# Senior Pharmacy Technician > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Barts Health NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-pharmacy-technician/f93732cb-7635-49cc-aa04-81db608738cc - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-pharmacy-technician/f93732cb-7635-49cc-aa04-81db608738cc.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Barts Health NHS Trust - **Location:** Royal London Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Pharmacy technician - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 Per annum inc pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 30 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-31T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-17T10:10:35.715Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Barts_Health_NHS_Trust/Shared_Pharmacy_Services/Shared_Pharmacy_Services-v8233442 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8233442?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview A great opportunity has arisen to join the Pharmacy Team at Barts Health as our Pharmacy Medicines Purchasing for Safety Lead, based at The Royal London Hospital with cross‑site working. This role is central to ensuring safe, compliant and resilient medicines procurement across the Trust. You will lead on procurement governance, medicine shortages management, unlicensed medicines oversight, and safety‑focused contract validation, working closely with senior pharmacy leaders and multidisciplinary teams. Key responsibilities include: - Leading safe, compliant procurement processes and supplier oversight - Managing Trust-wide medicine shortages and switch‑back planning - Coordinating unlicensed medicines governance, audits and stock reviews - Conducting safety assessments, packaging checks and contract validation - Producing KPIs, dashboards and audit reports for governance forums - Supporting incident investigations, policy development and digital optimisation We are looking for an enthusiastic, proactive pharmacy technician with excellent communication skills, strong attention to detail and a passion for patient safety. For more information, please contact: sukhpreet.bassi@nhs.net or Tejal.Patel5@nhs.net ### Main duties of the job - To provide expert leadership and governance oversight of procurement activities within the pharmacy department, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, safeguarding patient safety, and supporting risk management. - To oversee the supply chain, including medicine shortages, unlicensed medicines, supplier management, stock control, and contract management, ensuring continuity of supply and optimal stock utilization. - To lead on governance, safety assessments, audit processes, and the management of medicine shortages and unlicensed medicines, including risk-based de-escalation and safe switch-back planning. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager. The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Leads by example, promoting the Bart’s health values - Able to push heavy trolleys - Able to lift heavy loads frequently of up to 15kg **Desirable** - Membership of the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) ### Skills **Essential** - Excellent interpersonal skills - Effective verbal and written communication skills - Be able to influence senior medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management teams - Able to motivate self and others - Be able to implement and manage change - Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail - Able to accurately follow written procedures under pressure Demonstrates numeracy skills and ability to perform accurate, complex calculations ### Knowledge **Essential** - Understanding of GPhC Revalidation requirements - Knowledge of medicines management systems at the ward level - Up to date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice, e.g. controlled drugs, Health and Safety at Work - Understanding of stock control systems - An awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues relevant to area of practice - Maintains a broad level of pharmacy practice - Knowledge of Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines requirements - Understanding of the importance of adherence to SOPs and legislation - Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the medication safety and clinical governance agenda - Understands national and local priorities - Knowledge of regulations and legislation relevant to area of practice - Demonstrates a good understanding of patient safety initiative **Desirable** - Demonstrated knowledge of Quality systems - Knowledge of interface issues relevant to different patient groups - Knowledge of Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) ### Experience **Essential** - Significant, recent experience in direct patient-facing clinical pharmacy role - Demonstrate experience of delivering safety initiatives and improved patient outcomes - Evidence of basic teaching and tutoring in a hospital setting through training others e.g. pre-registration pharmacy technicians - Experience of Medication Safety and governance - Experience with organising and chairing meetings - Use of Datix incident reporting system or equivalent - Successful experience of managing & leading change projects - Lead on in service development action plans - Writing and presenting complex reports - Experience in managing incident investigations - Experience of working with senior healthcare professionals outside of Pharmacy - Experience of leading or supervising practice research or audit - Experience of identifying and managing risk - Experience of protocol/guideline development - Track record of successful team working **Desirable** - Experience using pharmacy stock management systems (CMM) - Evidence of successful design and implementation of new supply processes. - Experience of successfully managing staff, performing appraisals and giving feedback - Management of Medicine Shortages ### Qualifications **Essential** - BTEC level 3 Diploma in Principles and practice for pharmacy technicians or equivalent (2) - Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) - Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification ILM3 or equivalent leadership / management qualification **Desirable** - Practice Supervisor Train the trainer or equivalent qualification ## Documents - [our values and behaviours (pdf, 334.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1119) - [candidate information pack (pdf, 549.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2446) - [job description and person specification band 7 (pdf, 466.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10543611) - [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 92.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1120) ## 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.