• Job Description

  Req#: C9190-25-0606?language=en&page=680&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Pharmacy Technician to join the Community Agile Pharmacy Service (CAPS). CAPS plays a significant role in supporting patients following a hospital discharge or to prevent avoidable admissions during periods of acute illness.

  The team supports staff and patients within Active Recovery, Community Nursing, Virtual Wards, Community Therapy and the Community Stroke Service.

  Main duties of the job

  The successful candidate will work closely with patients, relatives and carers to help optimise individualised medication regimens. Our goal is to support patients to reach an appropriate level of independence with their medicines and to support healthcare professionals gain insight into medicines management as part of a holistic assessment process.

  About us

  You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

  Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest providers of integrated hospital and community-based healthcare, providing a comprehensive range of local and tertiary services to the residents of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Mid Yorkshire and North Derbyshire and also some highly specialist services to all parts of England.

  Details

  Date posted

  22 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 5

  Salary

  £29,970 to £36,483 a year pa/pro rata for part time staff

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  190-0258-DIR

  Job locations

  Northern General Hospital

  Sheffield

  S5 7AU

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

  When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

  When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • NVQ L3 and/or BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent qualification/experience.
  • GPhC Registered
  • Accuracy Checking Technician course or willing to work towards

  Desirable

  • Evidence of formal teaching course

  Experience

  Essential

  • Extensive experience in primary, secondary or intermediate care
  • Experience of undertaking 0-2 medication reviews
  • Previous experience of patient counselling
  • Previous experience of providing patient focused medicines management services
  • Good clinical knowledge of medication management relevant legislation and good practice related to storage and handling of pharmaceuticals.
  • Up-to-date pharmaceutical and medicines management knowledge
  • Understanding of medicines related issues in intermediate care
  • Able to supervise junior staff and assess competency and best practice
  • Experience of managing conflict with occasional aggressive patients and relatives

  Desirable

  • Experience in community services, community pharmacy or primary care
  • Experience of audit and project work

  Further Training

  Essential

  • Evidence of Continuous Professional Development via personal development plans/file

  Desirable

  • Certificate in professional development for pharmacy technicians

  Special Skills/Aptitudes

  Essential

  • Self-motivated with ability to prioritise work
  • Able to identify, analyse and interpret individual patient medication issues
  • Able to compare medication management options and make recommendations as appropriate
  • Able to devise individualised medicine adherence solutions following patient assessment
  • Able to optimise medication regimes to reduce social care costs and maximise cost effectiveness
  • Able to work independently on own initiative and manage workload
  • Ability to work as part of multi-disciplinary team
  • Able to develop, produce and deliver training packages
  • Excellent organisational and analytical skills
  • Excellent written skills including report writing
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal skills
  • Computer Literate, including Word, Internet and Excel

  Desirable

  • Change management skills
  • Knowledge of: oCommunity pharmacy oRole of general practice oRole of early discharge pathways oRoles of other NHS primary care health professionals. oLocal NHS structure

  Other Factors

  Essential

  • The duties of this post require travelling throughout the city on a daily basis; therefore the post holder must be independently mobile. (Adjustments can be considered in accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act)
  • Ability to manage an unpredictable workload with frequent interruptions
  • Able to work in sometimes unpleasant environments in the community
  • Willingness to work flexibly including working outside of traditional normal working hours in accordance with service need

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • NVQ L3 and/or BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent qualification/experience.
  • GPhC Registered
  • Accuracy Checking Technician course or willing to work towards

  Desirable

  • Evidence of formal teaching course

  Experience

  Essential

  • Extensive experience in primary, secondary or intermediate care
  • Experience of undertaking 0-2 medication reviews
  • Previous experience of patient counselling
  • Previous experience of providing patient focused medicines management services
  • Good clinical knowledge of medication management relevant legislation and good practice related to storage and handling of pharmaceuticals.
  • Up-to-date pharmaceutical and medicines management knowledge
  • Understanding of medicines related issues in intermediate care
  • Able to supervise junior staff and assess competency and best practice
  • Experience of managing conflict with occasional aggressive patients and relatives

  Desirable

  • Experience in community services, community pharmacy or primary care
  • Experience of audit and project work

  Further Training

  Essential

  • Evidence of Continuous Professional Development via personal development plans/file

  Desirable

  • Certificate in professional development for pharmacy technicians

  Special Skills/Aptitudes

  Essential

  • Self-motivated with ability to prioritise work
  • Able to identify, analyse and interpret individual patient medication issues
  • Able to compare medication management options and make recommendations as appropriate
  • Able to devise individualised medicine adherence solutions following patient assessment
  • Able to optimise medication regimes to reduce social care costs and maximise cost effectiveness
  • Able to work independently on own initiative and manage workload
  • Ability to work as part of multi-disciplinary team
  • Able to develop, produce and deliver training packages
  • Excellent organisational and analytical skills
  • Excellent written skills including report writing
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal skills
  • Computer Literate, including Word, Internet and Excel

  Desirable

  • Change management skills
  • Knowledge of: oCommunity pharmacy oRole of general practice oRole of early discharge pathways oRoles of other NHS primary care health professionals. oLocal NHS structure

  Other Factors

  Essential

  • The duties of this post require travelling throughout the city on a daily basis; therefore the post holder must be independently mobile. (Adjustments can be considered in accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act)
  • Ability to manage an unpredictable workload with frequent interruptions
  • Able to work in sometimes unpleasant environments in the community
  • Willingness to work flexibly including working outside of traditional normal working hours in accordance with service need

  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 (Opens in a new tab).

  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 (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  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 (Opens in a new tab).

  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 (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Northern General Hospital

  Sheffield

  S5 7AU

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.sth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Northern General Hospital

  Sheffield

  S5 7AU

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.sth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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