Senior Pharmacy Technician- Medicines Management

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

NHS Band 5: £32,073 - £39,043 per annum                       

Hours Per Week: full time 37.5

Contract Type: 1 X Temporary for 12 months 

To work alongside our Clinical Pharmacists supporting the Medicines Management service to the wards, to ensure patients receive the highest standards of care in the management of their medication. Duties will include medicines reconciliation, assessment of patients own drugs (POD’s), checking of medication for discharge and the counselling of patients. To be involved in developing and delivering enhanced medicines management services and training.

• To support medicines reconciliation by confirming and documenting medication taken by patients’ pre - admission to hospital, using a range of sources in line with the current trust Medicines Reconciliation policy
• To assess the suitability, quality, and identity of PODs for extended use on the wards and as discharge medicines as per work instructions.
• To appropriately resolve any discrepancies or interventions involving the patient’s drug history and refer to the ward pharmacist or appropriate health care professional where necessary.
• Liaise with staff and / or patients / relatives on the wards to establish discharge plans and needs and to enable adequate prioritisation for supply of prescriptions, optimise the process and provide a safe and efficient service.
•  Prepare supplies by dispensing or checking, for inpatients and TTOs in a timely, legally, and ethically acceptable manner to meet customer needs.
• To identify and address any compliance / concordance issues, liaising with other healthcare professionals where necessary.
• To provide information / counselling on the use of medicines to selected patients and / or carers, taking into consideration the level of understanding and emotional well-being.
• As part of the pharmacy team organise, where necessary, compliance aids for individual patients prior to discharge from hospital e.g. medication reminder cards (green cards).
• To liaise with other health care professionals within primary and secondary care with regards to pharmaceutical discharge needs of patients, particularly for patients who are at risk of readmission because of poor compliance / concordance or where follow up regarding supply is necessary.
• To act as a training facilitator and assessor to provide competency-based training and assessment to pharmacy technicians, student pharmacy technicians, ATOs and pre-registration pharmacy graduates using competency based training packages, providing feedback, and setting up action plans for development where necessary.

For full job details and person specification please refer to the Job Description

• GCSE English, Maths, Science and 2 other GCSEs or equivalent
• BTEC (Pharmaceutical Science) or recognised equivalent and/ or NVQ level 3 (Pharmaceutical Science)
• Registered as a pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Medicines Management Technician Qualification.
• Recognised Accredited Checking Technician Qualification

Desirable

• Foundation Degree in Medicines Management
• Accredited facilitator for either ACPT, MMT or communication skills
• Practice supervisor/ Educational Supervisor course.
• NVQ assessor

Experience Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Be able to communicate effectively in both written and verbal formats with staff and patients.
• Good interpersonal and counselling skills
• Good organisational skills
• Attention to detail
• Supervisory skills - able to help a team prioritise and work safely and effectively under pressure.
• Range of IT skills
• Knowledge of computer-based system.
• Able to use initiative whilst knowing when to refer.
• Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice.

Desirable

• Previous ward-based experience.
• Skilled in delivering training.
• Able to contribute to writing procedures and training packages.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs. 

For more information, please see our People and OD Strategy 2026

Smoke Free Policy: 

All of our hospitals operate a strict no smoking policy. Smoking cigarettes or tobacco products is not allowed on any of the grounds or in any of the buildings run by us. This applies to patients, staff, carers and visitors to Trust premises.

Our goal is to improve the health and wellbeing of everyone we care for and, by making sure that our NHS services are smoke-free, we benefit the health of people who use our services as well as the health of the people who work for us.