Advanced Medicines Optimisation Technician

NHS; Swindon; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Swindon is looking for an Advanced Medicines Optimisation Technician to join its clinical pharmacy team. This critical role involves providing specialist support in surgical services while ensuring the safe and effective use of medications. Applicants must be registered Pharmacy Technicians with relevant qualifications. This role also offers opportunities for professional development and close collaboration with healthcare professionals to optimize patient care. The salary range is £38,682 to £46,580 per annum, pro rata.

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacy Technician status required.
• Broad experience in a hospital pharmacy is essential.
• Experience in multi-disciplinary communication is crucial.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to surgical wards and theatres on medicines optimisation.
• Conduct medicines reconciliation on patient admission.
• Assist with timely discharge planning for patients.

Skills

Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Knowledge of Good Distribution Practice

Excellent communication skills

Experience in managing teams

Education

NVQ3, BTEC in pharmaceutical science or equivalent

Job description

Advanced Medicines Optimisation Technician

The closing date is 29 January 2026

We are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated Advanced Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Technician for Surgery to join our clinical pharmacy team within the acute hospital setting. This role plays a vital part in supporting the safe, effective and timely use of medicines across surgical services, working closely with pharmacists, surgeons, anaesthetists, nursing staff and the wider multidisciplinary team.

You will contribute to medicines optimisation throughout the surgical pathway, including pre-operative assessment, inpatient care and discharge planning, helping to improve patient outcomes and flow.

Main duties of the job

In partnership with the clinical services senior leadership team, you will utilise highly specialised knowledge of clinical pharmacy services to lead in developing, implementing and monitoring a comprehensive, safe and high quality patient centred clinical pharmacy service for patients and staff of Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Contributing innovatively and proactively to the changing demands on the service and ensuring that it is provided in a professional, timely and efficient manner.

You will work as an advanced medicines optimisation pharmacy technician by applying expert clinical knowledge to prioritise the clinical pharmacy needs of patients and wards to appropriately support the clinical ward/team pharmacist.

This role provides a fantastic opportunity to work collaboratively with both pharmacy and Trust wide colleagues to embed our clinical pharmacy services into patient pathways.

About us

Our STAR values - Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect - are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.

Job responsibilities

• Provide specialist medicines optimisation support to surgical wards and theatres
• Undertake medicines reconciliation on admission and support accurate prescribing
• Support peri-operative medicines management, including high-risk and complex medicines
• Identify, resolve and escalates medicines-related issues in collaboration with pharmacists
• Support timely and accurate discharge planning, including discharge counselling and liaison with primary care
• Participate in audit, quality improvement and service development within surgical pharmacy services
• Support training and supervision of junior pharmacy staff and learners
• Contribute to clinical governance, risk management and incident reporting

Please see attached job description.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical technical procedures acquired through training, NVQ3, BTEC in pharmaceutical science or equivalent
• Additional training for checking dispensed prescriptions, supervising a technical area within the pharmacy to degree or equivalent level
• Knowledge of medicines management, including relevant legislation and policies acquired through NVQ3 or BTEC equivalent level qualification plus specialist training and experience to degree or equivalent level
• Accredited to clinical prioritisation module or equivalent clinical qualification or be eligible or willing to work towards

Experience

• Significant broad experience in a hospital pharmacy with experience of leading and managing teams
• Managing own workload to meet the needs of a service
• Working within a role involving multi-disciplinary communication
• Developing and training staff
• Aware of risk and Health and Safety issues and their implications for staff
• Knowledge and clear understanding of Good Distribution Practice (EU GDP 2013/C 343/01), and other relevant regulations, guidance and quality standards
• Regular formal refresher training on EU GDP at least annually if no changes in legislation have occurred
• Audit and/or research experience and implementation
• Knowledge of national reports on development of pharmacy services
• Policy and procedure development
• Managing change
• Staff appraisal and objective setting
• Successful project or change management
• Recruitment and selection

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

£38,682 to £46,580 a year, pro rata