Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician
London North West University Healthcare NHS TrustLondon
Overview
This is a NHS role (permanent) with London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust based in London. The advertised salary is £36,943 to £44,900. Applications close on 30 October 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
Provide a highly efficient medicines management service to a variety of wards within the Emergency, Acute, Medicine, Care of the Elderly and Surgery d...
This is an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician to join our dynamic, innovative and friendly team dedicated to improving our ward based clinical pharmacy services. We are looking for someone with experience and a passion in this area of work in hospital pharmacy. You must be an enthusiastic, motivated and a patient orientated pharmacy technician dedicated to patient safety. You will work with the medicines management team to help implement, deliver and continually improve the technical and clinical support to wards and satellite units. You will need to have excellent communication skills and enjoy working as part of a large multi-disciplinary team. You will also need to be friendly, approachable, adaptable, flexible, willing to learn new skills and be committed to continuous professional development. You will be a pharmacy technician registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.This is a full time post and the post holder will be required to participate in the weekend working and late duties as per rota.
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Essential: - Hospital Pharmacy Experience; - Knowledge of medicines management initatives; - Medicines management experience (checking PODs, transcribing, medicines reconciliation and counselling)
Desirable: - Knowledge of audits; - Staff management experience; - Change management experience
Essential: - NVQ level 3 and/or BTEC or equivalent in pharmaceutical science; - Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council; - Accredited Medicines Management Course; - Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician
Desirable: - Management Course
Essential: - Excellent written English skills; - Excellent verbal communication skills; - Ability to use initiative, negotiate and problem solve; - Able to work as a team and independently
How this role compares
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