Pharmacy Technician

Medicines Management Technician

Band 5

Main area

Pharmacy

Grade

Band 5

Contract

Permanent

Hours

• Full time
• Part time
  
  

37.5 hours per week

Job ref

287-DTC-88-25-A

Department name

LUH - 1 General Staffing (AFC posts)

Site

Broadgreen Hospital

Town

Liverpool

Salary

£31,049 - £37,796 per annum

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

19/03/2026 23:59

Job Overview

At Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT) we have exciting opportunities for enthusiastic and proactive pharmacy technicians who are keen to realise their potential and who can make the most of the scope this post offers to deliver a patient centred approach to our service delivery.

As a Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician you will play a pivotal role in ensuring optimum performance of the pharmacy service whilst working in our satellite pharmacies and wards as part of the medicine management team.

Are you passionate about patients and optimising their treatment?

Do you want to feel you are doing something worthwhile and rewarding?

Do you want to further your career in a fast paced teaching hospital?

Are you looking for an opportunity to broaden your technical knowledge supported by a friendly and enthusiastic pharmacy team?

We will welcome applications from Pharmacy Technicians currently working in all settings but you must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and must be able to show demonstrable experience as a qualified Pharmacy Technician.

Please feel free to get in touch to organise a visit to our department.

Please note: this post will be based on the Broadgreen Hospital site.

Main duties of the job

To carry out the role of a Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician at LUHFT you will need to complete our in-house Medicines Management and Medication History Taking training programmes.

We have full time (37.5 hours) band 5 Pharmacy Technician vacancies in our team working alongside pharmacists and pharmacy assistants in a number of specialities including, Emergency Medicine, Older Persons Care, Critical Care and many other specialities. You will work as part of the pharmacy team to help deliver a high standard of medicines optimisation to designated wards. You will be responsible for the delivery of safe and cost effective pharmaceutical care to newly admitted patients, as well as facilitating efficient discharge and transfer of patients.

Working between wards and satellite pharmacies you will need to have excellent organisational skills in order to undertake this role. You must be able to work accurately, have a good eye for detail, and be able to prioritise your workload, meet deadlines and be committed to the delivery of high standards in a patient focused service.

We are open every day of the year, our rota's include weekends, bank holidays and late nights.

Working for our organisation

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, fo

rmed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.

Key Responsibilities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To provide a clinical technical service to the POD wards, including the taking of comprehensive medication histories and to provide a cost-effective "one-stop" dispensing service involving accuracy checking patients' own drugs and assessing their suitability for reuse.
• To provide a cost-effective "one-stop" dispensing service to wards, involving accuracy checking patients' own drugs and assessing their suitability for use, arranging re-supplies of patients' drugs, liaising with G.P.s, nursing homes and ward staff, assessing patient concordance and providing counselling and education where necessary.
• To provide a "topping up" service on wards for individual patient drug supplies under the direction of the Dispensary Manager or Senior Technicians and in accordance with procedures.
• To support the clinical pharmacists on POD wards in the provision of complete pharmaceutical care for patients.
• To liaise with GPs, nursing homes, doctors, ward staff and other healthcare professionals to provide complete pharmaceutical care for patients.
• To interpret medical notes and test results, identify pharmaceutical and clinical problems and refer to the appropriate medical staff or clinical pharmacist.

To carry out audit projects independently and in conjunction with other pharmacy staff to improve and develop service provision and to contribute to the review of existing systems and implementation of new procedural guidelines.

To co-ordinate and participate in the provision of a patient counselling course for technical staff and to assist with the education and training of all members of staff, other healthcare professionals and patients.

To participate in personal development review and appraise and perform personal development reviews on other staff members.

To assist in the provision of directorate financial information and analysis and the implementation of directorate service quality and cost improvement initiatives.

To attend any meetings relevant to the role and appropriate training courses for technicians, to encourage other staff to undertake further training and to

participate in such training schemes necessary to keep relevant pharmaceutical and clinical technical knowledge up to date.

• To advice nursing staff on the correct storage of goods supplied by the pharmacy with regard to security and stability.

To liaise with various members of the pharmacy team and ward staff when solving supply problems and ensuring the best service to patients.

To participate in pharmacy and ward based stock audits under the direction of the Senior Technicians.

• To assist in the receipt and issue of goods in pharmacy and to check delivery notes and invoices if required.
• To participate in pharmacy objectives set by the Trust, the National Patient Safety Agency, the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection, the Department of Health (including the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulation Agency) and others to meet clinical governance targets, develop patient care, improve clinical outcomes and ensure compliance with all standards expected for hospital pharmacy services and interface between primary and secondary care.
• To provide accurate record keeping of controlled drugs kept in pharmacy including supplies to wards and departments, orders received into the pharmacy and regular audits of the accuracy of computer and paper records.
• To dispense clinical trials in accordance with the dispensing protocol, ICH GCP guidelines and European Directive under the direction of the clinical trials technician/pharmacist.

To undertake special dispensing and manufacturing involving the use of aseptic techniques to a suitable standard in preparation of sterile products in accordance with aseptic procedures and under the direction of the Aseptic Services Manager.

To undertake cytotoxic reconstitution and dispensing in accordance with the recommendations contained in the Aseptic Production Manual and in accordance with the criteria set out under COSHH regulations and Regional and National standards.

To support equality and diversity.

To undertake any other related duties, which may be required

Please Refer To The Detailed Job Description Attached

Person specification

Other

Essential criteria

• Attention to detail and work accurately
• Ability to thrive in a changing environment
• Flexible
  
  

Skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Good customer service skills
• Ability to work on own initiative, as part of a team
• Computer literate
• Smart and clean appearance
• Pleasant and helpful attitude

Good time management skills

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience with the Electronic Medicines Management systems, including file maintenance, standard and ad-hoc reporting
• Demonstrate Dispensing Experience
• Demonstrable post qualification hospital pharmacy experience
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Patient Counselling
• Experience of working on wards
  
  

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Accredited Technical Accuracy Checking Qualification
• NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services and BTEC Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences with appropriate underpinning knowledge
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
  
  

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Commitment to Continuing Processional Development
• Ability to train staff
• Ability to understand role and service priorities
  
  

Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.

Posts advertised to 'internal staff' are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.

Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months' of their 18^th birthday.

The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working

options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £26.50 (standard disclosure) or £54.50 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people a

nd vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.

Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.

Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.

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

Job Description & Person Specification (PDF, 255.1KB)

OH Risk ID Form (PDF, 344.6KB)

Recruitment Documents (PDF, 383.5KB)

Life at LUHFT Benefits (PDF, 333.2KB)

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name

Cheryl Kelly

Job title

Deputy Lead Pharmacy Technician

Email address

Telephone number

0151 282 6655

Additional information

Lena Whittall, Lead Pharmacy Technician - Clinical Services

0151 706 2095

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