Job Summary
We are unable to provide sponsorship for this position. Come and join our friendly and motivated team of Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Technicians (MOPTs) at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. The team are patient-facing, valued members of the multidisciplinary team (MDT), providing medicines optimisation services across inpatient wards and the pre-operative clinic. The role focuses on medicines reconciliation on admission, and facilitating efficient discharge. The team work closely with pharmacists, doctors, nursing staff, and the whole MDT. We work Monday to Friday 8.30am until 5pm, with no late night rota. We work 1 in 8 weekends with 1 Bank Holiday commitment per year. The weekend hours are: Saturday- 9.00am until 1pm and Sunday- 9.30am until 1pm, with a day off the following week. This a progression post, band 4 - band 5. Banding in dependent on experience.

Main duties of the job
The team work across all adult in-patient wards within surgery, medicine and admissions teams, including a regular rotation through pre-op assessment, seeing and counselling patients in the clinical environment. Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of the role.

About us
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff. We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff. We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme. Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Details
Date posted: 22 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 4
Salary: £28,392 to £39,043 a year per annum pro rata if part time
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 269-SFT9813-A
Job locations: Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, Odstock Road, Salisbury, SP2 8BJ, United Kingdom

Job description
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person Specification
Registered with GPhC
Essential

• On GPhC register

Desirable

• Already registered

Qualification and experience
Essential

• MOPT qualification or willing to work towards

Desirable

• Experience working as MOPT in a Hospital setting

Qualification and experience
Essential

• Final checking qualification

Desirable

• Experience working and using accuracy checking qualification

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.

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

Employer details
Employer name: Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, Odstock Road, Salisbury, SP2 8BJ, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.salisbury.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Clinical Pharmacy Operational Lead
Lucy Banham
lucy.banham@nhs.net
01722429264