Employer Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Salford Royal Pharmacy Town Salford Salary £27,485 - £37,796 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 18/08/2025 23:59
Medicine Management Technician Band 5 (or 4 to 5 conversion)
Band 4/5
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified pharmacy technician (or Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician due to qualify during this academic year) to join our team.
You will have the opportunity to take part in personal development to help support you through your career.
Main duties of the job
To work alongside Clinical Pharmacists supporting the Medicines Management service to the wards, ensuring patients receive the highest standards of care in the management of their medication. Duties will include taking medication histories, assessment of patients own drugs (POD’s), and preparation of medication for discharge.
You will have the opportunity to take part in personal development to help support you through your career.
Working for our organisation
The Diagnostics and Pharmacy Group is part of the Northern Care Alliance (NCA), one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. A place of science, innovation and transformational thinking, the Diagnostic and Pharmacy Group unites Radiology, Pathology and Pharmacy services across the NCA to create a cooperative group committed to delivering safe, consistent, and high-quality care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Person specification
Registration
* Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Qualifications
* • BTEC Level 3 in principles and practice for Pharmacy Technicians or equivalent qualification.
* • Accuracy checking qualification or must be willing to undertake accuracy checking qualification.
Knowledge
* • Supervisory / training experience
* • Experience of using pharmacy-based computer systems
* • Experience of working at ward level as a Medicines Management Technician
* • Experience of working with automated dispensing systems
The NCA is proud to serve a diverse population and is committed to delivering inclusive, accessible care. We value individuality and aim to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Applications are welcomed from individuals of all backgrounds, identities, and beliefs.
We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met). As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.
Vacancies may close early if sufficient applications are received, or if an internal redeployee has been identified.
For fixed-term roles, current NHS staff will be considered for secondments, while fixed-term contracts will be offered to external (non-NHS) applicants.
The NCA does not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies. Read more about this here .
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name Ailsa Burgess Job title Chief Pharmacy Technician - ward services Email address Ailsa.burgess@nca.nhs.uk Telephone number 0161 206 4208 Additional information
Gillian Crawshaw, Pharmacy PA
Tel. 0161 206 1050
E-mail: Gillian.crawshaw@nca.nhs.uk
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