Pharmacy Technician & Clinical Services

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Job summary

An NHS Trust is seeking a highly motivated and adaptable Pharmacy Technician to join their team in Shrewsbury. This role involves providing essential support in the hospital pharmacy, including dispensing medicines and patient counselling. The successful candidate will be a registered Pharmacy Technician and will enjoy opportunities for personal development. Emphasis is placed on quality patient care within a supportive and friendly team environment.

Benefits

Supportive and friendly team

Opportunities for personal development

Patient focused service

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Clinical ward based pharmacy and medicines management experience.
• Team leader / Worker abilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide staff support, training, and guidance under the direction of senior staff.
• Dispensing and accuracy checking of inpatient and outpatient medicines.
• Counsel patients regarding their medications.

Skills

Registered Pharmacy Technician

Clinical ward based pharmacy experience

Team leadership

Patient counselling

Education

General Pharmaceutical Council registration

Job description

Main area Pharmacy Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Job share

37.5 hours per week (part time hours also considered) Job ref 223-PTC-104

Employer The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type NHS
Site The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Town Shrewsbury
Salary £31,049 - £37,796 per annum/pro rata
Salary period Yearly
Closing 23/02/2026 23:59

NHS AfC: Band 5

Job overview

We are looking for a highly motivated, adaptable and conscientious registered Pharmacy Technician with ACT to join our team.

We are a department committed to the extended role of Technicians, and you will be encouraged to develop your skills in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practice in our busy department.

Medicines Management Systems are highly integrated into electronic IT systems. Pharmacy Technicians are involved in “at the bedside clinical services”, PODs, medicines reconciliation and one-stop dispensing.

Main duties of the job

To provide staff support, training, management and guidance under the direction of a senior member of staff.

Dispensing, medicines supply and accuracy checking of:

• Inpatient and outpatient medicines
• Clinical trial medicines
• Patient counselling

Working for our organisation

Do you want to make a difference?

Then our department is right for you.

Here in our department; we are all one team, here for our patients. everybody on this team knows something that somebody else may not and so we are all each other’s safety net. We choose to value and respect each other so that we create the best possible environment for excellence.

We believe in making a difference for our patients.

Due to investment and the development of new roles, there are several new opportunities available within our department.

This is an exciting time that will lead to much improvement for our patient’s care – if you want to make a difference; now is the time to join The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) Pharmacy.

What can SaTH Pharmacy offer you?

• Patient focused service
• Supportive and friendly team
• Opportunities for personal development
• A department open to new ways of working

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.

Person specification

• Registered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Experience

• Clinical ward based pharmacy and medicines management experience
• Team leader / Worker
• Outpatient counselling

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If the role requires a qualification/professional registration, you will need to provide proof during the recruitment process. By submitting your application you are giving the Trust permission to check the qualification certificates provided back to the source provider. Please note that a sample of all applicant’s qualifications will be checked with the educational institution or provider.

If you require the application form in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment Team on 01743 492402.

In the event of a high response to this advertisement, this post will be closed. Early applications are advised.

We commit to removing barriers for people with disabilities or long-term health conditions in recruitment, training, and career progression. We will offer an interview to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the above position and will support reasonable adjustments wherever possible. In addition, whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from candidates who are male, from black and minority ethnic backgrounds or who have a disability, as these are currently under-represented in our workforce.

We are committed to offering an interview to applicants from the Armed Forces community who meet the minimum criteria for the position. In addition, for those who are successfully appointed from the Armed Forces community, the Trust are committed to recognising previous service and rank in terms of pay, annual leave and other terms and conditions.

We are committed to equal opportunities in employment. The policies and practices of the Trust aim to promote an environment that is free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of all people. At the heart of our policy, we seek to treat people fairly, flexibly and with dignity and respect.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people from an Ethnic minority background are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace, that attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self. Many of our colleagues work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise a fair and equitable process that balances your needs, the needs of our patients and service delivery.

Our Commitment to Safety and Respect - The Trust is a signatory to the NHS Sexual Safety Charter and is committed to a safe, inclusive workplace free from sexual misconduct, harassment, and discrimination.

Thank you for your interest in The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, we look forward to receiving your application for employment.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

In the event of a high response to this advertisement, this post will be closed. Early applications are advised.

Address The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Shrewsbury Business Park
1 Douglas Court
Anchorage Avenue
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY2 6LG
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