your skills and further your contribution to patient care.
Main duties of the job
1. To provide medicines management services to adult wards including compiling accurate medication histories and undertaking medicines reconciliation.
2. To undertake day-to-day supervision of junior pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants within the team.
3. To provide training in pharmacy procedures, pharmacy stock control and electronic prescribing systems, including the signing off training logs to all members of staff.
4. To provide straightforward advice on pharmaceutical products and supply.
5. To work closely with other healthcare professionals at ward level.
6. To act as a professional role model for junior pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants, actively demonstrating integrity, ownership and leadership in all aspects of the role
7. To contribute to the pharmacy service including dispensing and issuing prescriptions via the main dispensary. This will also involve accredited checking of prescription
Working for our organisation
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics.
You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career.
We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. Please ensure that you make your application as soon as possible.
All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required.
Please review all documents attached to this advert to ensure you familiarise yourself with all requirements of the job
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Provision of a medicines management service at ward level including responsibilities for the safe storage of medicines and medicine returns.
To obtain patient medication histories, using all available sources, including patient’s own medicines and the Summary Care Record according to departmental processes and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) whilst obtaining patient consent. This includes a responsibility for entering patient’s admission medicine history onto the electronic prescribing system (ePMA).
To undertake straightforward Level 2 medicines reconciliation in line with appropriate policies and SOPs.
Communication of all medicine related information, both verbal and written, to patients /carers and other healthcare professionals. Includes counselling / demonstration of inhaler and other medical device techniques.
Ensure the efficient transfer of medicines between care settings, to include wards /departments and requesting patients own medicines from home.
To assist the pharmacist in delivering the Keogh standards across medical wards ensuring medicines optimisation for all patients has been undertaken within 24 hours of admission.
To undertake initial pharmaceutical assessment of new patients and prioritisation of patients for pharmacist review, according to protocol.
To support the supervision of a small team of junior pharmacy technicians, senior pharmacy assistants and preregistration staff within the division, organising and directing their work in a fluid manner to ensure an efficient and responsive service to patients and wards.
To deputise for the Lead Medicines Management Technician within the division where appropriate.
Supporting team rotas for technical ward based staff.
Prioritising workload in pharmacy dispensaries.
Organising supplies and discharge medication at ward level, including ‘monitored dose system’ supply if appropriate.
Liaising with relevant pharmacy and other health care staff concerning
pharmaceutical services to the Division
Organising and actively supporting regular audits such as quarterly CD and Safe Storage of Medicines Audits
Ensuring regular stock storage audits are completed.
To help provide ‘hands on’ induction and on-going training of members of the ward based pharmacy team. This will include NVQ assessments at level 2 and 3 and competency assessments for pharmacist pre-registration trainees and acting as a clinical supervisor.
To support the Lead Pharmacist in maintaining continuous improvement and efficiency by managing discrete projects and/or areas of responsibility within the medication supply chain and being responsible for achieving defined outcomes
Participate in the co-ordination of clinical trials supplies for the directorate.
Co-ordinate and monitor safe systems for usage and storage of medicine supplies on the ward – including CD checks, Bedside Medicine Cabinet checks, regular reviews of stock lists and stock level monitoring.
Participate in the Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician rota.
Responsible for creating / updating relevant SOPs.
Please see full Job Description and Person Specification attached. If further information is required, please speak to our contact on the advert.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills / Level 3 Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent
- Registered with GPhC
- Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician
Desirable criteria
- Clinical pharmacy qualification or accreditation
- Member of APTUK
Other
Essential criteria
- Able to cope with frequent, light manual handling activities
- Able to work accurately under pressure and interruptions
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to analyse problems and devise workable solutions
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Ability to prioritise ad-hoc work tasks
Experience
Essential criteria
- CPD portfolio demonstrating competent pharmacy practice
- Customer orientated services
- Ability to work to SOPs
Desirable criteria
- Experience of training other staff
- Use of JAC pharmacy stock control system
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tasnim Rahman
- Job title
- Principal Pharmacist - Women and Children
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01582 497115
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