# Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Technician

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Salisbury
- **Region:** South West
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Pharmacy technician
- **Grade:** Band 4
- **Salary:** £28,392 - £39,043 per annum pro rata if part time
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Secondment cover)
- **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-05T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-22T14:56:35.763Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Wiltshire/Salisbury/Salisbury_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Pharmacy_Technician/Pharmacy_Technician-v8175842
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8175842?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.salisbury.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

“Please note: 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.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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**

- Final checking qualification

**Desirable**

- Experience working and using accuracy checking qualification

## Documents

- [facts about salisbury (pdf, 214.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1618)
- [medicines optimisation pharmacy technician jd (pdf, 464.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10478600)

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