Senior Medicines Management Technician in Bedford

Do you want to put your clinical knowledge to greater use? Are you a registered Pharmacy Technician looking for a more meaningful role, where you can make a real difference to patients and collaborate closely with other healthcare professionals? If so, you may be seeking a rewarding, clinically focused career in hospital pharmacy. At Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust, we share this vision and are passionate about supporting technicians who are ready to join us on this exciting journey.

In this role, you will play a key part in delivering a patient‑centred ward pharmacy service. You will support pharmacists with drug history taking to ensure medicines reconciliation is completed within 24 hours of admission. This opportunity offers the chance to build on your existing clinical experience. We are fully committed to your training and development, enabling you to maximise your contribution to patient care, and we will actively support you as you grow in the role.

As a GDE exemplar site, we are a digitally advanced Trust. We have had electronic prescribing in place since 2015, an Automated Dispensing System on each site, more than 200 electronic discharge referrals to community pharmacies each month, and a wide range of other innovative digital solutions. We offer excellent support for technicians at all levels and remain dedicated to your personal and professional development. What are you waiting for – apply today!

• Provide medicines management services to adult wards, including compiling accurate medication histories and completing medicines reconciliation.
• Undertake day‑to‑day supervision of junior pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants within the team.
• Deliver training on pharmacy procedures, stock control, and electronic prescribing systems, including signing off training logs for all staff.
• Offer straightforward advice on pharmaceutical products and supply.
• Work collaboratively with other healthcare professionals at ward level.
• Act as a professional role model for junior pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants, demonstrating integrity, ownership, and leadership in all aspects of the role.
• Contribute to the wider pharmacy service, including dispensing and issuing prescriptions in both the satellite and main dispensaries, which will also involve accredited checking of prescriptions.

• Provide a medicines management service at ward level, including ensuring the safe storage of medicines and managing medicine returns.
• Obtain accurate patient medication histories using all available sources such as patients own medicines and the Summary Care Record in line with departmental processes and SOPs, ensuring patient consent is obtained. This includes entering the patients admission medication history onto the electronic prescribing system (ePMA).
• Carry out straightforward Level 2 medicines reconciliation in accordance with relevant policies and SOPs.
• Communicate medicine‑related information clearly, both verbally and in writing, to patients, carers, and other healthcare professionals. This includes counselling and demonstrating the correct use of inhalers and other medical devices.

• Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills / Level 3 Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent.
• Registered with GPhC.
• Clinical pharmacy qualification or accreditation.
• Member of APTUK.

• Able to cope with frequent, light manual handling activities.
• Able to work accurately under pressure and interruptions.

• Ability to analyse problems and devise workable solutions.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to prioritise ad‑hoc work tasks.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Ability to support others in learning.

• Customer orientated services.
• Experience of supervising staff.
• Experience of contributing to SOP development.
• Ward/Clinic based experience.

• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience of patient medication counselling.
• Empathetic communication skills.
• Able to communicate with a range of people and adapt communication style appropriately.

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. We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience – we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values‑based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences. Travel between hospital sites may be required. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post.