# Rotational Clinical Pharmacy Technician - Band 4 to 5 Progression Post > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/rotational-clinical-pharmacy-technician-band-4-to-5-progression-post/089d2d04-7d0d-458f-b319-f96c190cd82b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/rotational-clinical-pharmacy-technician-band-4-to-5-progression-post/089d2d04-7d0d-458f-b319-f96c190cd82b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** William Harvey Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Pharmacy technician - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £39,043 Band 4-5 progression post £28,392-£39,043 pro rata per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent: Band 4 to 5 progression post - **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 22.5 hours per week (Including weekends and bankholidays) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-19T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-11-13T12:20:33.403Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Kent/Ashford/East_Kent_Hospitals_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Clinical_Pharmacy_Technician/Clinical_Pharmacy_Technician-v8436157 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8436157?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 permanent vacancy for a rotational band 4 to 5 progression Clinical Pharmacy Technician to work at The William Harvey, Hospital Ashford. 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 within the trust The band 4 to 5 progression post is suitable for pharmacy technicians looking to work in a hospital pharmacy, who are newly qualified or community 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. As part of the progression, the applicant would also need to display specialist knowledge in general and specialist medicine. 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'. If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below. ### 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 **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 - Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council. - Accredited for final accuracy checking of prescriptions - Medicines management accreditation or national equivalent **Desirable** - Educational supervisor qualification (Propharmace or equivalent) - Supervising and training others ### Clinicalskills 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 skill - 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 to work from written procedures - Ability to work under pressure - Attention to detail **Desirable** - Experience of training staff and giving feedback - Good presentation skills ## Documents - [working for the trust (pdf, 503.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10771386) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 296.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10771385) ## 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.