# Clinical Pharmacy Technician

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Kent and Canterbury Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Pharmacy technician
- **Grade:** Band 4, Band 5
- **Salary:** £28,392 - £39,043 pro rata per annum
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (Band 4 to 5 progression post)
- **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 30 hours per week (Including weekends and Bank Holidays)
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-01T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-19T13:40:51.373Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Kent/Margate/East_Kent_Hospitals_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Clinical_Pharmacy_Technician/Clinical_Pharmacy_Technician-v7621294
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7621294?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Would you like a challenge, Would you like to have a role where you feel you can make a difference every day? We have a Fixed Term vacancy (to cover maternity leave) for a band 4 to 5 progression Clinical Pharmacy Technician to work within Surgery and Critical Care at Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital, Margate.

This is a fast paced but varied exciting environment, and your clinical knowledge is constantly developed to provide a patient focused medicines management service. You will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, where the goal is to ensure we provide an excellent service to our patients, with their safety and well-being at the forefront of everything we do. The role will involve regular teaching to other clinicians and healthcare professionals working in Surgery and Critical Care.

The band 4 to 5 progression post is suitable for pharmacy technicians looking to work in Surgery and Critical Care; newly qualified pharmacy technicians or community pharmacy technician looking to start their hospital career.

To progress to the band 5, the successful applicant would need to successfully complete the in-house progression policy.

Please contact the lead recruiter for further details regarding the role and progression.

### Main duties of the job

Completing detailed medication histories using a multitude of sources in order to reconcile with current inpatient medications and make interventions where appropriate.

To counsel patients on new or changed medications to help promote compliance

To aid Doctors and nurses with medication queries

To evaluate the suitability of patients, own medications for use whilst in the hospital setting

To participate in the discharge planning of patients with ward staff and other healthcare professionals both in secondary and primary care.

Accuracy checking of dispensed items in our main hospital dispensary or satellite pharmacy within the acute medicines unit

To carry out audits on the department to ensure procedures are being followed

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in 'supporting documents'.

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Governance

**Essential**

- Experience of participating in audits

**Desirable**

- Experience of writing action plans

### Other requirements

**Essential**

- To be aware of and adhere to the Trust’s Vision, Mission and Values
- To be aware of and adhere to the GPhC’ standards for pharmacy professionals
- Able to work weekends, late nights and bank holidays

**Desirable**

- Member of APTUK

### Qualifications and training

**Essential**

- BTECH level 3 in Pharmaceutical science
- NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Service Skills (pre 2022) or equivalent
- Registrationwith the General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Accredited forfinal accuracy checking of prescriptions
- Medicines management accreditation or national equivalent
- Evidence of CPD

**Desirable**

- Educational supervisor qualification (Propharmace or equivalent)
- Supervising and training others

### Clinical skills and experience

**Essential**

- Can demonstrate knowledge of commonly used medicines
- Experience of counselling patients on medication.

**Desirable**

- Use of electronic pharmacy systems such as CMM
- Use of electronic prescribing systems such as sunrise

### Personal/professional attributes

**Essential**

- Good communication skills, verbal, written and electronic.
- Negotiation skills Effective team player
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good analytical skills – able to access and abstract data from relevant and sometimes complex sources
- Able to appraise options and make clear decisions
- IT skills in word processing, database and spreadsheet packages
- Able towork from written procedures
- Ability to work under pressure
- Attention to detail
- Use of initiative and pro-active

**Desirable**

- Experience of training staff and giving feedback.
- Good presentation skills

## Documents

- [job description and person specification (pdf, 385.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10706166)

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