Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy Technician
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 14 months (14 month contract)
- Hours
- 37.5 hours per week (Full time - 37.5 hours per week)
- Job ref
- 040-PST110-1225
- Employer
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Llanarth house
- Town
- Newbridge
- Salary
- £31,516 - £38,364 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Care Home Pharmacy Technician
NHS AfC: Band 5
We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.
Please let us know if you have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application and selection process. We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments OR SUPPORT needed. If you need any documents in a larger font or a different format (such as braille) please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on 01495 745805 option 3 OR EMAIL [email protected]
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Job overview
THIS POST IS FIXED TERM FOR UPTO 14 MONTHS DUE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SERVICE
Are you ready to make a real difference in patient care?
Do you want to be part of an award-nominated team that’s shaping the future of medicines management in care homes?
At Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, we’re looking for a passionate and motivated Care Home Pharmacy Technician (Band 5) to join our innovative Primary Care Home Team. This is your chance to:
- Work within a dynamic, forward-thinking team that’s committed to excellence.
- Improve patient safety and quality of care through robust medicines management.
- Contribute to education and training, helping to develop resources that make a lasting impact.
- Be part of nationally recognised initiatives, including projects endorsed by the Bevan Commission.
Our team has been celebrated as Finalists for Primary Care Team of the Year at both the Welsh Pharmacy Awards and the PCPA Awards. We’re proud of our achievements and excited to keep building on them—and we want you to be part of that journey.
If you’re enthusiastic, proactive, and ready to help transform care home pharmacy services, this is the role for you!
Main duties of the job
To support the safe use of medicines in Care Homes and improve medicines management
To support training needs in Care Homes and produce learning materials
To facilitate seamless access to medications for care home residents across various health services:
To support the Care Home Pharmacist with the provision of clinical reviews for Care home Residents:
Facilitate the use of ONPOS in Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB)
To promote high-quality, cost-effective prescribing
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
professional qualifications and registration
Essential criteria
- registered Pharmacy Technician
- relevant pharmacy technician qualification
Desirable criteria
- experience in care homes
- understanding of primary/secondary care
Skills
Essential criteria
- excellent communication skills
Desirable criteria
- experience of delivering education
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Elizabeth Hallett
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacist Care Homes and Prisons
- Email address
- [email protected]
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