Band 5 Enhanced Pharmacy Technician

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Main area Pharmacy Grade NHS AfC:
Band 5 Contract 18 months (18 months fixed term contract.) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (work late evening as a shifted day, Weekends and Bank Holidays on rotation) Job
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Site Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust Town Walsall Salary £31,049 - £37,796 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 08/10/2026 08:00

Walsall Manor Hospital is a busy district general hospital offering compete range of acute services. The Trust primarily serves the immediate population of Walsall with some patients requiring more specialised treatment at other, neighbouring Trusts. The Trust continues to invest in its facilities and services, supporting high-quality care for the communities it serves.

This role offers the opportunity to work within our integrated care model, contributing to high-quality services that help people remain independent in their own homes and communities.

We are committed to investing in our workforce and creating an environment where colleagues can learn, contribute and develop. Our new Urgent Emergency Care Centre, opened in March 2023, demonstrates our ongoing investment in facilities and services.

As an employee, you’ll benefit from an attractive salary and comprehensive benefits package (detailed in Employer Description above), plus access to NHS pension arrangements and staff accommodation where available.

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is proud to be part of the Armed Forces Covenant, currently holding the Bronze Award, underlining our commitment to supporting the Armed Forces Community.

Pharmacy at the Manor Hospital Walsall is looking for an experienced pharmacy technician to work as a Band 5 enhanced role in medicines management.

Applicants will need to have knowledge and skills and experience to apply to the dispensing of medicines working with complex requests, supply of stock medicines including using automation at ward level accommodating seasonal trends in usage and coordinating the workflow in the dispensary. There is an opportunity to undertake quality improvement projects to make positive changes in medicines supply and patient benefits.

Our ward based services have evolved to working at the patients bedside and with nursing staff, to ensure patients receive a positive experience in hospital with their medicines, including on how to use them correctly.

You will perform duties required in your role as a pharmacy technician including accuracy checking of prescriptions and supporting the medicines management team to fully utilise available resources.

Your role will include supporting the training of our students and apprentices as part of your daily work.

You will be working in the Dispensary, Wards, procurement, distribution. We provide services to Hospices that will also form part of your work.

The main function we are integrating is working with nursing staff and our pharmacy teams at ward level to ensure the dispensing of patient specific medicines are done to meet administration times. You will also participate in ward audits to ensure the criteria is followed within the Trust medicines policy.

This is a fixed term 18 month post.

The Pharmacy has progressed with its workforce skill mix introducing new…