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<p><strong>Make a real impact on inpatient care through medicines optimisation.</strong></p><p>An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic Pharmacy Technician to join our Medicines Optimisation Team supporting inpatient services across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon, and Wiltshire, with the primary base at Savernake Community Hospital.</p><p>This is a key role in delivering a safe, efficient, and high-quality ward-based pharmacy service within a community hospital setting. You will play a vital part in supporting medicines optimisation in line with national and local policies, helping to improve patient outcomes through the safe, effective, and cost-conscious use of medicines.</p><p>Key responsibilities will include supporting cost-effective prescribing, contributing to medicines budget management, reducing medicines wastage, and supporting wider medicines management and service improvement initiatives. You will work with a high degree of autonomy within agreed guidelines, using your initiative to support the delivery of the wider medicines optimisation strategy.</p><p>Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will provide professional medicines-related advice and support to clinicians, nursing staff, and patients. A key aspect of the role involves responding to daily medication queries and requests, requiring excellent communication skills, strong organisational ab
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About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK’s leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
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- Date posted: 18 August 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Part-time
- Reference number: HCRGCG/TP/158870/20293
- Job locations: HCRG Care Group, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 3HL, United Kingdom
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This advert is for Pharmacy Technician - Marlborough with HCRG Care Group in Marlborough, England. It is listed as a Pharmacy technician role. The advertised salary is £32073.00 to £39043.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 11 Sep 2026.
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