Job overview
Are you an experienced Pharmacy Technician looking for a career change or your next challenge in an acute hospital trust?
We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Pharmacy Technician to join our modern purpose-built facilities at the Colchester hospital site. This would also be a perfect opportunity for a pharmacy technician who is looking to make the next step up in their career. We would welcome both full and part-time applicants for this post.
The Dame Clare Marx Building houses our new elective orthopaedic centre and opened in November 2024. This exciting consolidation of service has realised wider investment and allowed the development of this new specialist Pharmacy Technician position. You will be pivotal in establishing and developing our service within this new development.
Our friendly pharmacy team are dedicated to nurturing, mentoring and developing our staff to reach their full potential. We provide pharmacy forums, tutorials and weekly ICS/ESNEFT delivered educational workshops. We support personal development plans, smart objective setting and opportunities for study.
ESNEFT has recently gone live with a full site wide implementation of the EPIC electronic patient record which includes electronic prescribing and administration and pharmacy stock control system replacement.
Main duties of the job
Details about our pharmacy service - https://esneft.pagetiger.com/csusdpr/1
- Provide an advanced level clinical pharmacy service to elective Orthopaedic services in line with the pharmacy Key Performance Indicators and agreed clinical standards.
- Ensure the delivery of an enhanced clinical service to Pre-Admission clinics within elective Orthopaedic services.
- Provide a key level of support to the Lead Clinical Pharmacist for elective Orthopaedic Services
- Provide ongoing clinical support and guidance to other pharmacy colleagues and the multidisciplinary team contributing to practice within elective Orthopaedic Services.
- Assist the Lead Clinical Pharmacist for elective Orthopaedic Services in ensuring that all required medication safety and clinical governance issues are actioned and implemented in a timely manner within the speciality.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Previous extensive hospital experience inclusive of Clinical Pharmacy practice
- Demonstrated experience of multi-disciplinary working at ward/clinical level and handling of high risk medicines
- Previous experience of educating and training other staff
Desirable
- Previous experience of working specifically with Orthopaedic patients
Qualifications
Essential
- GPhC Registered
- B-Tech in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent
- Regional Accredited Checking Technician qualification
- Medicines Reconciliation Course
Desirable
- Certificate in Medicines Management
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This advert is for Clinical Pharmacy Technician – Elective Orthopaedics Services with East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust in Colchester Hospital. It is listed as a Band 6 Pharmacy technician role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 26 Aug 2026.
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