Senior Pharmacy Technician

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS foundation trust in Greater London is seeking a Senior Pharmacy Technician to assist in delivering a comprehensive pharmacy service. The role involves providing operational support in clinical settings, working alongside various teams, and may require evening or weekend availability. Candidates should be registered with the GPhC and possess relevant pharmacy qualifications. This position focuses on maintaining high standards of patient care and accuracy in dispensing medications.

Qualifications

• Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Demonstrated ability to dispense accurately to set standards.
• Experience working in a clinical ward-based team.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the delivery of a comprehensive pharmacy service.
• Provide operational support to the pharmacy department.
• Contribute to out-of-hours service when required.

Skills

Dispensing accuracy

Patient counseling

Self-motivation

Teamwork in clinical settings

Education

NVQ L3 Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills (QCF)

Accreditation Checking Pharmacy Technician Scheme (ACPT)

GPhC accredited equivalent

Tools

EPIC

Job description

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

Senior Pharmacy Technician

The closing date is 29 December 2025

We are looking for enthusiastic, dynamic and highly motivated Band 5 pharmacy technicians to join our trust bank team at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.

You will be working on wards alongside various clinical teams ward to assist in the delivery of a comprehensive pharmacy service and to provide operational support to the department. This role may involve contributing to our out-of-hours service working in the evenings and on weekends.

Applicants selected for interview will have the choice of a face-to-face interview or virtual interview via MS Teams. Applicants will not be advantaged or disadvantaged based on the interview method they choose.

Main duties of the job

To assist in the delivery of a comprehensive pharmacy service and to provide operational support to the department. This includes ward-based clinical pharmacy services, working to specific clinical objectives depending on the focus of the service and patient cohort, with the possibility of contributing to the out-of-hours service in the evenings or at weekends.

About us

We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King's Health Partners – we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world‑class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification documents for detailed information on the role and its requirements.

***Please note – this advert is to grow our pool of temporary staff only. As part of this recruitment process, we will interview those individuals who have been successful in submitting an application after shortlisting, and then support their application to join our Staff Bank. We will contact individuals as and when roles become available in the department***

Person Specification

• Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Completion of the Accreditation Checking Pharmacy Technician Scheme (ACPT)
• NVQ L3 Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills (QCF) plus L3 QCF Diploma in Pharmaceutical Science or GPhC accredited equivalent or GPhC equivalents prior to July 2011
• London Pharmacy Education and Training – Technician Self Development Programme – Stage 2 or equivalent
• Demonstrated ability to dispense accurately to set standards
• Medicine Management Accreditation or equivalent
• Demonstrated ability to counsel and give advice to patients on their medications
• Familiar in using the following computer systems: EPIC
• Demonstrated ability to motivate self and others

Additional

• Demonstrated ability to accurately judge and assess patient's own medication
• Demonstrated ability to prioritise and organise routine daily tasks using own initiative
• Have worked in a clinical ward-based team.
• Have worked in a hospital pharmacy dispensary.

Desireable

• Demonstrated ability to work to set procedures
• Able to demonstrate a good understanding of the context of hospital pharmacy and the NHS
• Demonstrated ability to accurately record patient medicine reconciliation

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.

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