# Pharmacy Technician > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/pharmacy-technician/7d39fca6-6cd3-4427-aa58-bc0a3cc64d6f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/pharmacy-technician/7d39fca6-6cd3-4427-aa58-bc0a3cc64d6f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust - **Town:** Maidstone - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Pharmacy technician - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-18T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-04T16:01:37.617Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Kent/Canterbury_Kent/Kent_Medway_Mental_Health_NHS_Trust/Corporate_Services/Corporate_Services-v8060487 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8060487?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and compassionate Pharmacy Technician to provide and develop the clinical pharmacy service within Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust’s Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) Service. If you're looking for an innovative clinical role, that is at the forefront of delivering patient-tailored care within the community setting, with exciting opportunities for professional development and a good work-life balance, then look no further. The post holder will join the pharmacist to work closely with the multidisciplinary Early Intervention in Psychosis team. The post holder will be based in St Martin’s Hospital in Canterbury, but will be expected to be flexible, supporting the team and multiagency colleagues across the county. Our Pharmacy Technicians are provided with opportunities for personal growth and development, including support to do accredited medicine management qualifications and NHS leadership courses. ### Main duties of the job You will support the 6  Early Intervention in Psychosis localities, across Kent and Medway, ensuring a safe, evidence-based delivery of all pharmacological interventions, with emphasis on: - ensuring appropriate management of side effects, - improving compliance with prescribed treatment, - improving access to clozapine in early onset schizophrenia, - improving physical health outcomes, - value-based practice as much as evidence-based practice. Key aspects of this clinical post will include: - attending locality multidisciplinary meetings, - providing specialist medication advice, - patient education and counselling, - medication reviews and reconciliations of current and past medication history, - developing teaching and educational programmes. The post holder will collaborate with the pharmacist and work closely with a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals. The primary responsibility involves assisting in the management of medicines for individuals experiencing early-stage psychosis. This includes providing support to those undergoing their first episode of psychosis in Kent, as well as their families and carers. The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010). ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role. ## Job Details We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and compassionate Pharmacy Technician to provide and develop the clinical pharmacy service within Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust’s Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) Service. If you're looking for an innovative clinical role, that is at the forefront of delivering patient-tailored care within the community setting, with exciting opportunities for professional development and a good work-life balance, then look no further. The post holder will join the pharmacist to work closely with the multidisciplinary Early Intervention in Psychosis team. The post holder will be based in St Martin’s Hospital in Canterbury, but will be expected to be flexible, supporting the team and multiagency colleagues across the county. Our Pharmacy Technicians are provided with opportunities for personal growth and development, including support to do accredited medicine management qualifications and NHS leadership courses. ## Job Description You will support the 6 Early Intervention in Psychosis localities, across Kent and Medway, ensuring a safe, evidence-based delivery of all pharmacological interventions, with emphasis on: ensuring appropriate management of side effects, improving compliance with prescribed treatment, improving access to clozapine in early onset schizophrenia, improving physical health outcomes, value-based practice as much as evidence-based practice. Key aspects of this clinical post will include: attending locality multidisciplinary meetings, providing specialist medication advice, patient education and counselling, medication reviews and reconciliations of current and past medication history, developing teaching and educational programmes. The post holder will collaborate with the pharmacist and work closely with a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals. The primary responsibility involves assisting in the management of medicines for individuals experiencing early-stage psychosis. This includes providing support to those undergoing their first episode of psychosis in Kent, as well as their families and carers. The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010). ## Responsibilities Please see the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Minimum of 12 months post-qualification experience - Working within a clinical/ward environment - Working in various disciplines and across organisational boundaries, linking primary and secondary care **Desirable** - Experience and/or an interest in mental health ### Qualification **Essential** - NVQ 3 / 4 or equivalent - Registered with GPhC - Medications management knowledge including appropriate policies and legislation acquired through formal education and specialist training **Desirable** - Accredited Medicine management qualification - Accredited accuracy checking qualification - Experience in using the Point of Care Haematology (PocHi) machine - Phlebotomy trained - Basic life support/ first aid training ### Knowledge and Skills **Essential** - Able to work as part of a team - Good at practical problem solving - Good presentation skills - Ability to plan, organise and prioritise own workload **Desirable** - Good understanding of the issues affecting mental health prescribing - Project management skills ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 623.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2394) - [trust name change (pdf, 813.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2991) - [person specification (pdf, 144.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10350726) - [pharmacy technician job description (pdf, 200.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10350725) ## 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.