Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 432-HR692-26
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Colchester Hospital
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/08/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 04/09/2026
Employer heading
Clinical Pharmacy Technician – Elective Orthopaedics Services
NHS AfC: Band 6
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
Are you an experienced Pharmacy Technician looking for a career change or your next challenge in an acute hospital trust?
We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Pharmacy Technician to join our modern purpose-built facilities at the Colchester hospital site. This would also be a perfect opportunity for a pharmacy technician who is looking to make the next step up in their career. We would welcome both full and part-time applicants for this post.
The Dame Clare Marx Building houses our new elective orthopaedic centre and opened in November 2024. This exciting consolidation of service has realised wider investment and allowed the development of this new specialist Pharmacy Technician position. You will be pivotal in establishing and developing our service within this new development.
Our friendly pharmacy team are dedicated to nurturing, mentoring and developing our staff to reach their full potential. We provide pharmacy forums, tutorials and weekly ICS/ESNEFT delivered educational workshops. We support personal development plans, smart objective setting and opportunities for study.
ESNEFT has recently gone live with a full site wide implementation of the EPIC electronic patient record which includes electronic prescribing and administration and pharmacy stock control system replacement.
Main duties of the job
Details about our pharmacy service - https://esneft.pagetiger.com/csusdpr/1
- Provide an advanced level clinical pharmacy service to elective Orthopaedic services in line with the pharmacy Key Performance Indicators and agreed clinical standards.
- Ensure the delivery of an enhanced clinical service to Pre-Admission clinics within elective Orthopaedic services.
- Provide a key level of support to the Lead Clinical Pharmacist for elective Orthopaedic Services
- Provide ongoing clinical support and guidance to other pharmacy colleagues and the multidisciplinary team contributing to practice within elective Orthopaedic Services.
- Assist the Lead Clinical Pharmacist for elective Orthopaedic Services in ensuring that all required medication safety and clinical governance issues are actioned and implemented in a timely manner within the speciality.
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous extensive hospital experience inclusive of Clinical Pharmacy practice
- Demonstrated experience of multi-disciplinary working at ward/clinical level and handling of high risk medicines
- Previous experience of educating and training other staff
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working specifically with Orthopaedic patients
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GPhC Registered
- B-Tech in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent
- Regional Accredited Checking Technician qualification
- Medicines Reconciliation Course
Desirable criteria
- Certificate in Medicines Management
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Robin Solis
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacist General Surgical Vascular Urology
- Email address
- [email protected]
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Colchester General Hospital
- Telephone
- 07789651269
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