Are you a Pharmacy Technician looking for a role where you can make a difference in your community? Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is expanding our Virtual Ward service and we're looking for a Pharmacy Technician to join our growing Pharmacy Team.
Our Virtual Ward provides hospital-level care to patients in their own homes, supporting conditions such as respiratory, cardiology, and frailty. The aim is to prevent avoidable hospital admissions and enable early discharge, ensuring patients receive high-quality care in the comfort of their familiar surroundings.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications are received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
As a Pharmacy Technician within the virtual ward team, you'll play a key role in supporting safe and effective medication management. You will:
Provide high-quality pharmaceutical and technical services directly to Virtual Ward patients.
Participate in medication reviews and clinical audits.
Play a crucial role in medication management during care transitions into and out of the Virtual Ward environment.
Conduct home visits to patients in their own homes or care settings to offer holistic pharmaceutical care and assess medicines concordance.
Collaborate with the MDT to develop and enhance the pharmacy services provided by our virtual wards.
You will work alongside an experienced Senior Pharmacy Technician, who will mentor and develop you, and have the support of the Principal Pharmacist for Virtual Wards.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Please see further information on the attached document entitled job description and person specification.
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