Medicines Management Technician
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 07/09/2026
- Closes
- 21/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Medicines Management Technician in the York Hospital Pharmacy department. You will be responsible for managing patient medications, including taking histories, assessing patient's own drugs, ordering, and counselling. The role involves supporting timely patient discharge and participating in dispensary duties. You will also act as a role model and supervisor for junior staff.
Key responsibilities
- Completing a medicines history on patients ensuring the inpatient record is a true reflection of what the patient was taking prior to admission
- Assessing Patient's Own Drugs (PODs) and checking their suitability for use
- Ordering medication for patients via the dispensary to ensure patients doses aren't missed
- Counselling patients and/or carers on medication including the supply of appropriate leaflets
- Supporting the timely discharge of patients
- Acting as a role model to junior staff members as well as supervising, providing support and training
Essential criteria
- BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences / QCF Level 3 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent.
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- At least one year, post-qualification experience.
- Supervision and mentoring of junior staff.
- Good communication & interpersonal skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Participated in the implementation of changes in service, products and / or systems.
- Problem solving.
- Able to use a range of computer programmes relevant to the post
- Audit of practice and / or of the impact of a change in the way the service is delivered.
- Able to use own judgement to prioritise tasks.
- Experience in objectives setting for a team.
- Flexible to changing work routines.
- Ability to work as part of a team and develop team-working within the section.
- Ability to demonstrate motivation for applying for a post in this organisation.
- Ability to demonstrate our organisational values and behaviours: Kind - Open - Pursue Excellence
Desirable criteria
- QCF Level 4 or above in a qualification relevant to the post.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,392 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Medicines Management Technician
The closing date is 21 September 2026
Job summary
York Hospital Pharmacy department are looking to recruit a well-motivated, forward-thinking professional that would like to work in the clinical Medicines Management Team.
You will need to have excellent communication skills and enjoy working as part of a large multi-disciplinary team. You will need to be friendly, approachable, adaptable, flexible, willing to learn new skills and be committed to continuous professional development.
You will need to hold a recognised Pharmacy Technician qualification (BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences, NVQ level 3 or equivalent) and be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
We welcome applicants from pre-registration Pharmacy Technicians who are due to complete their course and be registered with the GPHC within the next six months.
A full induction and training will be provided to the successful candidate
Core service hours are Monday to Friday 08:45 - 17:15 and you will contribute to the weekend rota (roughly 1 in 8) and bank holiday rota (roughly 1 per year).
Main duties of the job
Your role as an MMT will involve:
- Completing a medicines history on patients ensuring the inpatient record is a true reflection of what the patient was taking prior to admission
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