Clinical Pharmacy Technician - Antimicrobial Stewardship
The closing date is 04 March 2026
Have you got the enthusiasm and passion to take up the challenge of this vital Pharmacy position?
About our Pharmacy Service
We have an exciting opportunity for you to contribute to our team in providing high quality and respected clinical pharmacy services as a Clinical Pharmacy Technician - Antimicrobial Stewardship, based at Colchester Hospital.
The role is split into two complementary roles. You will spend approximately half of your time working on the Antimicrobial Stewardship agenda and the remaining half working at ward level within the clinical pharmacy service.
Being a key member of the multidisciplinary team you will be expected to fully integrate within the clinical environment providing a patient centred approach to medicines management and Antimicrobial Stewardship.
ESNEFT is about to embark on a full site wide implementation of the EPIC electronic patient record which includes electronic prescribing and administration and pharmacy stock control system replacement.
Main duties of the job
* Ensure with senior colleagues the delivery of the Trust's Antimicrobial Stewardship Strategy; being a proactive member of the Trust's Antimicrobial Stewardship Group accordingly.
* Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to ensure the optimal and cost effective use of anti-infective medicines throughout the organisation.
* Assist in the delivery and evaluation of clinical pharmacy and Trust-wide services relating to anti-infective medicines management; this will include taking responsibility for required antibiotic-related audit activity across the organisation.
* Provide on-going guidance and mentorship to clinical pharmacy and multidisciplinary colleagues working within areas of practice throughout the organisation.
* Deliver teaching and training regarding antimicrobial topics to any staff group and to develop and maintain antimicrobial e-learning packages for use within ESNEFT and partner organisations.
* Assist the Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Antibiotic Stewardship in ensuring that all required medication safety and clinical governance issues are actioned and implemented in a timely manner.
* Assist the pharmacy department in providing a comprehensive clinical pharmacy service to in-patients.
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients
Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Experience
* Extensive experience working as a pharmacy technician within hospital practice
* Previous clinical activity at ward level
* Experience with clinical audits
Qualifications
* BTech in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent
* Registered pharmacy technician with the GPhC
* Accredited Accuracy Checking Qualification (ACT)
Knowledge
* Computer literacy of standard databases
* Understanding of pharmacy organisational/structure (local/national)
* Understanding of the relationship of the pharmacy department to the wider multidisciplinary team
* Good pharmaceutical knowledge
* Understanding of the structure of the modern NHS
* Awareness of current national issues affecting pharmacy, especially relating to Antimicrobial Stewardship
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.
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
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