Job summary
Exciting Opportunity for a Registered Pharmacy Technician - Join Our Frontline Team at Royal Stoke Hospital

Maternity leave cover (fixed term) - Senior Clinical Pharmacy Technician static in Emergency Medicine.

We are seeking a passionate, proactive and committed Pharmacy Technician who is eager to contribute to outstanding patient care. This is an exciting opportunity to join our pharmacy team following the recent implementation of Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA).

We take pride in supporting our staff throughout their career development and our strong retention rates reflect the value we place on nurturing individual growth.

Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work across emergency medicine clinical areas. They will be a key member of the clinical pharmacy team by facilitating the implementation, monitoring, and reporting for pharmacy and a wide range of medicines-related activities. These activities will include:

• Undertake medication histories and medicines reconciliation, prioritising patients on time critical medications, patients with medicine related admissions (e.g. falls) and patients that have been in A&E for a long period of time
• Assessing patients own medicines
• Ordering of non-stock time critical medicines using our electronic ordering system
• Undertake accuracy checking of 'Take Home Prescriptions' & critical medicines
• Gain consent for the discharge medicines service process (DMS)
• Assisting with relevant audits (Controlled drugs, fridge monitoring and any excursion issues)
• Assisting with clinical incident management & implementing actions to help prevent re-occurrence - linking in with Quality Nurses
• Co-ordinating discharge planning in conjunction with pharmacy and ward staff

The successful candidate will be given the opportunity to develop their clinical knowledge.

This post offers the opportunity to gain line management and leadership experience. We offer a professionally rewarding career path with the opportunity for personal development along the way, in addition to the many other benefits you would expect from working in the NHS.

About us
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Details
Date posted: 20 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year, per annum
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 205-8277111
Closing date: 03 November 2026

Job description
Job responsibilities
Working 1 in 4 weekends on a rota basis with a compensatory rest day the following week is a core duty. There will also be a requirement to work a late night covering ACT duties in the dispensary.

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification or alternatively contact Nicky Wilkinson Lead Pharmacy Technician - Medicine.

For further details about this position, please contact the hiring manager.

Person Specification
Qualifications/Registration
Essential

• BTEC Level 3 Diploma in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians or equivalent nationally recognised qualification
• Accredited accuracy checker
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Desirable

• Medicines optimisation qualification

Experience
Essential

• One year post qualification experience in an acute hospital setting
• One year experience undertaking medicine reconciliation. Evidence of competence to be provided
• Experience of POD or equivalent schemes

Desirable

• Experience of undertaking audits

Skills, Ability and Knowledge
Essential

• Extensive knowledge of clinical pharmacy practice and ward based working evidencing their own competence
• Ability to present information concisely and clearly
• Supervisory skills
• Self motivated and ability to work independently

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
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.

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

Employer details
Employer name: University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
Address: Royal Stoke University Hospital, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 6QG, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk

Contact details
Lead Pharmacy Technician Medicine Division, Nicola Wilkinson, Nicola.Wilkinson@uhnm.nhs.uk, 01782674557

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