Principal Clinical Pharmacy Technician

Transformationunitgm; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Principal Clinical Pharmacy Technician to join a dedicated team at a leading NHS Trust. This role involves shaping the future of clinical pharmacy services, ensuring high-quality patient care, and leading a team to improve technical support on the wards. Candidates should be enthusiastic and committed to continuous professional development, with a strong focus on patient safety and teamwork. Join a supportive environment that values respect, kindness, and professionalism, making a positive impact on patient care.

Qualifications

• Registered pharmacy technician with experience in hospital pharmacy.
• Experience in line managing staff and delivering training.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of clinical pharmacy technicians and assistants.
• Ensure accuracy of medication reconciliation for patient safety.

Skills

Organisational Skills

Communication Skills

Time Management

Problem Solving

Interpersonal Skills

Education

NVQ Level 3 Pharmaceutical Science

Professional registration with GPhC

Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician

Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Technician Accreditation

Tools

CMM dispensing system

Job description

Main area Pharmacy Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (seven day working, late and weekend duty) Job ref 343-7023105-FM-AG

Employer Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site St Helier Hospital Town Carshalton Salary £42,939 - £50,697 pa pro rata incl HCAS outer Salary period Yearly Closing 12/05/2025 23:59

Band 6

*The pay scales advertised have been confirmed by NHS England, we are awaiting confirmation of when these will be reflected. The new scales can be found here: Pay scales for 2024/25 | NHS Employers

At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Principal Clinical Pharmacy Technician to join our friendly team and help shape the future of our clinical pharmacy services at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals.

We are looking for someone with experience and a passion in this area of work in hospital pharmacy. You must be an enthusiastic, motivated and a patient orientated pharmacy technician dedicated to patient safety. You will work with and lead the Clinical Pharmacy Technical Team to help implement, deliver and continually improve the technical and clinical support to the wards .

You will need to have excellent communication skills and enjoy working as part of a large multi-disciplinary team. You will also need to be friendly, approachable, adaptable, flexible, willing to learn new skills and be committed to continuous professional development.

You will be a pharmacy technician registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and have experience of line managing other members of staff.

This is a full time post and the post holder will be required to participate in the cross site working , and weekend and late duties as per rota.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for leading and working alongside a team of clinical pharmacy technicians and assistants and working to providing high-quality, patient-centred clinical pharmacy services on the wards . You will be responsible for ensuring the accuracy of medication reconciliation, a vital step in ensuring that patients receive the correct medications right from the start of their hospital stay. You will also be involved in the seamless management of patients’ own medication, supporting the efficient and effective practice of one-stop dispensing.

Working for our organisation

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see job description for a more detailed expectation of the post holder including the person specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 Pharmaceutical Science, BTEC in Pharmaceutical science or equivalent
• Professional registration with the GPhC
• Nationally recognized Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician
• Member of APTUK
• Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Technician Accreditation or equivalent
• Completion of a recognised management course

Knowledge & Experience

• Extensive post registration hospital experience including ward based clinical work
• Supervisory or line management experience
• Experience in writing and developing protocol, guideline & SOPs
• Experience of delivering training
• Understand how to mentor and develop staff
• Knowledge and understanding of basic management principles including team management and motivation
• Recruitment and selection experience
• Familiarity with CMM (formerly JAC) dispensing system
• Experience of quality improvement / service development
• Experience of analysing and reporting data

Skills & Abilities

• Excellent organisational skills – self and others
• Excellent time management and prioritisation skills
• Ability to use initiative and problem solve
• Excellent communication skills-verbal and written
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to motivate self and others

Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.

References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.

Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.

DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Emma Tang Job title Deputy Chief Pharmacist - Clinical Servivces Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 02082964033