Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- 20 months (Fixed term / Secondment post until 31/3/27)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekend working, bank holiday working as needed)
- Job ref
- 100-PST022-0725
- Employer
- Hywel Dda University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hywel Dda University Health Board
- Town
- Carmarthen
- Salary
- £37,898 - £45,637 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/07/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 25/07/2025
Employer heading

Lead Pharmacy Technician for ePMA
Band 6
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Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.
Job overview
This post is a Fixed Term/ Secondment until 31.3.27. If you are a Hywel Dda University Health Board employee and are applying for this post as a secondment, agreement for the secondment is needed from your current manager prior to application.
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Pharmacy Technician with a passion for digital transformation to join our ePMA team. This is an exciting opportunity to learn more about digital systems and contribute to this transformational change to prescribing and medicines administration in the Health Board.
ePMA will transform medicines processes in the Health Board, improving efficiency and safety. Having a good knowledge of medicines processes, the post holder will have a crucial role in the configuration and testing of the ePMA system, as well as providing training and support across clinical areas for all groups of staff.
Promoting digital engagement and the benefits of working digitally will be key to this role. As well as working with clinical teams, the post holder will liaise with digital project teams and colleagues external to the Health Board.
Main duties of the job
To contribute to the development, implementation and maintenance of the ePMA system. To provide back end support to technical processes such as configuration and building the drug database and testing.
The post holder will be expected to provide training on the system to clinical staff during implementation, and provide support on the system as needed such as systems access and trouble shooting.
The role will involve being an active member of system user groups, both internal and external to the Health Board and developing a network with pharmacy ePMA technicians from other healthcare organisations.
The post holder will be expected to participate in service improvement relating to medicines processes and to extract and report on data generated through the ePMA system.
The post holder will need to be self-motivated and need to manage own workload, whilst supporting other pharmacy technician/s on the team.
Working for our organisation
Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties.
We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.
We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.
Our services are provided in:
- Four main hospitals: Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth; Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen; Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest
- Five community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire
- Two integrated care centres: Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings
- 47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 97 community pharmacies; 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary providers
- Numerous mental health and learning disabilities services
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Level 4 Certificate of Higher Education in Pharmacy Technician Practice or NVQ 3 and BTEC or equivalent in pharmaceutical science
- Registered Pharmacy Technician with General Pharmaceutical Council
- Checking Technician Accreditation (ACPT)
- Medicines Management Accreditation (MMPT)
- Professional knowledge of medicines managements systems and process in an integrated NHS
- Significant post-registration experience of working as a pharmacy technician on a ward or in a clinical area
Desirable criteria
- Membership of professional body e.g. APTUK
- Trained Educational Supervisor for the PRPT programme
- Leadership and/or Management Qualification or equivalent knowledge and experience
- Level 4 Enhanced Clinical Diploma/PWDS Pharmacy Medicines Optimisation Training Programme Unit 3 Clinical Prioritisation, or equivalent
- Qualification in Service Improvement i.e. IQT Bronze, or foundation in improvement module or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of training and educating pharmacy staff and other Health Care Professional’s
- Experience of supervising junior staff.
- Experience of working with a pharmacy computer system i.e. Wellsky
- Experience of undertaking audit or service improvement.
- Experience of implementing new systems and processes
Other
Essential criteria
- Willing to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service.
- Flexibility to work across Health Board sites as the service demands, with the ability to travel between sites in a timely manner
Desirable criteria
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1)
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Helena Dunne
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacist Digital Medicines Management
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01554781061
- Additional information
We encourage all applicants to contact Helena Dunne for an informal chat or to arrange a visit.
01554 781061
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