Medicines Safety Specialist Pharmacy Technician
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The closing date is 09 April 2026
We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic pharmacy technician to join our team as our new specialist medicines safety technician.
The successful applicant will be part of the team responsible for delivering a comprehensive, safe and high quality patient centred pharmaceutical service to GWH patients. This will include supporting the Multi-disciplinary Team, providing an advanced medicines optimisation service including clinical prioritisation, training and development for staff, liaising with a wide range of health and social care professionals to support patients to manage their medication.
The post holder will work closely with the Medication Safety Officer and Medicines Safety Specialist to lead medicines related investigations and to embed a culture of safety across GWH. The post holder will lead and support quality improvement projects, audits and other medicines safety initiatives.
Main duties of the job
To provide professional leadership and management on medicines management within the Pharmacy team. Ensuring that working practices meet requirements of medicines legislation, professional, local and national guidelines and that medicines are available in the appropriate quantities, places and times to meet the clinical needs of all patients.
Support the Medicines Safety Officer and Medicine Safety Specialist to provide pharmacy input to incidents, this will include Patient safety incident investigation.
Oversee quality improvement projects throughout the Trust. This requires engagement with nursing, medical and pharmacy staff to contribute to change in practice and improve safe medicines use.
Providing clinical prioritisation and advanced medicines optimisation service to inpatient wards.
Providing basic medication reviews, counselling of patients about their medication and assessing requirements for additional support around adherence.
About us
We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.
We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.
Job responsibilities
Please see full JD attached.
This job description is not intended to be exhaustive and it is likely that duties may be altered from time to time in the light of changing circumstances, in discussion with the post holder. This role profile is intended to provide a broad outline of the main responsibilities only. The post holder will need to be flexible in developing the role with initial and on-going discussions with the designated manager.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
* NVQ / QCF Level 3 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent plus accredited underpinning knowledge (BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent)
* Accredited Clinical Prioritisation qualification or be eligible and willing to work towards accreditation which will be completed within 12 months
* Management qualification / equivalent knowledge built with experience to post graduate diploma or equivalent leve
* Previous Health and Safety Training or Qualifications or be willing to complete within 12 months
Experience
* Significant broad experience in a hospital pharmacy
* Managing own workload to meet the needs of a service
* Working within a role involving multi-disciplinary communication
* Staff appraisal and objective setting
* Developing and training staff
* Previous experience in QIP/Demonstrable experience of clinical audit and practice research
* Experience in patient safety and clinical governance
* Successful project or change management
* Good knowledge of the legal requirements (Law and Ethics) for dispensing and supplying medicines, including CDs
* Aware of risk and Health and Safety issues and their implications for staff
* Knowledge of statutory regulations, including Medicines Act and the Misuse of Drugs Act and Regulations
* Recruitment and selection
* Policy and procedure development
* Managing change
* Experience in risk management
* Previous experience in conducting and/or leading on incident investigations
* Understanding of Human Factors
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.
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
£39,959 to £48,117 a yearper annum pro rata
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