Pharmacy Technician Medicines Optimisation - Level

Pharmacy Technician Medicines Optimisation - Higher Level

Employer:

NHS Jobs

Location:

Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 7AG

Pay:

£31,049.00 to £37,796.00 per year, £31049.00 - £37796.00 a year

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Disability Confident:

No

Closing Date:

05/2/2026

Key Responsibilities Main duties and responsibilities Prescription processing

• The post holder will dispense and/or supervise the dispensing of medication to inpatients/outpatients, adhering to the current departmental policies and standard operating procedures regarding the legality, interpretation of the prescription and the accuracy of the dispensing.

Other factors in the process are the timeliness of the dispensing, the provision of information and the referral of any queries related to the above to a pharmacist.

Provision of information includes counselling patients, either at the pharmacy hatch or on the ward, to ensure they understand when and how to take their medicines and any additional information related to their prescription they may require.

The post holder will be expected to take on the role of accuracy checking technician (ACT), i.e. checking for accuracy prescriptions dispensed by other members of the dispensing staff which have previously been checked for clinical appropriateness by a pharmacist.

The post holder will organise with doctors (or their secretaries) the supply of repeat prescriptions (clozapine) for those patients whose prescriptions have expired.

The post holder will be involved in the dispensing and process support for Homecare products

The post holder will be involved in the dispensing and process support for Clinical trials

Recording and reflection of any errors made as part of CPD. PLEASE SEE FULL JOB DESCRIPTION FOR COMPLETE LIST OF RESPONSIBILITIES