Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (flexible)
- Job ref
- 381-CO-7737500
- Employer
- Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- SWBH NHS Trust
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Lead Pharmacy Technician Clinical Ward Services
NHS AfC: Band 6
Here at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust we’re committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce and we welcome applications from all parts of the community. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities whilst employing people to our organisation who meet our Trust values of ambition, respect and compassion. With the opening of our new hospital, Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, it’s the coming together of expertise from every corner of our organisation and a show of our commitment to provide better healthcare and create more jobs and so much more. We at the Trust actively encourage Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) and disabled applicants, as well as members of the armed forces community and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce.
Job overview
Are you looking to take the next step into your career and make a difference in patient care?
It is an exciting time to join our Ward Based Pharmacy Team at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust as we have moved into our new home, Midland Metropolitan University Hospital!
We are looking for an exceptional, hard working Lead Clinical Ward Services Technician with hospital ward and medicines management experience, to help lead the team of Ward Based Technicians in delivering high quality, medicines management pharmacy services to our patients and wards in our brand new hospital MMUH.
So, if you have what it takes, are innovative, ready to be challenged and can demonstrate assertiveness, coaching, mentoring skills whilst leading and managing a team and putting the patient at the heart of everything you do, then we want to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
The post holder must be a qualified Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician, registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
You will be required to complete our Ward Based Training programme.
You will be responsible for a group of technicians and have oversight of organising the medicines management and governance of a group of wards. This will involve drug history and reconciliation with patients, undertaking audits, directing and leading other staff, service forecasting and rota planning.
You will be supported to become a line manager of a group of Technicians all at varying stages of their careers. The ability to deliver high quality care and contribute to the overall success of the team is essential.
You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills; you must be flexible, reliable and conscientious and be able to work in a busy, but driven environment, which may be on any site in the Trust. MMUH is an automated hospital with EPR and Automated Dispensing Cabinets, contribution to these systems will be required and previous experience is desirable.
Contribute to and coordinate rotas for ACT slots and maintain, develop standard operating procedures and training packs, undertake recruitment and interviews.
Working weekends and Bank holidays are a core part of the post and on a rota basis, currently 1 in 4 as part of our 7 day working pattern. Adhere to rota for ACT final checking slots and helping the dispensaries at the end of day.
Working for our organisation
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country – one of the country’s most culturally diverse areas. It’s a friendly and welcoming place – a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.
We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.
Our values – Ambition, Respect and Compassion – are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.
Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to “Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population.” It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It’s what makes us unique.
We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose. When we say we’re ‘with you all the way’ we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information, please see the attached job description and person specification for more details.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience at Band 5 level successfully delivering pharmacy services.
- Proven experience of supervising technical /support staff in a pharmacy department.
- Proven experience of leading pharmacy staff or a team
- Proven experience of medicines management.
- Develop, implement and undertake audits.
- Proven ability to dispense medicines accurately without making errors.
- Proven ability to dispense medicines accurately without making errors.
- Understand the legal responsibilities of the profession.
- To be able to handle safely and competently pharmaceutical equipment and medicines used in the dispensing process.
- Contribution to clinical education of less experienced staff, students or assistants
- Experience of staff appraisal systems and CPD.
Desirable criteria
- Proven experience of managing technical /support staff in a pharmacy department.
- Line Manager experience – Conducting sickness/absence management, Return to work. PDR reviews.
- Recruitment experience and interviewing
- Experience with automated dispensing cabinets
- Experience with EPR
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ3, BTEC or equivalent in pharmaceutical science.
- Holds accreditation for checking prescriptions dispensed by others.
- Evidence of completion of training in Medicines Management.
- Induction and evidence of continued personal development.
- Must be registered with Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
- Previous successful completion of additional training (comprising of courses and study days) how to deal with a range of non-routine activities including risk assessment, clinical incident reporting, human resource practice and appraisal.
Desirable criteria
- Externally accreditied management courses, such as NHS leadership Academy – Edward Jenner, Mary Seacole or CPPE.
- Accreditied medicines management qualifications.
- Specialist clinical areas training – diabetes, respiratory, end of life, skin, eye clinics, ITU, GUM, Paeds, - etc.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Helen Whiles
- Job title
- Chief Pharmacy Technician
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07483389423
- Additional information
Informal enquiries may also be directed to:
Katie Hart-Lead Technician for Clinical Ward Services
Work mobile: 07483389423 or [email protected]
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