Are you a qualified, registered Pharmacy Technician looking for a rewarding and varied role within a small and friendly team?
You’ll have the opportunity to work across mental health services and community settings, based at Prospect Park Hospital in Reading with regular rotation across our community hospitals including Wokingham, Maidenhead, Newbury, Reading and Slough. This varied role balances ward‑based responsibilities, including medicines reconciliation, PODs checking, stock management and discharge support, alongside accuracy‑checking and daily dispensary tasks.
You’ll join a collaborative and supportive team that values shared learning, encourages new ideas and takes pride in delivering patient‑centred care.
Theres access to excellent development opportunities, including support to complete your ACPT qualification and ward‑based accreditations if you don’t already hold them.
We are a CQC ‘Outstanding’ Trust and are ranked third among Mental Health and Community Trusts. We score highly in NHS staff surveys including our staff consistently recommending us as a great place to work.
We support a positive work–life balance and you’ll have usual hours of Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm, plus participation in the dispensary late‑shift rota, with no weekends or night shifts.
Join us at Berkshire Healthcare, to help deliver a high‑quality, safe and effective pharmacy service across our Trust.
This is a joint role, with time spent both in the dispensary and our wards:
Delivering a fast and effective pharmacy services to the wards and departments
Completing accuracy checking session(s)
Providing an admission, supply and discharge service to nominated wards.
Checking Patients’ Own Drugs (PODs).
Undertaking medicines reconciliation.
Supporting patients to ensure that they get the best possible outcomes from their medicines.
Providing a ward top-up service.
Working with the clozapine clinic team to ensure medicines are ready for the Trust wide clinics.
Developing skills and knowledge as part of a commitment to CPD and Clinical Supervision
Providing support to Pre-registration Pharmacy Technicians and support workers while they undertake their learning.
Applications will be reviewed and processed as received. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as vacancies may close early.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
Caring for and about you is our top priority
Committed to providing good quality, safe services
Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
Flexible working options to support work-life balance
27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
Generous NHS pension scheme
Excellent learning and career development opportunities
‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
Free parking across Trust sites
The “must haves” for this role:
Qualified Pharmacy Technician registered with the GPhC
Approved ward-based qualification to include POD checking, Supply and Medicines Reconciliation, or a commitment to work towards this.
Approved Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician qualification or a commitment to work towards this.
A driver with a vehicle, or the ability and willingness to effectively and efficiently travel between Trust sites.
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Sara Jackson or Kirsty Hodder on 0118 960 5080 or email:
[email protected] or
[email protected], who’d be delighted to help.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
