Band 5 Clinical Pharmacy Technician

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust; Ilford; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Band 5 Clinical Pharmacy Technician to support ward-based clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation services across inpatient areas. You will work with pharmacists, doctors and nurses to improve patient outcomes and medication safety.

The role is full-time (37.5 hours per week) with participation in weekend and bank holiday rotas, and requires registration with the GPhC and Accredited Checking Technician status.

Qualifications

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a UK Pharmacy Technician.
• Accredited checking technician.
• Qualifications to be NVQ Assessor / Educational Supervisor / Practice Supervisor.
• Has completed a regional Medicines Optimisation Programme or equivalent (for completion of Medication Histories, Patients Own Medicine Assessments, Ordering for Supply).

Responsibilities

• Undertake medicines reconciliation and accurate medication history taking.
• Assess and manage patients' own medicines to support safe and effective treatment.
• Support medicines supply processes, including ordering and discharge planning.
• Provide counselling and medicines-related advice to patients and carers.
• Contribute to medicines optimisation initiatives and quality improvement projects.
• Support audit, governance and assurance activities, including medicines security and controlled drug standards.
• Deliver medicines management training and support to ward staff.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Patient counselling

Education

GPhC registered pharmacy technician (UK)

Accredited checking technician

NVQ Assessor / Educational Supervisor / Practice Supervisor

Medicines optimisation programme completion

Job description

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Band 5 Clinical Pharmacy Technician

The closing date is 22 November 2026

Are you an enthusiastic Pharmacy Technician looking to develop your clinical skills and make a real difference to patient care? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and patient-focused Clinical Pharmacy Technician to join our Pharmacy Team at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust. In this role, you will support the delivery of high-quality clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation services across our inpatient wards, working closely with pharmacists, doctors, nurses and the wider multidisciplinary team. This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced forward thinking Pharmacy Technician who is passionate about improving patient outcomes, enhancing medication safety and contributing to the ongoing development of clinical pharmacy services.

Main Duties of the Job

• Undertake medicines reconciliation and accurate medication history taking.
• Assess and manage patients' own medicines to support safe and effective treatment.
• Support medicines supply processes, including ordering and discharge planning.
• Provide counselling and medicines-related advice to patients and carers.
• Contribute to medicines optimisation initiatives and quality improvement projects.
• Support audit, governance and assurance activities, including medicines security and controlled drug standards.
• Deliver medicines management training and support to ward staff.

The post is full-time (37.5 hours per week) and includes participation in weekend and bank holiday rotas.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will assist the Specialist Clinical Pharmacy Technician in the provision of clinical pharmacy technical services to wards and departments. They will assist in the provision of a medicines optimisation service including providing of medicines reconciliation, assessment of patients own medicines, ordering and supply of medicines and discharge support in terms of pre-screening discharge medicines in order support to the wider clinical pharmacy team. They will assist in the updating of procedures; partake in audits and systems for the monitoring, organisation and supply of medicines during the patients admission and discharge.

About us

We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.

We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

Job responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a UK Pharmacy Technician
• Accredited checking technician
• Qualifications to be NVQ Assessor / Educational Supervisor / Practice Supervisor
• Has completed a regional Medicines Optimisation Programme or equivalent (for completion of Medication Histories, Patients Own Medicine Assessments, Ordering for Supply)

Skills/ Abilities

• Good interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written including IT skills such as word processing)
• Ability to counsel patients on their medicines including complex medication regimes.

Experience/ Knowledge

• Experience of being in a Medicines Management role e.g. Assessment of Patients own medicines, drug history taking, medicines reconciliation.
• Experience of liaising and interacting with nursing and medical staff and other healthcare professionals.
• Experience of working in a ward environment
• Experience of using Careflow Medicines Management (CMM) / JAC / computer system
• Experience of using Cerner Millenium EPR/EPMA
• Experience of staff training and supervision

Personal Qualities

• Good organisational skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and within a team.

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.

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

£36,943 to £44,900 a yearPer Annum Inclusive