Medicines Optimisation Technician: Sponsorship Available

Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust

Job summary

Band 5 (potential for band 4/5 development role)

Wanting to develop your career as a pharmacy technician? It’s an exciting time to join our pharmacy team at Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske and become part of a highly valued workforce. We are looking for a pharmacy technician with a keen interest in medicines management and making a difference in patient care.

If you have a passion for providing person centred care, want to help people with the use of their medicines and strive for patient safety, this is an exciting opportunity to work as a medicine’s optimisation technician.

You’ll be working as part of an established medicines optimisation team at ward level, consisting of other pharmacy technicians and pharmacists, working alongside the wider multidisciplinary team. You’ll also play a vital part in the general pharmacy, and as a member of the dispensary team you’ll be labelling, dispensing and final accuracy checking prescriptions.

Main duties of the job

To work as a medicines optimisation technician and conduct medicines histories working in accordance with polices and procedures.

To complete ward-based medicines related tasks such as the ordering and supply of required medications, dealing with medications returns (including controlled drugs) and the assessing of patient own medications.

To conduct workplace audits.

To perform the final accuracy checking of prescriptions.

You will be required to manage your own workload and assist in the training and supervision of others.

We will help you develop your skills through a comprehensive induction training program for you to meet the requirements of a medicine’s optimisation technician at Trelsike Hospital. Recent experience of working in hospital Pharmacy is desirable, although full training is given, along with enrolment onto a final accuracy checking course or the medicines optimisation training program if needed to fulfil the duties of the job role.

This is a full-time post working 37.5 hours per week.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Pharmacy Technician Certificate through City & Guilds, Apothecaries Hall, BTEC or NVQ Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Science
  • Registered Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC

Desirable

  • Accredited Final Accuracy Checking or Medicines Optimisation Accreditation
  • The second accreditation achieved or underway; either Accredited Final Accuracy Checking Technician or Medicines Optimisation status

Experience

Essential

  • Significant post-registration experience (PTPT training course included for internal staff)
  • Experience working in a patient-facing role

Desirable

  • Significant experience working as a pharmacy technician within a hospital setting
  • Experience completing audits and working with hospital based computer systems

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).

Closing Date: 24 August 2026

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