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Interview will be held on 15th Dec 2025.

If you are a qualified Pharmacy Technician looking for a new rewarding and challenging role, come and join our CQC rated ‘Outstanding’ Trust. We currently have an opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician (Procurement and Distribution) to join our team. You will help deliver a high quality, safe and effective pharmacy purchasing and distribution service to our in‑patient wards (community health and mental health services) and our out‑patient services.

We are a small friendly team, based at Prospect Park Hospital in Reading where our dispensary, pharmacy stores and purchasing office is located.

Our working hours are currently 09:00 – 17:00 Monday to Friday with you also working a late shift in the dispensary on a rota basis, which means no nights or weekends. We offer free parking on site.

• Co‑ordinate the day‑to‑day supply of medicines to all areas of BHFT, in accordance with standard operating procedures (SOPs) and transport schedules, supporting the Procurement Manager with supervision of Senior Pharmacy Assistants, workflow, stock control, ordering of medicines, pharmacy consumables and medical gases.
• Participate in the ordering, supply and stock control of medicines, including associated sundries and assisting with the monitoring and management of medicine supply issues including drug recalls.
• Be responsible for ensuring items owed to pharmacy and other areas are reviewed, ordering stock when necessary or arranging alternative products, checking outstanding orders from suppliers with the assistance of the Procurement Manager and ensuring that products owed to other areas are processed promptly after receipt.
• Take an active role in contributing towards service development and improvement both within Pharmacy Stores and the wider Pharmacy department.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working together with you to develop innovative solutions

• Flexible working options to support work‑life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• Cycle to Work and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

1. Registered Pharmacy Technician
2. Evidence of stock control experience
3. Experience of supporting and supervising staff in the workplace
4. Self‑motivation and organisational skills

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point‑by‑point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please do not hesitate to call Jennifer Newport on 0118 960 5078 or email Jennifer.Newport@berkshire.nhs.uk who’ll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

This advert closes on Sunday 30 Nov 2025.