Rotational Pharmacy Technician - Band 5

Guys & St Thomas Hospital; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospital in London is seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Pharmacy Technician to join their team. This role involves working within a well-resourced pharmacy department, assisting with patient services and medicines management. Ideal for both newly qualified and experienced technicians, offering a supportive environment for career development.

Qualifications

• Registered with the GPhC or soon to register.
• Experience in relevant hospital pharmacy work.
• Hold the ACPT qualification.

Responsibilities

• Deliver daily workload in Patient Services.
• Assist in training and development of junior staff.
• Work closely with multidisciplinary teams for a high quality medicines management service.

Skills

Organisational skills

Time management

Communication skills

Problem solving

Team working

Education

BTEC Level 3 Diploma in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians or equivalent

Accreditation in Medicines Management for Pharmacy Technicians (AIMMS) or MOP

Educational Supervisor qualification or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Employer Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Brompton Hospital Town London Salary £35,964 - £43,780 p.a. inc. Inner London HCA Salary period Yearly Closing 06/07/2025 23:59

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a rotational Pharmacy Technician to join the pharmacy team at Royal Brompton Hospital. This role and is based at Royal Brompton Hospital within our established, developed, and well-resourced pharmacy department. We are looking for a committed, highly motivated and enthusiastic individual who will contribute to our ongoing success. You will work as part of a friendly and supportive team of pharmacy assistants, pharmacy technicians and pharmacists.

This is a great opportunity for newly or soon to qualify pharmacy technicians and experienced pharmacy technicians alike.

This post is based at the Royal Brompton Site and rotates between Patient Services and Medicines Management.

Main duties of the job

Delivering the daily workload in Patient Services

Assisting to manage the daily workload for Patient Services

Assist in the training and development of junior staff

Working in the dispensary as an accredited checking pharmacy technician (ACPT)

Working with the clinical teams to help with our Medicines Optimisation service

Work closely with the multidisciplinary teams to deliver a high quality medicines management service

You will have:

Registered with the GPhC or soon to register

Experience of relevant hospital pharmacy work

Hold the ACPT qualification

Hold AIMMS or MOP qualification or willing to undertake

Hold the Educational Supervisor qualification or willing to undertake

Have excellent organisational and time management skills and good customer service and communication skills

Evidence of effective team working

Experience of counselling patients

Evidence of good problem solving skills

Motivated and a “can do attitude”

Working for our organisation

The Royal Brompton Hospital Pharmacy department is a friendly welcoming team, who support their staff.

We work closely with our counterparts at Harefield Hospital Pharmacy, to ensure our patients get the best possible treatment for their lung and heart conditions.

Our core values are:

• We are: Caring, ambitious, inclusive

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for the full duties and responsibility of this role.

Person specification

Knowledge/ Qualifications

• BTEC Level 3 Diploma in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians. (or equivalent)
• Accreditation in Medicines Management for Pharmacy Technicians (AIMMS) or Medicines Optimisation Programme (MOP) – or willing to complete.
• Educational supervisor qualification or equivalent
• Edward Jenner or equivalent qualification. Member of APTUK

Experience

• To have worked in a Pharmacy environment for a minimum of two years
• Experience in training staff
• Good competence in patient counselling.
• Experience of stock management and top up service.
• Previous Hospital Pharmacy experience.
• Experience of continual delivery of medicines management services at ward level.

Skills and abilities

• Ability to work quickly, accurately and in an organised manner and be able to prioritise .
• The ability to identify and prioritise work and deal with non-routine tasks.
• Good communication skills (written and verbal)
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office software and Pharmacy related stock control applications
• Ability to use initiative
• Previous experience in EPIC

Personal Qualities

• Proven ability for team working, good interpersonal skills, adaptability, a positive “can do” attitude and a positive attitude to change.
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Meet set targets
• Knowledge of one’s limitations and ability to refer to other staff when appropriate.
• Ability to work quickly, calmly and accurately under pressure.

Guy’s and St Thomas’celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.

Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.

As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personalcircumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.

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Our dedicated and talented staff make it their mission to provide outstanding care for our patients.

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