Band 4 Pharmacy Technician
The closing date is 09 April 2026
Job summary
We are looking for registered Pharmacy Technicians who would be based at King George Hospital in Goodmayes. Duties include:
o Clinical ward-based duties, including counselling and transcribingo In and out-patient dispensingo Assessment of patients' own drugs and drug history takingo Discharge counselling
We have a comprehensive training package which will enable you to develop as a clinical ward-based technician. This includes
o Competence in the assessment of Patient's Own Drugso Competence in taking a medication history
We are looking for a technician with a NVQ 3 in Pharmacy Services, or equivalent, who is registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council. We will consider newly qualified technicians or technicians about to qualify. You must be hard working, accurate and have some experience of working in a UK hospital.If you would like further details, contact Claire Boswell, Dispensary Manager at King George hospital at claire.boswell2@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
The post holder will carry out routine pharmaceutical duties in a professional manner and provide a high quality, patient orientated service, both in dispensaries and on the wards
About us
We're an organisation that is getting better and betterand ourimprovements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record(we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated goodby the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen'sand get rid of corridor care.
We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.
We run a Women's Health Hubin Ilford; an Ageing Well Centrein Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospitaland at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexiblyand more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wageemployer.
Some of the positive changes we've made are captured in this film.
Details
Date posted
30 March 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£32,199 to £34,876 a year Per Annum Inclusive
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
162-7662-CCS
Job locations
King George Hospital
Barley Ln
Ilford
IG3 8YB
Employer details
Employer name
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
King George Hospital
Barley Ln
Ilford
IG3 8YB
Employer's website
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Employer contact details
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