Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 343-7246752-FM-AG
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Helier Hospital
- Town
- Carshalton
- Salary
- £34,521 - £41,956 pa incl HCAS Outer pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Pharmacy Technician
Band 5
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
Are you a pharmacy technician with experience of working in Clinical and Patient services?
Do you want the support and learning opportunities that being part of a large, professional team brings?
Are you looking for varied, meaningful work that has a direct impact on patient care?
Yes? That’s great! We have an exciting roles for one senior pharmacy technician to work with Clinical ward teams to ensure appropriate medicines management and with the Patient Services team to supervise and co-ordinate the work of the dispensaries at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust - St Helier site.
We’re a close-knit bunch, united in our purpose to providing a first-class service to our patients, whilst looking out for one another as a first-class team!
It’s fast paced and you’ll need a good eye for detail as well as excellent customer care skills in order to liaise effectively with our patients, and MDT members. You must be a qualified accredited checking technician (ACPT).
Taking up one of these posts could be the start of something wonderful and the best decision you make this year. Tell us in your application how you meet the essential criteria in the person specification attached to the job description.
If you have questions, don’t hesitate to contact Sarah Watts, Chief Technician 0208 296 2000 ext 2202 or [email protected].
Please note these posts participate in Saturday and Sunday working as part of our 7-day service, Bank Holiday and late duty rotas.
Main duties of the job
To closely work with the clinical teams in Medicine, Surgery and Women's and Children areas to complete medicines reconciliation and ensure appropriate medicines management and to assist with the day to day operational organisation of the dispensaries, including the safe, efficient and timely dispensing of prescriptions following departmental policy, to meet the needs of the patient and the pharmacy department.
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post qualification hospital experience
- Experience in supervision of staff
- Patient counselling
- Effective communication skills, verbal and written
- Proven organisational skills
- Competent in all areas of dispensing practice.
Desirable criteria
- Experience with the CMM (formerly JAC) pharmacy computer system
- Understanding of and participation in data collection for KPIs and audit
- Dispensing/supply of clinical trials
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Ability to organise own workload and that of others
- Computer literate for dispensing and stock keeping/issue purposes
- Ability to work under pressure and prioritise work
- Ability to identify and solve problems
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BTEC / NVQ Level 3 Certified Pharmacy Technician registered with GPhC
- Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) Certificate.
- Experience as MMT in the NHS
Desirable criteria
- NVQ Practice and/or Educational Supervisor
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected]. Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people 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
- Sarah Watts
- Job title
- Chief Technician, Patient Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 296 2000
- Additional information
or 0208 296 2000 ext 8612
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