Job summary
- Main area
- Neurology
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-MIC-1762
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Charing Cross Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £37,259 - £45,356 inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Pharmacy Technician – Neurology
Band 5
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced GPhC-registered pharmacy technician to co-ordinate the provision of inpatient, homecare, and outpatient prescription services to our neurology patients primarily based at Charing Cross Hospital.
Applicants will need excellent organisational & IT skills and be able to communicate effectively in English with patients, staff, and stakeholders.
The post-holder will be working closely with existing pharmacy teams, clinicians & clinical nurse specialists to ensure the safe delivery of medicines to patients both via homecare & through our outpatient pharmacy. They will primarily be responsible for the registration of new homecare patients, repeat prescription management, invoicing, and expenditure/usage reporting.
The post-holder will also participate in the delivery of medicines management services to our inpatient neurology wards.
Main duties of the job
- Day-to-day co-ordination of the provision of medication to neurology patients via homecare & outpatient prescriptions
- Entering information on to the pharmacy computer system and the accurate processing/issuing of homecare prescriptions
- Ensuring accurate invoicing to the Trust for homecare services & accurate billing to the commissioners for services provided, including the maintenance of prescription & invoice databases
- Provision of ward-based pharmacy technician services, including medicines management
- Assisting with audit work related to the provision of homecare and ward services
- Supporting patients with homecare-related queries
- Maintaining good communication with homecare companies, patients, other healthcare professionals, and stakeholders
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Level 3 Pharmacy Technician Apprenticeship or equivalent recognised Pharmacy Technician qualification
- Registered as a pharmacy technician with the GPhC
- Mandatory ongoing CPD portfolio as defined by the GPhC
Desirable criteria
- Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician qualification (or to be achieved within 12 months of appointment to this position)
- Practice Supervisor (P.S)
- NVQ Assessor (A1)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of pharmacy computer systems
- Experience of working with ‘one stop’ dispensing for inpatients
- Solid grounding in all aspects of hospital pharmacy practice
Desirable criteria
- At least two years of experience working in a hospital post-qualification as a pharmacy technician
- Experience of training others
- Experience working within homecare services
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good written communication and interpersonal skills
- Good ability to use computer systems including MS Word and MS Excel
- Experience of patient counselling
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Violet Quinn
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0203 313 0508
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