Senior Clinical Pharmacy Technician
Location
West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
6/19/2025
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Description
Job Summary
Exciting Opportunity for a Registered Pharmacy Technician - Join Our Frontline Team in Stafford!
Are you ready to take your pharmacy career to the next level? Thanks to new funding for our clinical services, we're thrilled to offer a fantastic opportunity for a Registered Pharmacy Technician to join our dynamic team at County Hospital, Stafford--working across the Frailty Assessment Unit (FAU) and the Emergency Department (ED).
We're Looking For Someone Who Is:
Why Join Us?
Main duties of the job
Key deliverables of the Senior Clinical Pharmacy Technician role within Emergency Medicine will include:
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Details
Date posted
18 June 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£29,970 to £36,483 a year Per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
205-7265192
Job locations
County Hospital
Weston Road
Stafford
ST16 3SA
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification or alternatively contact Sarah Brown Lead Pharmacy Technician Ward Services.
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification or alternatively contact Sarah Brown Lead Pharmacy Technician Ward Services.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Registration
Essential
Essential
Essential
Essential
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
Address
County Hospital
Weston Road
Stafford
ST16 3SA
Employer's website
https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
Address
County Hospital
Weston Road
Stafford
ST16 3SA
Employer's website
https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
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Exciting Opportunity for a Registered Pharmacy Technician - Join Our Frontline Team in Stafford!
Are you ready to take your pharmacy career to the next level? Thanks to new funding for our clinical services, we're thrilled to offer a fantastic opportunity for a Registered Pharmacy Technician to join our dynamic team at County Hospital, Stafford--working across the Frailty Assessment Unit (FAU) and the Emergency Department (ED).
We're Looking For Someone Who Is:
- Motivated, enthusiastic, and dedicated
- Passionate about improving care for frail and complex patients
- Excited by the fast pace and variety of emergency medicine
Why Join Us?
- Be part of a forward-thinking pharmacy team during an exciting time of transformation, including the rollout of EPMA in 2025
- Receive mentorship and support from our fantastic Senior Clinical Pharmacy Technician team
- Enjoy professional development opportunities and a clear path for career progression
- Work in a hospital that's seen significant investment in its facilities and services
Main duties of the job
Key deliverables of the Senior Clinical Pharmacy Technician role within Emergency Medicine will include:
- Undertake medication histories and medicines reconciliation, prioritising patients on time critical medications, patients with medicine related admissions (e.g. falls) and patients that have been in A&E for a long period of time
- Assessing patients own medicines
- Ordering of non-stock time critical medicines using our electronic ordering system
- Undertake accuracy checking of 'Take Home Prescriptions' & critical medicines
- Gain consent for the discharge medicines service process (DMS)
- Assisting with relevant audits (Controlled drugs, fridge monitoring and any excursion issues)
- Assisting with clinical incident management & implementing actions to help prevent re-occurrence - linking in with Quality Nurses
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Details
Date posted
18 June 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£29,970 to £36,483 a year Per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
205-7265192
Job locations
County Hospital
Weston Road
Stafford
ST16 3SA
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification or alternatively contact Sarah Brown Lead Pharmacy Technician Ward Services.
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification or alternatively contact Sarah Brown Lead Pharmacy Technician Ward Services.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Registration
Essential
- BTEC Level 3 Diploma in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians or equivalent nationally recognised qualification
- Accredited accuracy checker
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Medicines optimisation qualification
Essential
- Relevant post qualification experience in Pharmacy
- Experience of POD or equivalent schemes
- Experience of the use of hospital IT systems
- Experience of undertaking audits
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of clinical pharmacy practice and ward based working evidencing their own competence
- Ability to present information concisely and clearly
- Supervisory skills
- Self motivated and ability to work independently
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of clinical pharmacy practice and ward based working evidencing their own competence
- Ability to present information concisely and clearly
- Supervisory skills
- Self motivated and ability to work independently
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
Address
County Hospital
Weston Road
Stafford
ST16 3SA
Employer's website
https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
Address
County Hospital
Weston Road
Stafford
ST16 3SA
Employer's website
https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
LNKD1_UKTJ
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
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