Lead Pharmacy Technician - Dispensary | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London seeks a professional to manage dispensary operations, ensuring compliance with medicines legislation and high professional standards. Key responsibilities include organizing staff training, maintaining quality service, and developing clinical governance strategies. The ideal candidate should have experience in a pharmacy environment and a commitment to patient care. This role adheres to the Trust's values of patient prioritization, care, ambition, and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Experience in a pharmaceutical setting required.
• Commitment to patient care and safety.
• Ability to maintain high professional standards.

Responsibilities

• Organise professional and clinical support.
• Manage dispensary staff effectively.
• Ensure compliance with medicines legislation.

Job description

To provide and organise professional and clinical support, and supervision in the dispensary. To participate in the delivery of staff education and training. To be responsible for all aspects of the safe and efficient supply of medications to patients.

To be responsible for the management and development staff within the dispensary at St. Thomas’ site.

Ensure staff within the dispensary maintain high professional standards by adopting and enforcing good dispensing practice and implementing and monitoring safe systems of work.

Ensure a safe, efficient, and quality dispensary service to patients and staff by the provision and maintenance of procedures.

To be responsible for developing and implementing standards for dispensary services and monitoring the service, ensuring compliance with medicines legislation and professional standards.

Responsibility to ensure the effective and efficient operation of the main dispensary at St Thomas’ hospital.

Develop Standard Operating Procedures and ensure they are implemented effectively.

To ensure that performance standards are set, measured and reviewed. This includes provision of a set of KPI’s to be published and reviewed on a monthly basis and to feed these into departmental performance reports.

Develop and implement clinical governance strategies for dispensary services.

Liaise with clinical pharmacy teams to ensure provision of a robust and efficient dispensary service to patients, ensuring opportunities are taken to enhance efficiency both within the dispensary and at ward level

Communicate with staff both within and outside of the pharmacy department regarding service operational issues to ensure a safe and effective service is maintained.

To support the delivery of pharmaceutical care in accordance with the Trust's and Pharmacy Department Mission, Vision and Values, GPhC Code of Conduct and Professional Standards.





Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

The Pharmacydepartments of Guys and St Thomas' provide safe and effective pharmaceutical ward and dispensary services to the many inpatients and outpatients of the Trust's many specialities.

The post holder must demonstrate their commitment to upholding the Trust values, within which we carry out our roles:

Put patients first- consider the patient's needs and wishes in all that they do

Caring- we put patients first

Ambitious- we innovate and strive for excellence

Inclusive- we respect each other and work collaboratively





Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for a more detailed overview of the requirements and responsibilities for this position.


This advert closes on Monday 18 Aug 2025