Senior Paediatric Pharmacy Technician - Ward Services

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

An NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a motivated Senior Paediatric Pharmacy Technician. You will deliver pharmacy services at Evelina London Children's Hospital, focusing on patient care and team collaboration in a dynamic environment. The ideal candidate will possess an accredited checking pharmacy technician qualification and will play a vital role in the delivery of pharmaceutical care, ensuring patient safety and effective communication. This position offers a salary range of £37,259 to £45,356 annually.

Qualifications

• Registered as a pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Experience in a busy hospital dispensary.
• Ability to work independently and under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Provide a safe and accurate ward-based pharmacy service.
• Liaise closely with pharmacists and medical staff.
• Supervise and train junior team members.

Skills

Dispensing accurately

Patient counselling

Stock control management

Communication skills

IT skills

Education

NVQ Pharmacy services Level 3

Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT)

Tools

Epic computer system

Job description

Overview

Go back Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Paediatric Pharmacy Technician - Ward Services

The closing date is 05 October 2025

Senior Paediatric Pharmacy Technician - Ward Services, Full-time

Shift Pattern: 9am-5.30pm Monday to Friday.

9am-5pm for rostered weekends and bank holidays. Late duty as per roster 9.30am-6pm.

We have a vacancy for an enthusiastic and highly motivated pharmacy technician looking for a new challenge to develop your career in a Paediatric NHS hospital setting pharmacy setting.

Working as part of the ward based team at the Evelina London Children\'s Hospital Pharmacy. You will play a role in the delivery of pharmaceutical care to a diverse group of Paediatric patients. Working in a structured environment providing support to the wider team to meet key directorate targets.

If you are seeking to expand your clinical skills and help to improve patient satisfaction and make a difference then this is your ideal job.

The post offers a chance to contribute to the continued development of pharmacy services within the children\'s hospital.

Main duties of the job

The post is suitable for patient-focused technician with good interpersonal skills who are sensitive to the needs of the patients and their carers. You would require excellent communication and team working skills. Able to work independently and be flexible to adapt to the changing service demands meeting any set deadlines. The role is embedded in the ward teams by supporting our nursing/medical and pharmacy teams to resolve any medicines management issues.

You will be responsible for providing a safe, efficient and accurate ward-based pharmacy service for hospital inpatients by liaising closely with pharmacists, nursing and medical staff on wards.

About us

Guy\'s and St Thomas\' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK\'s best known hospitals - Guy\'s, St Thomas\', Evelina London Children\'s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

The Pharmacy departments of Guys and St Thomas\' provide safe and effective pharmaceutical ward and dispensary services to the many inpatients and outpatients of the Trust\'s many specialities.

The post holder must demonstrate their commitment to upholding the Trust values, within which we carry out our roles:

Ambitious - we innovate and strive for excellence

Inclusive - we respect each other and work collaboratively

Job responsibilities

Tasks and responsibilities include:

• Dispensing
• Final checking of screened prescriptions
• Assessing of patients own medicines
• Patients counselling
• Managing ward(s) stock control
• Audit and project work
• Supervising and training of junior team member(s)
• Participating in the weekend rota

You will already hold a recognised accredited checking pharmacy technician (ACPT) qualification.

Person Specification

Skills

• Dispense accurately to set standards
• Counsel and give advice to patients/their carers on their/child\'s medications
• Final check of clinically screened prescriptions
• Accurately record patient medicine reconciliation
• Accurately assess suitability of patient\'s own medication
• Work independently and accurately under pressure
• Prioritise and organise routine daily tasks using own initiative
• Plan, organise and deliver, training and assessment
• Motivate self and others
• Communicate routine, more complex and sensitive information effectively using clear written and spoken English and overcome barriers to understanding, to a diverse group of staff patients and carers
• Clearly and accurately complete complex routine and non-routine documentation
• Work to set procedures
• Pharmacy computer and IT skills
• Write standard operating procedures
• Using Epic computer system - Electronic prescribing and medicine administrations (ePMA) records
• Delivering induction and training
• Undertake recruitment and selection of pharmacy staff
• Working in multi-disciplinary teams

Experience

• Working in a busy hospital dispensary
• Medicines management experience at ward based
• Supervising and mentoring pharmacy staff
• Checking of medicines in a hospital pharmacy environment
• Working in a children\'s hospital dispensary
• Supervising the day to day running of a dispensary
• Stock level management and maintenance
• Working with Epic computer system - Electronic prescribing and medicine administrations (ePMA) records

Knowledge/Qualifications

• Registered as a pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• NVQ Pharmacy services Level 3 plus an accredited underpinning knowledge
• Holds a recognised Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Guy\'s and St Thomas\' NHS Foundation Trust

£37,259 to £45,356 a yearp.a. inc. HCA (pro-rata)