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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
196-LIS9762
Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Brompton Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£37,259 - £45,356 p.a. inc. Inner London HCA
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/08/2025 23:59

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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust logo

Rotational Pharmacy Technician - Band 5

NHS AfC: Band 5

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions. 

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.



Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a rotational Pharmacy Technician to join the pharmacy team at Royal Brompton Hospital. This role and is based at Royal Brompton Hospital within our established, developed, and well-resourced pharmacy department. We are looking for a committed, highly motivated and enthusiastic individual who will contribute to our ongoing success. You will work as part of a friendly and supportive team of pharmacy assistants, pharmacy technicians and pharmacists.

This is a great opportunity for newly or soon to qualify pharmacy technicians and experienced pharmacy technicians alike.

This post is based at the Royal Brompton Site and rotates between Patient Services, Medicines Management and Outsourcing.

Main duties of the job

Delivering the daily workload in Patient Services

Assisting to manage the daily workload for Patient Services

Assist in the training and development of junior staff

Working in the dispensary as an accredited checking pharmacy technician (ACPT)

Working with the clinical teams to help with our Medicines Optimisation service

Work closely with the multidisciplinary teams to deliver a high quality medicines management service

Participate in the running of the outsourced CIVAS and TPN services for both the Adult and Paediatric wards.

You will have:

Registered with the GPhC or soon to register

Experience of relevant hospital pharmacy work

Hold the ACPT qualification

Hold AIMMS or MOP qualification or willing to undertake

Hold the Educational Supervisor qualification or willing to undertake

Have excellent organisational and time management skills and good customer service and communication skills

Evidence of effective team working

Experience of counselling patients

Evidence of good problem solving skills

Motivated and a “can do attitude”

Working for our organisation

The Royal Brompton Hospital Pharmacy department is a friendly welcoming team, who support their staff.

We work closely with our counterparts at Harefield Hospital Pharmacy, to ensure our patients get the best possible treatment for their lung and heart conditions.

Our core values are:

  • We are: Caring, ambitious, inclusive

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • This is a rotational post that includes the dispensary, medicines optimisation and outsourcing. There is also a requirement to participate in the ward top up service throughout the rotations.
    To participate in the dispensing of inpatient, outpatient, discharge and controlled drug prescriptions and the dispensing of clinical trials, following departmental procedures. 
  • To work as an accredited checking pharmacy technician (ACPT) once qualified. 
  • To assist in medicines optimisation of respiratory, cardiology and surgical patients on wards. 
  • To assist with medicines reconciliation and counselling patients on the use of their current medication and any new medication that is started by the Trust to facilitate adherence.
  • Part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust 3
    To participate in the running of the outsourced CIVAs and TPN services for both the Adult and Paediatric wards.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for the full duties and responsibility of this role.

Person specification

Knowledge/ Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • BTEC Level 3 Diploma in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians. (or equivalent)
  • Holds a current ACPT checking qualification
  • Accreditation in Medicines Management for Pharmacy Technicians (AIMMS) or Medicines Optimisation Programme (MOP) – or willing to complete.
Desirable criteria
  • Educational supervisor qualification or equivalent
  • Edward Jenner or equivalent qualification. Member of APTUK

Experience

Essential criteria
  • To have worked in a Pharmacy environment for a minimum of two years
  • Experience in training staff
  • Good competence in patient counselling.
  • Experience of stock management and top up service.
Desirable criteria
  • Previous Hospital Pharmacy experience.
  • Experience of continual delivery of medicines management services at ward level.

Skills and abilities

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work quickly, accurately and in an organised manner and be able to prioritise .
  • The ability to identify and prioritise work and deal with non-routine tasks.
  • Good communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office software and Pharmacy related stock control applications
  • Ability to use initiative
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience in EPIC

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Proven ability for team working, good interpersonal skills, adaptability, a positive “can do” attitude and a positive attitude to change.
  • Attention to detail and accuracy
  • Meet set targets
  • Knowledge of one’s limitations and ability to refer to other staff when appropriate.
  • Ability to work quickly, calmly and accurately under pressure.

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
Amila Selman
Job title
Chief Pharmacy Technician
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02073518096
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