Rotational Pharmacy Technician
London Ambulance Service Nhs Trust
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Job summary
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust is recruiting Pharmacy Technicians for a rotational role across IUC/111, 999 and the medicines packing unit. We are an inclusive, supportive team, offering mentoring as you develop clinical and managerial skills in a dynamic NHS environment.
Placement includes supervision of staff, SOP development, and governance tasks, with competitive Agenda for Change pay (£32,073–£39,043 per year) and full-time permanent contracts.
Qualifications
- Registered with the GPhC as a Pharmacy Technician.
- NVQ3, BTEC in pharmaceutical science or equivalent.
- Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician qualification.
- Experience developing and writing Standard Operating Procedures.
- Experience supporting staff with training and managing staff.
- Experience of stock management and NHS Trust environment.
Responsibilities
- Line manage and supervise the Assistant Technical Officers.
- Support the production, training and implementation of SOPs.
- Undertake specialist rotational placements in Medicines Packaging Unit and Governance.
- Check and release packed drugs, and manage controlled drugs checks.
- Collaborate with IUC lead pharmacist and Trust; travel to LAS sites for meetings.
- Train and assess medicines support staff.
Skills
Education
Job description
An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen for Pharmacy Technicians to join the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust as rotational pharmacy technicians working across placements in IUC/111, 999 and the medicines packing unit. We are an inclusive and well respected team. We will support you to develop and grow your pharmacy skills both practically and strategically. We are looking for GPhC registered pharmacy technicians who are dynamic and willing to learn in a new and developing environment
Interviews will be held W/C 25th and 26th June.
- To line manage and supervise the Assistant Technical Officers
- To support the production, training and implementation of SOPs.
- To undertake specialist rotational placements in the Medicines Packing Unit, Medicines Governance and Integrated Urgent Care/111 (IUC/111).
- To maintain a high standard of clinical work and pharmaceutically check and release packed drugs packs.
- To order, receipt, dispense and check controlled drugs.
- To work closely with the IUC lead pharmacist, Trust Medication Safety Officer, chief pharmacy technician and production manager.
- Travel is required to other LAS Trust sites as necessary for meetings and audit work.
- To train and assess medicines support staff
Our organisation is driven by our strategic objectives and organisational values and we look for people who are strongly aligned with them.
The Medicines Management Team is new and growing rapidly. Our Team is tight knit and work well together. Being new, has enabled a lot of innovation to occur and service improvement continues to blossom. This vacancy would suit a ACT accredited pharmacy technician with a strong NHS background who is looking for a Team that can provide a high level of mentoring and support on an on-going basis. Limited free parking is available at our current and new medicines packing units as well as good transport links
Date posted: 20 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year
Per annum (HCAS Dependant on location)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 308-CORP-3251-A
Job locations: Lewisham, Waterloo, Croydon, Barking, Trust Wide
Hithergreen
London & Hithergreen
SE1 8SD
United Kingdom
- Effectively supervise the Medicines Distribution & Medicines Store and ensuring that demand of medicines is met across the Trust and that medicines are kept in a secure manner.
- To use specialist knowledge, to further develop the role and understanding of medicines management within LAS.
- To support the development and delivery medicine management training, if required and agreed for a range of individuals including clinicians and non-clinicians.
- Support the delivery of the corporate governance and assurance requirements and any internal/external assurance processes.
- To supervise and undertake risk management and clinical governance activities within own area of responsibility and contribute towards the delivery of the appropriate quality standards and targets outlined in the Trusts Risk Management Strategy.
Priority will be given to London Ambulance Service employees who are at risk of redundancy.
We reserve the right to close the application window early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
- Registered with the GPhC as a Pharmacy Technician
- NVQ3, BTEC in pharmaceutical science or equivalent
- Successful completion of short courses relevant to practice.
- Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician qualification.
- Experience developing and writing Standard Operating Procedures
- Experience supporting staff with training
- Experience managing staff
- Experience of undertaking research activities and dispensing clinical trial medicines
- Experience of stock managementExperience of report writing
- Previous work with or within an NHS Trust
- Previous experience of delivering induction and competency based training
- Experience in financial management
- Robust knowledge of the GPhC Standards of conduct, ethics and performance
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of national guidelines and can relate to performance related issues in practice.
- Knowledge of medicines management governance requirements within NHS Ambulance Services.
- Ability to apply technical pharmacy knowledge and critically compare a range of options
- Understanding of COSHH regulations and Health and Safety at Work Act.
- Good prioritisation/organisation skills
- Highly developed accuracy skills
- Good IT skills including data entry
- Good Analytical skills
- Good Communication skills
- Good Presentation skills
- Knowledge of wholesale dealer activities
- Able to work autonomously and take responsibility for decisions.
- Able to travel to different sites across LAS
- Able to undertake further training/development as necessary.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Lewisham, Waterloo, Croydon, Barking, Trust Wide
Hithergreen
London & Hithergreen
SE1 8SD
United Kingdom
https://www.londonambulance.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Production Manager
Taslima Hussain
taslima.hussain3@nhs.net
07810448447
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
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