Senior Dispensary Pharmacy Technician – Management Support

Barts Health NHS Trust

Job summary

Are you an experienced Pharmacy Technician looking to take the next step in your career? Do you have a passion for delivering high-quality patient care, leading teams, and driving service improvements? If so, Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Senior Dispensary Pharmacy Technician – Management Support to join our dynamic pharmacy team at the Royal London Hospital.

In this exciting Band 5 role, you will provide senior managerial support within our busy dispensary, helping to ensure the accurate, safe, and timely dispensing of medicines for inpatients, outpatients, clinics, discharge prescriptions, and controlled drugs. Working closely with senior pharmacy staff, you will play a key role in the day-to-day management of the dispensary, supporting workload organisation, staff supervision, governance compliance, and service delivery.

You will be responsible for monitoring key performance indicators, supporting stock management, participating in audits, and contributing to the continuous improvement of pharmacy services. As an Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT), you will help maintain high standards of patient safety while supporting efficient patient flow and reducing delays in discharge.

The role also offers valuable leadership and development opportunities.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide senior technical support working in the dispensary to ensure the accurate and timely dispensing of all medication. Ensure patients receive a prompt and efficient service. The role will also involve supporting the supply of discharge prescriptions, inpatient requests, clinics prescriptions , and controlled drug prescriptions and will assist in leading on the day to day running of the in-patient pharmacy dispensaries.

They will also assist the dispensary senior staff in the ensuring that good stock management is maintained in the dispensary., whilst keeping wastage to a minimum. Ensuring that the department keeps up to date with governance regulations.

To support the dispensary manager and senior pharmacy team with the day-to-day management of the dispensary, including organisation of workload, KPI monitoring and supervision of all staff in the dispensary.

The post holder may be required to carry out medicine management duties on the wards and conduct audits for controlled drug management, medicines management, TTA pack management and FP10 management.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • BTEC Pharmaceutical Sciences /NVQ 3 or equivalent
  • Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
  • Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification

Desirable

  • Practice Supervisor, Train the trainer or equivalent qualification
  • ILM Level 3 Leadership and Management qualification or equivalent
  • HEE LaSE Medicines Optimisation qualification or equivalent

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in a hospital pharmacy setting
  • Significant experience as a pharmacy technician
  • Dispensing experience
  • Pharmacy labelling and stock control systems
  • Patient consultation experience
  • Experience of pharmacy stock distribution and top-up services

Desirable

  • Recruitment and selection experience
  • Experience of using healthcare computer systems, e.g. CMM & EPMA

Knowledge

Essential

  • Understanding of GPhC Revalidation requirements
  • Up to date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice, e.g. controlled drugs, Health and Safety at Work
  • Understanding of stock control systems
  • Knowledge of drugs, side effects and where to find further information
  • Knowledge of Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines requirements
  • Understanding of the importance of adherence to SOPs and legislation
  • Demonstrates a good understanding of patient safety initiatives

Desirable

  • Understanding of development opportunities available to pharmacy
  • Knowledge of medicines management systems at ward level
  • Knowledge of Robot automation
  • Knowledge of CMM system
  • Knowledge of HR processes
  • Understanding of development opportunities available to pharmacy technician

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: 12 July 2026

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