Pharmacy Technician - Hospital at Home
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 14/08/2026
- Closes
- 30/08/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an enthusiastic and motivated GPhC registered pharmacy technician to join the Hospital at Home services team at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. You will provide technical input and medicines optimisation support, working alongside a multidisciplinary team to manage acute patient care in their homes. Responsibilities include identifying medicines optimisation interventions, conducting domiciliary visits for medicines reviews, and facilitating timely medicine supplies. The role requires independent work, excellent organisational and interpersonal skills, and participation in flexible working arrangements.
Essential criteria
- Registration with GPhC
- Pharmacy Technician - BTEC in Pharmecutical Sciences or equivalent
- A significant amount of experience working as a pharmacy technician in hospital or community pharmacy
- Experience of implementing change and new developments
Desirable criteria
- Experience of Audit
- Experience of training healthcare professionals/unqualified staff
- Experience of working in a hospital as a ward based technician
- Experience of working within Primary Care
- Experience of undertaking home visits
- Experience with EMIS
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
- Report writing skills
- Assessment planning and evaluation skills
- Registration & Qualification
- Registration with GPhC
- Pharmacy Technician - BTEC in Pharmecutical Sciences or equivalent
- A significant amount of experience working as a pharmacy technician in hospital or community pharmacy
- Experience of implementing change and new developments
- Experience of Audit
- Experience of training healthcare professionals/unqualified staff
- Experience of working in a hospital as a ward based technician
- Experience of working within Primary Care
- Experience of undertaking home visits
- Experience with EMIS
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
- Report writing skills
- Assessment planning and evaluation skills
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Pharmacy Technician - Hospital at Home
The closing date is 30 August 2026
Job summary
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the pharmacy team in supporting the rapidly expanding Hospital at Home services across MFT.
Hospital at Home promotes harmonisation of working across the acute hospitals and the community services within MFT, utilising the skills and resources available to successfully manage the acute care of patients whilst they remain in their own homes. We are looking for a General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) registered pharmacy technician with substantial experience of working within primary or secondary care. You will work alongside the pharmacist as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide medicines support and positively contribute to patient care. You should be confident in the ability to work independently with excellent organisational and interpersonal skills.
The successful candidate will become an integral part of the well supported and award-winning medicines optimisation team in providing a patient facing pharmaceutical service, working closely with the wider pharmacy teams and other services across MFT.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is responsible for providing technical input as part of the medicines optimisation support to the MFT
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