Rotational Pharmacy Technician - Band 5 | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare organization in London seeks enthusiastic candidates for a rotational pharmacy programme. The role involves working in various specialties and providing comprehensive patient care through medications management and counseling. You will collaborate with a diverse team dedicated to patient wellbeing, contributing to quality improvements and supporting the education of junior staff. Flexibility for bank holiday and weekend work is required, along with a capacity for hands-on patient interaction.

Qualifications

• Active participation in a rotational pharmacy programme.
• Participation in bank holiday and weekend working rota.
• Ability to interact with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Perform MMPT duties including medicines reconciliation and checks.
• Counsel patients on the safe use of medicines.
• Check controlled drugs and maintain storage and record-keeping.
• Address patient queries regarding medications.
• Complete quality improvement projects.

Skills

Medicines reconciliation

Patient counseling

Controlled drugs management

Quality improvement projects

Communication of complex information

Job description

Come and join us at GSTT!

We have an exciting opportunity to join a newly established and refreshed B5 rotational programme.

You will be given opportunities to work within dedicated teams, consisting of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants to provide a comprehensive service to all areas within the pharmacy department. As part of the programme, you will rotate through core areas of the department and also some newly developed rotations. You will join us as we embark on the delivery of our new Pharmacy 2030 strategy, with members of the Pharmacy Technician team being integral to innovative ways of providing patient care.

You will need to be able to participate in the bank holiday and weekend working rota which will include seven day working and late duty support.

For full information about the job, have a look through the Job Description, or get in touch.

However, you will be an active, enthusiastic member of the rotational programme, participating in MMPT duties in various specialties including but not limited to, Surgery, Cardiology and Oncology and intensive care wards. You will spend time interacting with patients, doctors and nurses at ward level enabling you to deliver a bespoke service counselling patients, supporting the education and training of others and delivering the best patient care. You’ll also get the opportunity to rotate through other areas such as Clinical Trials to support and develop your knowledge of how medicines move from the “bench to the bedside”.

You will also work alongside our teams in patient services, in both adult and paediatric teams at the Guys and St Thomas' sites and the Evelina London Children's hospital to ensure that patients get the right medicines, at the right time using our newly implemented Patient Electronic Record, EPIC system.

When you join the GSTT pharmacy team, you will meet a large, friendly and diverse group of people, who possess the knowledge and skills needed to deliver patients the high standard of care they deserve. At the same time, you will join a department with a strong focus on education and training and will be exposed to opportunities that will support your professional development.

Main duties and responsibilities are to:

• Perform MMPT duties including medicines reconciliation and POD locker checks
• Counsel patients and their carers / representatives on the safe use of their medicines
• Dispense and check controlled drugs, ensuring safe and correct storage and record‑keeping.
• Perform final accuracy checks on clinically screened prescriptions to support timely supply of medicines and support the wider hospital flow
• Address any queries or concerns a patient, carer, or parent may have about their medication
• Communicate detailed, complex and sensitive information to patients/carers about drug doses, indications, side effects and efficacy.
• Lead on the completion of quality improvement projects and implement service innovations
• Support the education and training of other colleagues, including pharmacy assistants, pre‑registration trainee pharmacy technicians, trainee and junior pharmacists
• Support the different pharmacy teams with the operational delivery of comprehensive clinical trials, home care and procurement services

This advert closes on Thursday 4 Dec 2025