# Lead Pharmacy Technician Urgent Care > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-pharmacy-technician-urgent-care/bfa0dd5f-652c-4bce-bf9b-b575d39b23fa - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-pharmacy-technician-urgent-care/bfa0dd5f-652c-4bce-bf9b-b575d39b23fa.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Trinity House (Trust Headquarters) - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Pharmacy technician - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 pro rata, per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-01T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-12T18:01:48.791Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Kent/Ashford/Kent_Community_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Pharmacy_Virtual_WardsUrgent_Care/Pharmacy_Virtual_WardsUrgent_Care-v8280544 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8280544?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare or working on the Staff Bank within these organisations. Nursing and AHP vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses/AHPs. Are you an experienced Pharmacy Technician ready to take the next step in your career? Do you want to be part of an innovative, multidisciplinary service that is transforming the way healthcare is delivered? We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and forward-thinking Band 6 Lead Pharmacy Technician to join our Frailty Urgent Care Services, helping to deliver hospital-level care to patients in the comfort of their own homes. This is a unique role where your expertise will directly support patients to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions, facilitate earlier discharge from acute settings and ensure medicines are used safely, effectively and appropriately throughout their care journey. ### Main duties of the job Your daily activities will be varied to include: - Medicines reconciliation, review and counselling, remotely and face-to-face - Attendance at multidisciplinary board round - Assess medication adherence and implement appropriate interventions - Identify and refer priority patients for pharmacist review - Independently resolve medicines-related queries, escalating appropriately - Liaison with stakeholders during transfer of care to support ongoing medication management requirements - Oversight for medication stock management and supply ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net, quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further. The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate. Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert. We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job. At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve. Find out more about the community difference here. Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity. ### 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 ### Working environment **Essential** - A full, valid UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) and the ability to travel independently are essential for this role. Should you require workplace adjustments under the Equality Act 2010, we are committed to supporting you to meet the mobility requirements of the role wherever possible. ### Knowledge and skills **Essential** - You will have knowledge of the pharmaceutical care of frail patients and supporting patients with managing medicines - You will have knowledge in ordering, storage and handling medicines, including safe disposal - You will need to be able to use IT systems and databases. - You will be able to support implementation of local and national agendas for health under the guidance of senior colleagues **Desirable** - Having an awareness of developments within the NHS would be an advantage as well as an understanding of Integrated Neighbourhood Teams and NICE guidance. ### Qualifications, training and experience **Essential** - You will be a Registered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council - You will have a BTEC in pharmaceutical science or NVQ LEVEL 3 in pharmacy services, or a GPhC recognised equivalent qualification - You will have an Accredited qualification in Medicines Management or historical equivalent (Regionally Accredited Consultation Skills plus Medicines Management Skills) or equivalent - You will have post-qualification medicines optimisation experience in a hospital or other clinical setting, including patient consultation and counselling. Having experience in both primary/community and secondary care would be an advantage. - You will have experience of training colleagues and supporting as a mentor - You will have experience of undertaking audit and responding to outcomes, and being part of quality improvement initiatives **Desirable** - Having experience supporting patients with frailty and multiple/complex co-morbidities will be an advantage - Having a practice/educational supervisor qualification would be an advantage as well as experience of leading and managing teams ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 302.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10600022) - [staff privacy notice (pdf, 528.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2665) - [kchft values into action (pdf, 440.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=479) - [staff journey illustration (pdf, 2.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2277) - [a guide to completing your application (pdf, 296.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2025) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.