Clinical Pharmacy Technician – IBD Specialist (Higher Level)

About the role

The Clinical Pharmacy Technician (Higher Level) will join the Gastroenterology/Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Pharmacy Team at NHS Lanarkshire. Working closely with gastroenterologists, specialist IBD nurses and the wider MDT, the role provides patient‑centred pharmaceutical care for IBD patients receiving advanced therapies.

Key responsibilities

• Assess, manage and deliver pharmaceutical care to individual IBD patients, liaising with a clinical pharmacist as required.
• Compile accurate medication histories by reviewing GP information, patients’ own drugs, and Emergency Care Summaries.
• Ensure medicines are assessed on admission, document medication histories in multidisciplinary notes and initiate care plans.
• Provide patient and carer education on medication use, side‑effects, dosing and duration, using leaflets and checklists (e.g., anticoagulant education).
• Support IBD MDT members through clinic participation, virtual reviews and coordination of medicines supply, including aseptic and home‑care medicines management.
• Contribute to financial and clinical governance processes.

Required profile

• National Certificate in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent.
• SVQ Level III.
• Registered pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Dispensary checking qualification.
• Commitment to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) as per GPhC recommendations.
• Substantial experience as a qualified pharmacy technician in a hospital setting.

Required skills

• Dispensary checking
• Aseptic medicines management
• Medication reconciliation
• Clinical governance