Advanced Medicines Optimisation Technician

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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 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.

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 to 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 ward to appropriately to 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 these patient pathways.

• 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 elevate 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

• 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

• 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 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