Specialist Pharmacy Technician - Homecare Services
| Posting date: | 02 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £38,682.00 to £46,580.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £38682.00 - £46580.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 December 2025 |
| Location: | Bristol, BS10 5NB |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9339-25-0917 |
Summary
Responsible for the management Homecare team and the operational day to day purchasing of Pharmaceutical Homecare products, including authorisation of computer, and manually generated orders in keeping with Procurement and Homecare contracts in line with Local, Regional and Nationally agreed standards. Responsible for and works closely with all staff within the Pharmacy Homecare teams toensure: Any supply problems or queries with stocks purchased are in an accurate and timely manner to minimise shortages while ensuring that quality and value formoney are paramount. Continuing supply problems are effectively communicated to relevantTrust and departmental staff and liaises with Pharmacy Invoicing staff in connectionwith invoicing issues and problems and pricing queries. Urgent medication requests are dealt with in a prompt and timely manner to ensure that patient treatment and care is not compromised. All National and Regional contracts are adhered to. Effectively manage own time and workload unsupervised Able to manage unpredictable workload dictated by service needs. Responsible for managing service provision issues such as prioritisation of work according to patient urgency which is driven by clinical need and service requirements to ensurepatients treatment is not delayed. Requires high level of concentration and accuracy identifying problems and when agreeingprices and quantities for invoicing purposes. Responsible for producing monthly expenditure/savings reports using the pharmacycomputer system for Homecare investigates and resolves any discrepancies. Works with multidisciplinary healthcare teams to review existing and develop new patient centred services. Responsible for producing monthly KPI reports on quality and financial indicators on all Homecare services. To investigate and report on patient or staff led complaints involving or relating to anyaspect of or Homecare services by the Trust or external service providers. Works with multidisciplinary teams to identify, plan, and develop new opportunities for homecare services, produce timetables for new service/system implementation, ensuring deadlines are met that have been agreed with all key decision makers Responsible for co-ordinating service review meetings for homecare medicines servicesworking closely with homecare companies, pharmacists, nurses, doctors, and otherhealthcare staff. Participation in MDT meetings regarding patient care when required. Ensures that NBT NHS Trust Homecare services are of a consistently high standard for patients by regular liaison with key individuals involved within the service areas including pharmaceutical industry and Homecare companies. Responsible for providing an essential audit trail for all Homecare services for the trust, and provides detailed monthly KPI data for Pharmacy and Trust finance Department. Responsible for the induction of all new staff to ensure that they are properly trained and inducted for their Procurement and Homecare duties. Maintains high professional standards at all times and ensures compliance with statutoryregulations concerning pharmaceuticals and the provisions of the Health and Safety at workact are complied with Participate in clinical screening of homecare prescriptions in line with agreed Trust policies and SOPs. Responsible for ensuring all staff are trained in, understands, and implements, safe practices, ensuring there are no barriers to understanding all aspects of the training as dealing with a wide variety of staff with different abilities - trains pre-registrationPharmacists and student Technicians in all aspects of Homecare services enabling completion of training and registration with professional body (GPhC). Responsible for implementing new polices for Homecare services in line with Regional andNational requirements, Carter metrics and National Homecare Medicines committee(NHMC) approved standards and processes. Responsible for ensuring accurate documentation and records are maintained within the service area for financial and audit purposes. To develop a culture that promotes equality and values diversity Carry out procurement activities as part of the Supply Services weekend rota. Any other duties, which may be required by the Director of Pharmacy for the benefit of theservice.