Job summary
We are excited to offer new opportunities within our highly respected pharmacy team, working across Chester, Wirral and Macclesfield. Due to new investment in our workforce, we are now recruiting passionate pharmacy professionals to join our friendly, multidisciplinary teams.

Our dispensing service is fully outsourced, freeing you from dispensary commitments and allowing you to focus on clinical practice. In addition, on-call responsibilities are managed remotely, offering greater flexibility and work-life balance.

Role highlights:

• Deliver high-quality, patient-focused clinical pharmacy services
• Undertake medicines reconciliation, reuse checks, and ordering
• Work closely with multidisciplinary teams to optimise medicines use
• Support specialist areas including perinatal mental health (Mother & Baby Unit), CAMHS inpatient services, low secure forensic units & MHIST (mental health intensive support team)
• Contribute to service development, audit, teaching and quality improvement
• Opportunities to develop clinical expertise and leadership skills

Main duties of the job
As a Pharmacy Technician, you will be responsible for providing a comprehensive ward-based pharmacy service across inpatient mental health units. Key responsibilities will include:

• Undertaking medicines reconciliation for newly admitted patients to ensure accurate medication records.
• Assessing patients' own medicines for suitability and safe re-use in accordance with Trust policies.
• Ordering, supplying and managing medicines required for individual patients and ward stock.
• Supporting patients and carers by providing information and advice regarding their medicines.
• Working collaboratively with nursing, medical and pharmacy colleagues to promote medicines optimisation and improve patient outcomes.
• Contributing to discharge planning, including assessing patients' own medicines and ensuring appropriate medication supplies are available.
• Undertaking technical accuracy checking duties where accredited and authorised.
• Supporting the safe storage, handling and administration of medicines within inpatient areas.
• Participating in service development, audit activities and quality improvement initiatives to enhance pharmacy services.

Applicants should be proactive, organised and able to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team. You should have post-qualification experience in a ward-based pharmacy environment and either hold, or be working towards, an accredited Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification.

About us
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you'll find something to suit you at CWP.

Job responsibilities
Please download a copy of the job description (see documents to download section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trusts Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trusts Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trusts Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.

An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email at: cwp.recruitment@nhs.net or by calling 01244 393100.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the essential criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer YES to the question: Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon!

Qualifications
Essential

• B Tech/NVQ Level III in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent as recognised by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Accredited accuracy checking qualification for dispensed medicines or working towards
• Registered as practising Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC

Desirable

• Medicines Management Qualification

Knowledge and Expertise
Essential

• Good IT skills - Windows, word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation, e-mail and web-applications
• Evidence of CPD
• Understanding of clinical governance related to the use of medicines and prescribing

Desirable

• Ability to write and present clear and accurate reports

Experience
Essential

• Post qualification experience of ward based services
• Experience in training staff

Desirable

• Post qualification experience of primary care medicines management
• Project management

Trust Values
Essential

• Demonstrate alignment with Trust Values (6 C's: Commitment, Communication, Care, Courage, Compassion, Competency)

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Bowmere Hospital, Liverpool Road, Chester, CH2 1BQ, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.cwp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Chief Pharmacy Technician, Nichola Yates, nichola.yates1@nhs.net

Details
Date posted: 20 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 373-CSS1314
Job locations: Bowmere Hospital, Liverpool Road, Chester, CH2 1BQ, United Kingdom