Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Pharmacy Technician - Homecare
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Our Pharmacy
Our Pharmacy is a friendly, progressive department. We pride ourselves on our high standards of pharmaceutical input and investment in innovative technologies and professional development to ensure the best possible patient care. Both dispensaries within the Trust are fully automated.
About the Role
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and progressive Pharmacy Technician to join our Pharmacy Homecare Team based at Bassetlaw Hospital. The team manages the Homecare Service across the whole of the Trust.
The successful candidate must be a qualified Pharmacy Technician (BTEC National Certificate in Pharmaceutical Sciences/NVQ3 in Pharmaceutical Skills, or equivalent) and registered with the GPhC. Original certificates would be required to be presented at interview.
Candidates with equivalent qualifications from overseas must also hold a Statement of Comparability. This must also be provided at interview.
Hours
Hours for the post are Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5pm with 1 hour unpaid break per day.
The candidate will be expected to participate in the rota for the extended hours opening of the department. Currently this is 2 hours on a Saturday morning as well as a full 7.5 hour day on bank holidays.
Interview
Interviews will take place on the 13.08.2026
Responsibilities
You will be involved in:
- Participating in the development and maintenance of a high quality Pharmacy Homecare Service to the Trust and its external customers;
- Receiving and raising orders using the Wellsky Homecare module to forward to Homecare providers along with prescriptions; prioritising as appropriate;
- Training to an advance level to be able to assist with the Homecare patient database, Homecare provider on-line portals and the Wellsky Homecare module;
- Working to minimise delays in delivery of medication to patients by ensuring that orders are placed promptly and prescriptions are made available to the Homecare Providers at the appropriate time;
- Using initiative to deal with problematic and/or urgent pharmaceutical orders, analysing options and making judgements where appropriate so that patient safety is not compromised;
- Accurate reviewing of simple and complex invoices for Homecare medicines referring to individual contracts for pricing; identifying and resolving any discrepancies and chase up any outstanding invoice queries with the relevant Homecare providers;
- Acting as a point of contact and dealing with verbal and written complaints, safety issues, and assisting with the investigation of DATIX incidents;
- Authorising further supplies of medications according to agreed protocols;
- Deputising for the Pharmacy Homecare Services Manager in their absence;
- Participating in the bank holiday and extended hours rota as required.
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About Us
DBTH is one of Yorkshire’s Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.
At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions.
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As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.
Benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:
- Extensive range of learning opportunities
- NHS Pension Scheme
- Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
- Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
- NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme
- Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact:
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Name: Sam Lucas
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Job title: Pharmacy Medicines Supply Manager
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Email address: sam.lucas@nhs.net
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Name: Dawn Barnes
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Email address: dawn.barnes5@nhs.net
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Phone: 01302 644666
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