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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (1 weekend shift in every 6 weeks plus bank holiday rota)
Job ref
391-RFL-7656886
Employer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Free Hospital
Town
Hampstead
Salary
£37,259 - £45,356 per annum Inclusive of HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
23/12/2025 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Band 5 Specialist Pharmacy Technician - Renal Services

NHS AfC: Band 5

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community.  This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

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Job overview

There is a fantastic opportunity to join the renal pharmacy team at the Royal Free Hospital. The successful candidate will be responsible for and organise the day-to-day provision of an efficient comprehensive pharmacy service to all renal and urology wards, renal outpatients and the four UCL Centre for Nephrology dialysis units and kidney care centres in north central London.

The post holder must demonstrate comprehensive medicines management skills, including medication history taking, near-patient dispensing, and facilitation of discharge planning with respect to medications and medication counselling.

Other responsibilities include to monitor, develop and deliver the technical elements of the pharmaceutical service for renal patients in accordance with objectives set by the Lead Pharmacist Renal Services. The specialist workload will comprise patients within the nephrology, dialysis and renal transplantation services.

Main duties of the job

The renal service at the Royal Free Hospital serves the North Central London sector covered by Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey PCTs, providing comprehensive services to nephrology, transplantation, and dialysis. We provide dialysis and chronic kidney care to more than 4000 patients and follow up more than 1400 with kidney transplants. The nephrology service has a national reputation in the management of renal tubular disorders, renal bone disease, nephro-urology and renal transplantation.

As part of the renal pharmacy team, you will be working alongside renowned experts in their field to help with the coordination and monitoring of medication supplies to a variety of renal services across North Central London. The post holder will also be expected to provide a comprehensive medicines management service as well as facilitate medication counselling to our patients.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.

For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person specification

Education & Professional Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
  • BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences (NVQ Pharmacy Services Level 3) or equivalent
  • NVQ A1 workplace assessor award or working towards
  • Accredited checking technician

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant post qualification hospital pharmacy experience

Royal Free World Class Care Values

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous assessable experience/understanding of JAC Pharmacy Computer System (or equivalent)
  • Computer literate including Microsoft software products
Desirable criteria
  • Previous assessable supervisory experience and experience in training
  • Previous assessable experience in recruitment and selection of staff
  • Conducting appraisals with feedback

Skills and Aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate ability to undertake an accurate drug history
  • Demonstrates ability to plan, organize and deliver induction and competency based training
  • Experience of negotiation, dealing with conflict and complaints
  • Demonstrates excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
  • Demonstrates ability to numerate
  • Demonstrates ability to counsel and give advice to patients and carers on medications
  • Demonstrates ability to assess and train staff
  • Demonstrates ability to prioritise and organise own workload and for staff managed
  • Shows evidence of methodical working and good decision making skills
  • Demonstrates ability to cope under pressure and deal with conflicting demands
  • Demonstrates initiative particularly in relation to problem solving
  • Demonstrates ability to implement new initiatives whilst maintaining departmental standards
  • Demonstrates ability to work flexibly within the service to meet changing demands
Desirable criteria
  • Excellent understanding of computerised systems of stock control management

Personal Qualities & attributes

Essential criteria
  • Ability to communicate complex, contentious and sensitive information effectively
  • Ability to work alone and as part of the multi - disciplinary team
  • Well motivated and ability to motivate others
  • Enthusiastic and hard working
  • Demonstrates good time management skills

Others

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of CPD which meet the requirements of the pharmacy regulator
  • Able to participate in late duty, weekend working and on bank holidays as required

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Tribeni (Mimi)
Job title
Bhattacharjee
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02074726306
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