Pharmacy Technician: Sponsorship Available

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

New Pharmacy Hub. New service. Be part of building something from the start.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is launching a brand-new pharmacy supply and dispensing service to support our mental health and learning disability wards and community teams across Sussex.

Based at our Swandean site in Worthing, this new pharmacy service will strengthen how medicines are supplied across the Trust – improving discharge flow, supporting urgent care services, and enhancing the experience of patients and clinical teams.

We are looking for 2 motivated, forward-thinking pharmacy technicians to join us at the beginning of this journey.

This is not simply a dispensary role – this is an opportunity to help shape a modern, efficient, patient-focused pharmacy supply model within a specialist mental health Trust.

You’ll be joining an award-winning pharmacy team that values professional development, innovation and collaboration – and you’ll play a key role in ensuring patients receive their medicines safely, efficiently and on time.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a pharmacy technician who wants more than routine dispensing – someone who enjoys working autonomously, solving problems, and being part of a service transformation.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the role

As a Band 5 Pharmacy Technician within the new Pharmacy Hub, you will:

  • Dispense in-patient, out-patient, short-term leave and discharge prescriptions in line with Trust SOPs

  • Support safe and efficient ward stock supply

  • Perform final accuracy checking

  • Support medicines reconciliation processes and patient own drugs assessments

  • Contribute to discharge facilitation and improving patient flow

  • Support clozapine clinics and point-of-care testing services

  • Maintain safe handling and destruction of Controlled Drugs

  • Use electronic prescribing and pharmacy tracking systems accurately

  • Participate in audits, quality improvement and service development

  • Support and supervise trainee pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants

Person Specification

Registration

Essential

  • Registered as Pharmacy Technician with GpHC

Qualifications

Essential

  • Medicines Reconciliation trained
  • Accredited Final Accuracy Checker

Clinical knowledge and exper

Essential

  • Hospital Pharmacy experience

IT

Essential

  • Evidence of IT skills (including pharmacy systems)

Other

Essential

  • Ability to travel across the locality

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 11 October 2026

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