An opportunity has arisen for a qualified, experienced, motivated and patient-focused Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician to join our dynamic pharmacy team as South London and Maudsley NHS Trust. This is an exciting opportunity to play a vital role in supporting safe, effective, and patient-centred use of medicines across inpatient and dispensary service.
You will work closely with pharmacists, ward teams, and wider multidisciplinary staff to ensure high-quality medicines management, contributing directly to improved patient outcomes.
The post holder will support the safe, effective, and timely supply of medicines to patients and end users across the Bethlem Royal Hospital and Ladywell unit, based within University Hospital Lewisham, and will also cover some dispensary services on the Bethlem site.
You will play a central role in medicines reconciliation, prescription checking, and stock management, ensuring compliance with departmental policies and national guidelines.
This role requires a proactive and compassionate individual who can work independently and collaboratively, with a strong focus on patient safety, communication, and service improvement.
To participate in the provision of pharmaceutical care initiatives to ensure the safe, appropriate and cost effective use of medicines.
To provide safe, timely, cost effective appropriate and high quality pharmaceutical services for patients and staff.
To act as a role model to junior staff and provide support and training
To assist in ensuring that key processes and procedures are in place
To supervise Pharmacy Technicians, Assistant Technical Officers and, where appropriate Pre Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technicians (PTPT)
You will be a registered pharmacy technician with an NVQ level 3 in pharmaceutical sciences or equivalent and hold an accredited checking qualification (ACT).
Further education and training is encouraged and support is provided by the education and training Chief Pharmacy Technician.
As part of the medicines management team , you will have responsibility for the delivery of a high quality service to both inpatients and outpatients at SLaM. This post provides the opportunity to use your skills providing patient care at ward level, as well as delivering an efficient, technician led dispensary service.
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust provides the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK. We are a world leading Trust in research, working closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London. Our services include the Maudsley Hospital, Lambeth Hospital, Bethlem Royal Hospital and the Ladywell unit at Lewisham Hospital. We are also part of King’s Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre.
The pharmacy department provides a clinical and dispensing service to wards and community teams in Croydon, Southwark, Lambeth and Lewisham across four main hospital sites as well as a wide variety of community mental health teams. We provide information about medication to both staff and patients to improve understanding and contribute to evidence-based care.
To provide a comprehensive pharmaceutical Medicines Management service to patients.
To work as an Accredited Checking Technician and be able to check clinically screened prescriptions.
To be able to act independently in following department SOPs
To dispense medication accurately and be able to decide when it is necessary to refer to the Senior Clinical Pharmacists.
To participate in the provision of patient counselling to patients and their carers
To participate in the provision of Medicines Reconciliation and PODs service to wards and community units.
To be carry out stock checks / stock top ups on wards and/or community units.
To order non-stock items from electronic prescription charts (EPMA) for supply by pharmacy
To assess and credit returned drugs, following the Pharmacy returns policy
To provide teaching and support to other health care professionals regarding good dispensing practice, medicine usage and storage, both internally and externally.
To assist day to day organisation of staff in the dispensary and to facilitate efficient running of service ensuring that procedures relating to good dispensary practice are followed.
To participate in research and audit undertaken in pharmacy
To guide and act as a practice supervisor to Pharmacy Assistants, pre-registration pharmacy technicians and Trainee Pharmacists as appropriate in medicines management and dispensary techniques.
To ensure that the principles of safe and secure handling of medicines are adopted and to take part in quality assurance systems for pharmaceutical services.
To attend and participate in departmental education and training meetings.
To maintain a Continuing Professional Development portfolio.
To communicate clearly and sensitively about patient medication issues both internally and externally.
To participate in the dispensary cover rota. This includes taking in prescriptions and verify personal details; take a current drug history from the patient or carer to identify any drug allergies, drug interactions or problems with the medication prescribed; to give out patient medication to patients and counsel the patient on their medication to promote concordance. This will include the name of the medication, dosage, common side-effects and administration details including use of devices. In addition, resolve any queries or concerns a patient may have about their medications.
To provide accurate record keeping of controlled drugs kept in the pharmacy including supplies to wards and departments and orders received into the pharmacy
To undertake any other duties as may be reasonably requested by the Director of Pharmacy consistent with the responsibility of the post
To take part in annual pharmacy stocktake
To participate in Saturday and Bank Holiday working, when required
