Pharmacy Technician
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 29/09/2026
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Role summary
As a Pharmacy Technician, you will provide safe and effective pharmacy support to the dispensary and adult wards within UHBW. You will develop your professional, technical, and clinical skills through continuing professional development. The role involves 4 days a week dispensing and checking medicines, and 1 day embedded in a ward-based clinical team. You will be required to work shifts, including late duties, weekends, and Bank Holidays.
Key responsibilities
- Provide patient-facing pharmacy services within specialist clinical teams.
- Complete medicines reconciliation and verify medication histories.
- Support safe and effective use of medicines throughout admission and discharge.
- Undertake final accuracy checking of dispensed medicines where accredited.
- Liaise with patients, carers, ward staff, prescribers, and community healthcare providers.
- Maintain accurate records using pharmacy and electronic patient systems.
- Participate in audits, quality improvement, and service development initiatives.
Essential criteria
- Registered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (Or in-process)E (A)
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Good oral and written communication skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good time management
- Computer literate
- Ability to work alone and in a team
- Flexible and adaptive approach
- Committed to providing a high quality pharmacy service
- Evidence of self-motivation and direction
- Previous experience of working within a clinical patient-facing environment
- Proven ability to dispense medicines accurately without errors
Desirable criteria
- Accredited Medicines Optimisation Technician (Essential within 12 months of appointment)
- Accredited Accuracy Checking Technician (Essential within 12 months of appointment)
- Previous experience of supporting, training and teaching of others
- Previous participation in audit or quality improvement work
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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Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Pharmacy Technician
The closing date is 29 September 2026
Job summary
As a member of the Pharmacy technicianteam,you will provide safe and effective pharmacy support to the dispensary and adult wards within UHBW. You will develop your existing professional, technical and clinical skills through your own continuing professional development to provide and service of excellence to both patients and staff alike.
This role includes 4 days aweek commitment to dispensing and checking of medicines within the dispensary and1day a week embedded in one of the ward-based adult clinical teams: medicine, surgery, cardiacservicesand critical care.
The post holder willbe requiredto work shifts including late duties,weekendsand Bank Holidays on a rota basis.
Progression from a band 4 to band 5 will be subject to successful completion of the 4/5 pathway framework.
Previous applicants need not apply. This vacancy may close earlier than advertised.
Main duties of the job
- Provide patient-facing pharmacy services within specialist clinical teams.
- Complete medicines reconciliation and verify medication histories.
- Support safe and effective use of medicines throughout admission and discharge.
- Assist pharmacists in identifying and resolving medication-related issues.
- Support Patient Own Drugs (PODs) and One-Stop Dispensing (OSD) schemes.
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