Job vacancy: Advanced Pharmacy Technician - Queen Mary's Hospital, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Orpington

Job summary

Main area: Pharmacy
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (includes 7 day working)
Job ref: 213-Division-A-8263731

Employer: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Princess Royal University Hospital
Town: Orpington
Salary: £45,953 - £54,254 per annum, including high cost allowance
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 13/10/2026 23:59

Advanced Pharmacy Technician - Queen Mary's Hospital

Band 6

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£2.1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full job description and outline of main responsibilities please see attached documents.

Policy/Service Development

To manage and develop the operational and clinical services at QMH, working with principal and lead technicians and pharmacists, and contribute to the development of operational services at PRUH.
To lead and manage pharmacy technicians and assistant technical officers within operational services at PRUH and QMH.
To ensure that operational and clinical processes, policies and procedures are followed by all staff.
To maintain and develop high quality, consistent, patient-focused pharmacy services in conjunction with operational and clinical staff.
To adhere to and maintain quality standards and performance indicators for safe medicines use.
To support the agenda for medication waste and sustainability within the Trust by developing systems that are sustainable and minimise waste.
To support stock management and control and initiatives to optimise these processes.
To participate in pharmacy and clinical audits and research.
To follow departmental procedures and dispense and check medication accurately.
To develop procedures, policies and guidelines pertaining to the pharmacy service.
To use pharmacy computer systems correctly and enter data accurately and ensure that data is stored and archived appropriately in accordance with local and other agreed guidelines.
To develop and support initiatives for patient centred care.
To support the delivery of compliant homecare services across the Trust.
To encourage and support compliance with the formulary and departmental policies & procedures.
To highlight operational and clinical incidents using the incident reporting system and investigate and develop corrective or preventive action plans in conjunction with the pharmacy leads for reported incidents.

· To ensure that operational and clinical services satisfy all legislation and good practice recommendations relating to the safe storage and supply of medicines.

· To provide regular activity and quality monitoring information and to use this information to develop the service and improve and/or maintain a quality service.

· To be responsible for and manage the distribution of FP10 prescription pads, ensuring secure storage arrangements in the pharmacy and when in use throughout the hospital.

· To support the safe and secure management of controlled drugs as per the legal requirements and standard operating procedures including weekly and monthly cycle counts, adjusting ward stock levels, and managing the introduction of new practice or drugs. To understand the use of the Omnicell system and train staff when required.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria

NVQ 3 in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent
Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician qualification

Desirable criteria

Successful completion of short courses relevant to practice, to include supervisory/management qualification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

Knowledge of pharmacy computer systems
Good knowledge of MS Word and MS Excel applications
Good Management Practice
Significant experience relevant to Hospital Pharmacy Practice with assessed competencies

Desirable criteria

Experience of research and audit work

Skills and Competencies

Essential criteria

Be able to provide and receive complex information on medicines use, ward and dispensary services
Be able to communicate effectively and accurately in both written and verbal formats with staff and patients
Track record of successfully working within teams
Be able to analyse information relating to service provided or individual patients where there are a range of facts requiring analysis and where a range of options need to be compared
Be able to analyse and interpret information relating to medicines and their uses

Desirable criteria

Be able to use presentational aids

IMPORTANT

Check your email account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you
If you delete the job from any of your accounts, you may be prevented from accessing further communications
To enquire about your application or inform us of any changes in your circumstances, please contact the named person on this advert
Please provide email addresses for referees where possible
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Please review the documentation on our recruitment microsite, particularly the Trust’s criminal records checking policy
All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. On occasion, we might close a vacancy early due to a high number of applications being received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

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King's College Hospital is part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC), a pioneering collaboration between King's College London, and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts.

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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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Julie Hawkes-Reekie
Job title: Deputy Chief Pharmacist
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01689864014

If you have problems applying, contact

Address: King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Jennie Lee House
2nd Floor
Love Walk Lane
SE5 8AD
Telephone: 020 3299 0072

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Job summary

Employer heading

Advanced Pharmacy Technician - Queen Mary's Hospital

Band 6

Job overview

Main duties of the job

Working for our organisation

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Skills and Competencies

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

If you have problems applying, contact

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