Senior Pharmacy Technician

Overview

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Pharmacy Technician for homecare / high-cost drugs with Medicines Optimisation. Depending on experience, the role may be band 4 or 5. Closing date: 22 March 2026.

The Senior Pharmacy Technician will supervise the operational aspects of homecare services and high-cost medication, ensuring processes are followed in line with trust, local and national guidance. The role sits within the homecare and Medicines Optimisation teams.

Visa sponsorship note: At the time of advertising, this role does not meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We are unable to sponsor anyone for a skilled worker visa for this role. We are happy to accept applications from candidates who can prove their right to work in the UK or via alternative visa routes.

Such applications will be considered alongside all other applications.

1 Additionally; within medicines optimisation, you will help ensure safe, effective, and efficient use of medicines across the hospital. Working closely with pharmacists, nursing staff, prescribers and wider clinical teams, you will support high-quality patient care by delivering accurate medicines reconciliation, improving medicines safety, and helping patients get the most from their medicines.

The pharmacy team is forward thinking and continuously strives to improve our ways of working. We put the patient at the centre of our care and aim to enhance every patient s experience.

For more information, please contact Graham Brown via email

We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17,600 colleagues, and a budget of 1.6 billion, the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.

We aim to create a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing differences in access, experience and outcomes, improving colleagues’ experiences and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.

To deputise for the lead pharmacy technician for homecare in their absence. To work with clinical teams including specialist pharmacists across the trust to maintain and further develop relationships to continuously strive to improve and increase the number of homecare services provided.

Please see attached the full Job Description

• Working within a team
• Managing own workload to meet the needs of a service
• Knowledge of dispensary procedures acquired through training and experience
• Working with Pharmacy computer systems
• Previous experience of training others
• Knowledge of CMM, the hospital pharmacy computer system
• Able to manage a team on a day-to-day basis
• Educational supervisor experience

• 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

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

£27,485 to £37,796 a year per annum pro rata