Band 5 Specialist Pharmacy Technician - Renal Services | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; Hampstead; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A major NHS trust in North Central London is offering an opportunity for a highly skilled pharmacist to join the renal pharmacy team. The successful candidate will oversee the daily pharmacy service for renal and urology wards, ensuring comprehensive medicines management. This role involves monitoring pharmaceutical services for patients in nephrology, dialysis, and transplantation. The ideal candidate will possess strong skills in medication counselling, near-patient dispensing, and will work collaboratively with experts in the field.

Benefits

Flexible hours

Generous benefits

Next-level training opportunities

Qualifications

• Must demonstrate comprehensive medicines management skills.
• Experience in organizing pharmacy services for renal and urology wards.
• Ability to facilitate discharge planning with respect to medications.

Responsibilities

• Organize the day-to-day provision of a comprehensive pharmacy service.
• Monitor and develop the technical elements of the pharmaceutical service.
• Provide medication counselling to renal patients.

Skills

Comprehensive medicines management skills

Medication history taking

Near-patient dispensing

Medication counselling

Job description

There is a fantastic opportunity to join the renal pharmacy team at the Royal Free Hospital. The successful candidate will be responsible for and organise the day‑to‑day provision of an efficient comprehensive pharmacy service to all renal and urology wards, renal outpatients and the four UCL Centre for Nephrology dialysis units and kidney care centres in North Central London.

The post holder must demonstrate comprehensive medicines management skills, including medication history taking, near‑patient dispensing, and facilitation of discharge planning with respect to medications and medication counselling.

Other responsibilities include monitoring, developing, and delivering the technical elements of the pharmaceutical service for renal patients in accordance with objectives set by the Lead Pharmacist Renal Services. The specialist workload will comprise patients within the nephrology, dialysis and renal transplantation services.

The renal service at the Royal Free Hospital serves the North Central London sector covered by Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey PCTs, providing comprehensive services to nephrology, transplantation and dialysis. We provide dialysis and chronic kidney care to more than 4,000 patients and follow up more than 1,400 with kidney transplants. The nephrology service has a national reputation in the management of renal tubular disorders, renal bone disease, nephro‑urology and renal transplantation.

As part of the renal pharmacy team, you will be working alongside renowned experts in their field to help with the coordination and monitoring of medication supplies to a variety of renal services across North Central London. The post holder will also be expected to provide a comprehensive medicines management service as well as facilitate medication counselling to our patients.

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6 million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17 million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward‑thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits to next‑level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.

For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

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This advert closes on Tuesday 23 Dec 2025.