Pharmacy Technician (Inpatient Wards & Dispensary) | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in Reading is seeking a qualified Pharmacy Technician to deliver high-quality pharmacy services across community and mental health sectors. The role includes responsibilities like delivering pharmacy services, accuracy checking, and supporting patients with medications. Working hours are Monday to Friday without nights or weekends. Applicants should have GPhC registration and relevant qualifications. This position offers flexible working options and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Flexible working options

27 days annual leave

Generous NHS pension scheme

Career development opportunities

Free parking across Trust sites

Qualifications

• Registered with the GPhC as a Pharmacy Technician.
• Commitment to completing ward-based qualification and accuracy checking.
• Strong communication skills for patient support.

Responsibilities

• Deliver pharmacy services to wards and departments.
• Complete accuracy checking sessions as required.
• Support patients with medication reconciliation.

Skills

Pharmacy Technician registration

Ward-based qualification

Accuracy Checking qualification

Job description

If you are a qualified Pharmacy Technician looking for a rewarding and challenging role, come and join our CQC rated ‘Outstanding’ Trust. We currently have an opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician to join our team. You will deliver a high quality, safe and effective pharmacy service to our community health and mental health services across all our sites in Berkshire.

We are a small friendly team, based at Prospect Park Hospital in Reading where our dispensary is located. You will have the opportunity to work at our community hospitals across Berkshire including Slough, Newbury, Wokingham, Maidenhead and Reading, as well as on the mental health wards at Prospect Park hospital.

Our working hours are currently 09.00 – 17.00 Monday to Friday with you also working a late shift in the dispensary on a rota basis, which means no nights or weekends. We offer free parking on site.

This is a joint role, with time spent both in the dispensary and our wards:

• Delivering a fast and effective pharmacy services to the wards and departments
• Completing accuracy checking session(s)
• Providing an admission, supply and discharge service to nominated wards.
• Checking Patients’ Own Drugs (PODs).
• Undertaking medicines reconciliation.
• Supporting patients to ensure that they get the best possible outcomes from their medicines.
• Providing a ward top-up service.
• Working with the clozapine clinic team to ensure medicines are ready for the Trust wide clinics.
• Developing skills and knowledge as part of a commitment to CPD and Clinical Supervision
• Providing support to Pre-registration Pharmacy Technicians and support workers while they undertake their learning.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

The 'must have's' for the role:

• Pharmacy Technician registered with the GPhC
• Approved ward-based qualification to include POD checking, Supply and Medicines Reconciliation, or commitment to work towards this.
• Approved Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician qualification or commitment to work towards this.

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point‑by‑point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Sara Jackson or Kirsty Hodder on 01189605080 or email: [e-mail] or [e-mail], who’ll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

This advert closes on Tuesday 30 Dec 2025