# Pharmacy Homecare Technician > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/pharmacy-homecare-technician/b317d12c-0833-4488-b7fe-a484ce98e0e9 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/pharmacy-homecare-technician/b317d12c-0833-4488-b7fe-a484ce98e0e9.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** John Radcliffe Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Pharmacy - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 per week) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-22T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-08T13:40:58.387Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Oxfordshire/Oxford/Oxford_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v8281198 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8281198?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ouh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Oxford University Hospitals is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. The Trust incorporates the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford and the Horton Hospital in Banbury. Nationally and internationally renowned for its services, quality of staff and academic departments, the Trust provides general and specialist services for the people of Oxfordshire and the surrounding area. This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Technician to join our expanding Homecare team. ### Main duties of the job - To have an understanding of the homecare pathway, from deciding appropriateness of homecare registering patients, through to final processing of invoices. - Work in accordance of the homecare pathway to support the clinical teams with their homecare service - To process authorise and receipt Homecare deliveries on the pharmacy system - Work in accordance with and develop services in line with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Standards for Homecare. - To be a point of contact within the Trust regarding medicines home delivery service for Homecare companies, Pharmacists, Clinicians, Purchasers, Contracting and Finance. - Co-ordinate the pharmacy homecare medicines service, prioritise and manage the workload and resolve problems as they arise. - Liaise with homecare service providers to review and prepare service level agreements for implementation within the Trust. - Support service review meetings for homecare medicines management working closely with homecare companies, pharmacists, nurses, doctors, other healthcare staff and patients. - To assist the Pharmacy Homecare Manager in the governance of Homecare through policy and protocol development - Assist the Homecare Pharmacy Service Manager in maintaining and reporting of departmental Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) - Ensure all patient related information is secure and complies with current guidance for information governance. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To support and assist the Pharmacy Homecare Service Manager and Medicines Effectiveness Pharmacist in cost effective procurement and delivery of Homecare medicines and services for the OUH NHS Foundation Trust (OUH). To develop and support the pharmacy Homecare service at the OUH to develop services for the safe and timely supply of medicines to patients via third party homecare companies by establishing robust methods of managing the administrative work, monitoring homecare providers performance. Co-ordinate and communicate with clinical pharmacists integrated into service to implement and manage existing homecare services. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. ## Person Specification ### PERSONAL SPECIFICATION **Essential** - Qualified pharmacy technician (NVQ3) pharmaceutical sciences or other relevant qualification - Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council as a registered technician - Relevant years post qualification experience - Experience working in one or more aspects of medicines management in hospital - Good all round understanding of medicines management and the pharmacy service - Experience working with Pharmacy Computer Systems - Ability to plan and direct own work, use initiative and attention to detail - Demonstrable ability to collect and critically analyse data - Good IT skills, including database and Excel, equivalent to RSA Level 3. - Enthusiasm for using IT and developing new skills - Excellent interpersonal skills and rapport with colleagues - Good oral and written communication and presentation skills with staff at all levels of the organisation - Good time management skills and a demonstrable ability to plan and deliver a project to tight deadlines - Takes responsibility for work and delivers work on time to professional standards - Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines - Demonstrable experience of training and supervision of staff - Proficient data at entry **Desirable** - An NVQ Assessor - Experience of working a in a pharmacy homecare setting - Report writing experience - Interest in formulary management - Formal project management training - Clinical audit experience - Demonstrable ability to develop and implement policies and procedures - IT skill qualification (ECDL) - Proven influencing and negotiating skills - Accredited Checking Technician (ACT) Accreditation ## Documents - [pharmacy homecare technician band 5 ouh (pdf, 336.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10597753) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.