Pharmacy Technician - Medicines Optimisation
| Posting date: | 05 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £27,485.00 to £37,796.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £27485.00 - £37796.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 January 2026 |
| Location: | Plymouth, PL6 8DH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9216-26-0012 |
Summary
1. Working alongside the Clinical Pharmacy Team, to undertake patient centred ward duties in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures and the legal framework for the supply of medicines: 2. Medication histories take accurate medication histories from newly admitted patients. 3. Medicines reconciliation to resolve queries from medicine histories and work with patients and healthcare professionals to ensure optimisation of the patient medicines. 4. Medication assessment assess the suitability for use of medicines bought into the hospital by patients of their relatives. 5. Clinical prioritisation identify and prioritise those patients who require the most clinical input with regards to their medication, ensuring the most effective use of the Clinical Pharmacy Team. 6. Supply medicines to be responsible for the ordering and supply of medicines during a patients stay in hospital. 7. Discharge planning ensure and organise the efficient supply of medicines for patients being discharged from hospital and perform a final accuracy check on patients own drugs and items dispensed by other members of the pharmacy team. 8. Patient counselling counsel patients and patient representatives as appropriate to ensure maximum benefit is gained from their medicines, taking into consideration the level of understanding and emotional wellbeing. 9. Assist with the review of ward stock lists to reduce risk and wastage. 10. Support compliance to Trust prescribing formulary, identifying and relaying non-formulary and unlicensed medicines to Pharmacist(s) where appropriate. For further details please see attached JD and PS