Pharmacy Technician | Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in Maidstone is looking for a qualified Pharmacy Technician to join their expanding team. You will work closely with the Consultant and Lead Pharmacists, delivering a comprehensive clinical pharmacy service to young people in a supportive environment. This role offers significant professional development opportunities, including accredited qualifications and leadership programmes. Ideal candidates should have strong communication skills, a compassionate approach, and a genuine interest in mental health care.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Qualified Pharmacy Technician with interest in mental health.
• Full, valid UK driving license needed.
• Ability to engage with young people and families.

Responsibilities

• Deliver clinical pharmacy service to CYPMHS.
• Engage with young people and families.
• Support medicines optimisation and adherence.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Compassionate care

Experience with mental health services

Education

Qualified Pharmacy Technician

Tools

EPMA/medicines informatics systems

Job description

Are you a qualified Pharmacy Technician with an interest in working in Mental Health Services?

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our expanding pharmacy team, delivering comprehensive clinical pharmacy services across both community and inpatient mental health settings.

We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic Pharmacy Technician to support and further develop the clinical pharmacy service within Kent and Medway Children and Young People's Mental Health Service (CYPMHS).

In this role, you will work closely with the Consultant Pharmacist and Lead Pharmacists for CYPMHS as part of a multidisciplinary team, supporting service users across community services and inpatient units. This post offers excellent opportunities for professional development, including support to undertake accredited medicines management qualifications and NHS leadership programmes.

We are looking for a proactive, compassionate individual with strong communication skills and a genuine interest in working directly with young people, families, and healthcare professionals. You will become part of our innovative mental health pharmacy team, committed to ensuring medicines safety is embedded at the heart of patient care.

The base for this role will be Kent and Medway CYPMHS in Maidstone with a requirement for periodic travel to other sites across Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust.

Working within a multidisciplinary team, the post holder will deliver a comprehensive medicines management service across inpatient and community CYPMHS settings. Key duties include medicines reconciliation, discharge planning, patient counselling, medicines supply, and supporting community clinic pharmacy services.

The role also involves using EPMA/medicines informatics systems, completing physical health checks for children and young people on psychotropic medication and contributing to audits and supporting teaching and training.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver a high-quality clinical pharmacy service to CYPMHS, optimising patient outcomes and supporting care pathways across Kent and Medway in collaboration with wider healthcare partners.
• Engage directly with young people and their families, ensuring their views inform decisions about their care.

The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

• Promote improvements in the quality, safety, and cost-effectiveness of medicines use across the CYPMHS pathway.
• Support the safe transition of patients across care settings, ensuring continuity and seamless pharmaceutical care.
• Provide counselling to patients and carers to support medicines optimisation and adherence.

If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been waiting for, come and join our diverse and compassionate team, committed to delivering excellent care and support for children, young people, and their families.

We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated ‘Good’ by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.

Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.

Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that’s doing well together.

This advert closes on Saturday 31 Jan 2026