Main area Pharmacy Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekends & Late Nights) Job ref 303-7840823-A
Employer The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Town Birmingham
Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 15/06/2026 23:59
Band 5
Overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician to join our dynamic, innovative and friendly team dedicated to improving ward based clinical pharmacy services. We are looking for someone with experience and a passion in this area of work in hospital pharmacy. You must be an enthusiastic, motivated and patient-oriented pharmacy technician dedicated to patient safety. You will work with the medicines management team to help implement, deliver and continually improve the technical and clinical support to wards. You will need to have excellent communication skills and enjoy working as part of a multi-disciplinary team. You will also need to be friendly, approachable, adaptable, flexible, willing to learn new skills and be committed to continuous professional development. You will be a pharmacy technician registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council Pharmacy Technician.
Main duties of the job
* Undertake medicines reconciliation and take drug histories to ensure patients receive the correct medications from the start of their hospital stay, promote appropriate use of Patient's Own Medication and support one-stop dispensing.
* Assist across the patient journey to ensure TTOs are dispensed prior to discharge and communicate effectively with other healthcare colleagues when appropriate.
* Act as an accredited checking technician (ACPT) with regular dispensing and checking slots in the dispensary.
* Work with the Lead Pharmacist for Medicines Management and other pharmacy team members on the wards to manage medicines, conduct audits and participate in financial savings projects.
* Participate in late duty and weekend rotas.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest specialist orthopaedic units in Europe. We offer planned orthopaedic surgery to people locally, nationally and internationally.
Our Trust is a very special hospital; big enough to deliver world class services and small enough to offer exceptional patient and staff experience. We offer a working experience unique in the West Midlands and we're always on the lookout for passionate people to join our award-winning team.
The ROH is an equal opportunities employer. We employ people of difference and are committed to growing an inclusive culture, where difference is celebrated, and people feel able to bring their whole and authentic self to work.
We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a range of inclusive, family friendly and flexible working arrangements and policies, to support our people in the workplace. Flexible working requests will be considered.
The Trust is committed to the Disability Confident Interview Scheme and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy and consider them on their abilities.
If you have a disability and need any support with your application or require any reasonable adjustments to be implemented please do get in touch with the Recruiting Manager for this position so that the team can support you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Full job description and person specification is available as a supporting document for your information.
Person specification
Qualifications
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.
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