Main area Pharmacy Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent: An average of 150 hours (pro rata), over a 4 week rota, to include late shifts and weekend/bank holiday working Hours
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week (per annum) Job ref 205-7265192
Employer University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site County Hospital Town Stafford Salary £29,970 - £36,483 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 02/07/2025 23:59
Band 5
Job overview
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
In this role, you’ll work closely with a Pharmacist to support the ED and the newly opened FAU —playing a vital role in patient flow and medicines management.
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
Love Where You Work
Located in the vibrant town of Stafford, you’ll enjoy a community rich in culture, green spaces, and great cafés—with excellent transport links and a welcoming atmosphere. Stafford isn’t just a place to work—it’s a place to grow, thrive, and make a real impact.
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
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification or alternatively contact Sarah Brown – Lead Pharmacy Technician – Ward Services.
Person specification
Qualifications/Registration
* 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
Experience
* Experience of POD or equivalent schemes
* Experience of the use of hospital IT systems
* Experience of undertaking audits
Skills, Ability and Knowledge
* 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
Important information about your application
* All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
* References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
* We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
* Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies
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At UHNM we are fortunate to receive a high volume of applications for many of our roles, on this occasion we would reserve the right to close any advert early, therefore please apply without delay!
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