Senior Pharmacy Technician - Homecare team
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 10/09/2026
- Closes
- 20/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an experienced, qualified pharmacy technician to join the Pharmacy Homecare Team within the High Cost Drugs & Commissioning Team. The successful candidate will lead, manage, and develop the pharmacy operational technical service related to medicines homecare. It requires exceptional communication skills, reliability, and strong organisational abilities. The post offers opportunities for self-development and increased autonomy.
Key responsibilities
- Lead, manage and develop the pharmacy operational technical service related to medicines homecare at UHDB.
- Provide technical support to the Pharmacy High Cost Drugs & Commissioning Team and other relevant Pharmacy support teams.
- Help ensure UHDB medicines homecare services are of a consistently high standard by regular liaison with UHDB clinical teams and homecare companies.
Essential criteria
- Registered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Society evidence of ongoing CPD
- Extensive experience of checking and Dispensing of Medicines and Prescriptions
- Evidence of supervising experience
- Evidence of working on your own initiative but know when to refer problems to senior staff
- Evidence of being able to identify medicine usage problems that need resolving, planning, analysing and implement solutions
- Evidence of computer skills and IT knowledge, including spreadsheets,Functional Knowledge Of Pharmacy Computer and EPMA Systems
Desirable criteria
- Experience in High Cost Drugs or Home care Services
- Membership of professional organisation
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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University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Pharmacy Technician - Homecare team
The closing date is 20 September 2026
Job summary
Are you an experienced qualified pharmacy technician who is looking for a new challenge?
An opportunity has arisen to join the Pharmacy Homecare Team within the University Hospitals of Derby & Burton (UHDB) Pharmacy High Cost Drugs & Commissioning Team.
The successful candidate will need to have exceptional communication skills, to be conscientious, reliable, well organised, good numeracy and literacy skills are essential and the individual should be able to prioritise their own workload effectively. Experience in homecare medicines services may be beneficial but is not essential. The post allows for self-development and encourages increased autonomy and responsibility.
Open to Pre-registration pharmacy technicians that are due to qualify within the next 6 months (Feb 2027)
Main duties of the job
The candidate will lead, manage and develop the pharmacy operational technical service related to medicines homecare at UHDB. Some of the main duties of the role include:
To provide technical support to the Pharmacy High Cost Drugs & Commissioning Team and other relevant Pharmacy support teams
To help ensure that UHDB medicines homecare services are of a consistently high standard by regular liaison with UHD
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