Job overview

Do you want to put your clinical knowledge to greater use? Are you a registered Pharmacy Technician looking for a more meaningful role, where you can make a real difference to patients and collaborate closely with other healthcare professionals? If so, like many others, you may be seeking a rewarding, clinically focused career in hospital pharmacy. At Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust, we share this vision and are passionate about supporting technicians who are ready to join us on this exciting journey.

In this role, you will play a key part in delivering a patient‑centred ward pharmacy service. You will support pharmacists with drug history taking to ensure medicines reconciliation is completed within 24 hours of admission.

This opportunity offers the chance to build on your existing clinical experience. We are fully committed to your training and development, enabling you to maximise your contribution to patient care, and we will actively support you as you grow in the role.

As a GDE exemplar site, we are a digitally advanced Trust. We have had electronic prescribing in place since 2015, an Automated Dispensing System on each site, more than 200 electronic discharge referrals to community pharmacies each month, and a wide range of other innovative digital solutions. We offer excellent support for technicians at all levels and remain dedicated to your personal and professional development.

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Main duties of the job

1. Provide medicines management services to adult wards, including compiling accurate medication histories and completing medicines reconciliation.

2. Undertake day‑to‑day supervision of junior pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants within the team.

3. Deliver training on pharmacy procedures, stock control, and electronic prescribing systems, including signing off training logs for all staff.

4. Offer straightforward advice on pharmaceutical products and supply.

5. Work collaboratively with other healthcare professionals at ward level.

6. Act as a professional role model for junior pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants, demonstrating integrity, ownership, and leadership in all aspects of the role.

7. Contribute to the wider pharmacy service, including dispensing and issuing prescriptions in both the satellite and main dispensaries, which will also involve accredited checking of prescriptions

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. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

 

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. Travel between hospital sites may be required. 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.