Pharmacy Technician | West London NHS Trust

West London Mental Health Trust; Southall; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

West London Mental Health Trust is seeking a motivated pharmacy technician to join our high secure clinical team. The post is based at St Bernards Hospital with occasional duties across the Trust’s sites, delivering medicines management and clinical pharmacy services to wards in Broadmoor Hospital.

For 37.5 hours per week you will participate in MDT and governance meetings, providing high quality pharmaceutical care to our patients.

Job description

Company:

Company: West London Mental Health Trust

Salary: £36,943 - £44,900 per annum inclusive of HCAS (Outer)

We are looking for an enthusiastic technician to join a friendly, progressive clinical team, serving our high secure services at West London NHS Trust. The trust provides services across a large geographical area and includes a wide range of mental health and community health services. Our 800 in-patient beds provide services from open wards through to high security forensic services and intermediate care beds. We provide a secondary, tertiary and national service. We provide services to children, adolescents, adults and older people both in the community as inpatients. Our Trust has just achieved a 'Good' CQC rating.

The post will be based at St Bernards Hospital, but there is a requirement to provide medicines management service provision on other sites within the Trust

The successful candidate should be a highly motivated individual team player with good communication skills and a keen interest in mental health. The applicant should be able to work well both in a team and autonomously.

There is a requirement that the applicant at the time of submitting an application is registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.

For 37.5 hrs per week the post holder will be providing a clinical pharmacy service to a number of wards within High Secure services based at Broadmoor Hospital. There will be an opportunity to attend MDT meetings, clinical governance meetings and other relevant meetings pertaining to provision of pharmaceutical care to our patients.

There will be at times a need to support our MMT led dispensary.

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

This advert closes on Thursday 26 Nov 2026

£36,943 - £44,900 Per Annum Inclusive of Allowances

£34,186 - £37,389 per annum pro rata inclusive of 20% HCAS