Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 412-COMM-8159549
- Employer
- Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Leighton Hospital
- Town
- Crewe
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Virtual Ward Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician
NHS AfC: Band 5
Want to work somewhere you can really make a difference? Somewhere you’re encouraged to have ideas and empowered to create positive change?
Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP) deliver NHS Community Services across Cheshire. With a wide range of clinical disciplines, we are a dynamic, future-facing organisation passionate about delivering the highest quality healthcare whilst collaborating with our community partners.
We foster a culture of continuous improvement, built on compassion.
Find out more about CCICP: Community Services (CCICP): Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Here more from our people on the ‘Community Conversations’ podcast: Community Conversations Podcast | Podcast on Spotify
Don’t just take our word for it…
Our Annual Staff Survey results say
· Over 83% of staff would recommend CCICP as a place to work
· 90% of staff say the people they work with show appreciation to each other
· 88% staff say that patient care/service users are the organisations top priority
· Over 70% of staff believe there are opportunities for them to develop their career
· If a friend or relative needed treatment 81% of staff are happy with the standard of care provided
We are recognised nationally
· With over 24 Queen’s Nurses (and growing) we have one of the highest percentages proportionate to the size of our team
· Nursing Times Award winners in 2023 and finalists in 2024 for a Bladder and Bowl project. Our specialist Stoma service is currently shortlisted for a Nursing Times and British Journal of Nursing awards.
· Two Specialist clinicians have recently had their work recognised by Wounds UK
· Leighton Hospital Urgent Treatment Centre, run by CCICP, was reviewed by Care Quality Commission and awarded the highest score in the North West
Job overview
Are you an experienced Pharmacy Technician looking for your next challenge? Do you enjoy developing new ways of working and making a real difference to patient care? Would you like to join a supportive multidisciplinary team where you can develop your skills while helping shape an innovative and expanding service?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Pharmacy Technician to join our Virtual Ward service within Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership. Working alongside our Virtual Ward Pharmacist, you will play a key role in delivering safe and effective medicines optimisation and supporting direct patient care in the community. This is an exciting opportunity to help develop and embed a new pharmacy service within Virtual Ward.
Our Virtual Ward service supports hospital discharge and admission avoidance pathways, enabling patients to receive high-quality care in their own homes while improving patient flow across the health and care system.
As a key member of the multidisciplinary team, you will use your knowledge and expertise to support medicines reconciliation, medicines optimisation, and seamless transfer of care. Working closely with the Virtual Ward Pharmacist and wider health and social care teams, you will contribute to improving patient outcomes and the ongoing development of this innovative service.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will have the knowledge, skills, and experience to support safe and effective medicines optimisation within the Virtual Ward service. The role includes domiciliary visits and telephone consultations to complete medicines reconciliation, undertake medicines reviews, and facilitate timely access to medicines, supporting patients to receive safe, high-quality care at home.
Working alongside the Virtual Ward Pharmacist and multidisciplinary team, you will liaise across primary and secondary care to ensure seamless transfer of medicines information on admission to and discharge from the Virtual Ward. You will be a registered Pharmacy Technician with Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) status.
The post holder will:
- Undertake medicines reconciliation, obtain accurate medication histories, identify discrepancies, and arrange medicines supplies where required.
- Liaise with GPs, community pharmacies, hospital teams, and other healthcare professionals to support safe transfer of care.
- Provide clear advice on medicines, including dosage, administration, side effects, and adherence.
- Carry out medicines assessments by telephone and during domiciliary visits with patients, carers, and healthcare professionals.
- Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to ensure patients' medicines-related needs are met.
- Identify and act on medication errors and queries within scope of practice, escalating complex issues as appropriate.
Working for our organisation
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester (population 357K). The Trust provides high quality planned and emergency care, cardiac, critical care, child health, maternity services and intermediate care at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.
The Trust provides over 500 beds and employs over 5,100 members of staff. A comprehensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools through our Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond. 92% of our staff, when surveyed in 2020, felt that their role made a difference to their patients, and we are recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.
The community arm of MCHFT, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), provides a unique local health partnership across a range of community services for people in South Cheshire and Vale Royal.
Take a look at why you should apply to join CCICP! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CepGhzB1AWs
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The role will encompass:
· Medicines reconciliation for patients under the Virtual Ward service.
· Completing medication-related assessments to help the MDT determine if medication support is required in the community.
· Providing patient education around medication.
· Providing advice for patients on administration and handling of medicines.
· Support the ordering and supply of medicines for patients being managed by the Virtual Ward service, including communication with primary and secondary care.
· Working with the MCHFT and CCICP Multidisciplinary Teams as well as pharmacy colleagues from across the wider system.
· Supporting training and education of staff within the Virtual Ward service around medicines management.
· Answering medicines-related queries within scope of competence.
· Completing audits and participating in service improvement projects.
· Ensuring safe practice and reducing medication associated risk.
The successful candidate will be able to use their skills and knowledge to strive to deliver a high-quality pharmacy service within Virtual Ward. This post will be ideal for a pharmacy technician who is motivated by direct patient care, service improvement and innovation, wants to work collaboratively, and who wants to make a positive impact.
Please see attached job description and person specification for more information.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Pharmacy Technician Registered with GPHC
- Accredited Accuracy Technician (or working towards)
Desirable criteria
- Leadership Qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post Qualification Experience in Hospital, Primary Care or Community Services
- Experience of Audit
Desirable criteria
- Experience of delivering training
Skills
Essential criteria
- Have to hold full UK Driving License
- Experience of working in an MDT
Desirable criteria
- IT Skills
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
- Sally Griffiths
- Job title
- Virtual Ward Pharmacist CCICP
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01270 826240
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Leighton Hospital
Middlewich Road
Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 4QJ
- Telephone
- [email protected]
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