Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 188-CL351025
- Employer
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- CS Pharmacy Clinical
- Town
- Southampton
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 per annum or per annum pro rata
- Closing
- 09/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Medicines Management Technician
Band 5
Job overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for detailed job description of the role.
Main duties of the job
Our evolving Medicines Management team are looking for a dynamic and passionate Pharmacy Technician to join our team. Our Medicines Management Technicians optimize medication use, support clinical teams, and improve patient outcomes in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
If you’re committed to excellence in medicines management and thrive on making a difference where it matters most, we would love to receive your application.
We are open to recruiting either an experience Pharmacy Technician at a Band 5 level, or a more junior Pharmacy Technician looking to make their next step in their career on a Band 4-5 Progressive Framework.
Working for our organisation
University Hospital Southampton is one of England's largest acute teaching Trusts, offering a wide range of learning and development opportunities to support your career aspirations.
Located on the south coast with an international airport and direct rail links to London, Southampton offers an ideal setting to live and work, with the New Forest, South Downs and Jurassic Coast.
We believe that using technology wisely shows strong time management and commitment to innovation. However, personalizing your recruitment application to highlight your unique skills and experiences is crucial. Relying too heavily on generic, AI-generated content instead of drawing from your own strengths and accomplishments may lead to your application being rejected if multiple candidates present identical or similar information.
At UHS we’re committed to providing a flexible working environment where possible. Whether you are balancing family, study, or your wellbeing with your career, we want to support you so you can help our patients.
At UHS, we proudly champion individuality, recognizing that outstanding care is only possible with a diverse, inclusive team. We’re committed to creating an anti-racist, anti-discriminatory environment where everyone feels valued, safe, and empowered to make a meaningful impact in our communities. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences to join us in building a healthcare community where everyone can belong, thrive, and contribute.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Patient consultation and Medicines Reconciliation
Labelling, Dispensing and Checking of Medications both in the dispensary and at ward level
Counselling patients on new medications
Proactive self-management of workload
Excellent personal and communication skills
Person specification
Trust Values
Essential criteria
- Patients First
- Always Improving
- Working Together
Qualifications / training required
Essential criteria
- Registered pharmacy technician in UK by GPhC / registered Science Manufacturing Technician (Apprenticeship Standard- Level 3 Diploma in the Principles of Aseptic Pharmaceuticals processing) in UK by the Science Council
- Numerate and literate e.g. GCSE in Maths and English A* to C or equivalent or IELTS test score 7 as required by GPhC if overseas candidate
- One of the following additional pharmacy qualifications – Accredited Checking PT (ACPT) Pre and In Processing Checking (PIPC) medicine management accreditation , TAQA assessor , CIPS level 4, foundation management or equivalent demonstrable experience of day to day operational management of staff and workload.
- Experience of staff management/operational workload supervision
Desirable criteria
- Completion of Practice supervisor programme or equivalent.
- Additional pharmacy qualifications e.g. Completed APTUK Foundation Framework Foundation management or other recognised management qualification or demonstrable management experience TAQA Medicines Management qualification PIPC ACPT CIPS level 4
Previous or relevant experience necessary
Essential criteria
- Accurate dispensing of medicines (in hospital or community pharmacy or aseptics)
- Maintaining continuous professional development portfolio
- Dealing with customers/patients
Desirable criteria
- Hospital pharmacy experience
- Stock control/ordering experience
- Experience of JAC or similar computer labelling/ordering system
- Experience relevant to role applied for e.g.: Providing a ward based medicines management service , Clinical Trials or research experience, Aseptic services experience
Aptitudes and skills required
Essential criteria
- Communicate effectively with others both in speaking and in writing
- Good team worker
- Attention to detail and accurate in work e.g. dispensing, calculations
- Able to use a range information technology programmes effectively including Pharmacy Computer system and Microsoft office programmes
- Able to use initiative, but know their own limitations and professional boundaries
- Demonstrate times when able to work effectively under pressure
- Tactful and show empathy
- Demonstrates being able to organise their and others workload and prioritise effectively
- Effectively work as part of a team
- Experience of supervision of staff or trainees
Desirable criteria
- Participation in team meetings
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Daniel Bradley
- Job title
- Pharmacy Technician Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 023 8120 3237
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