Job summary
Principal Paediatric Pharmacy Technician - Ward Services
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced, enthusiastic and highly motivated pharmacy technician looking for a new challenge to develop their career in a Paediatric NHS hospital pharmacy setting.
The successful candidate will lead our team of ward based pharmacy technicians, adapting and enhancing pharmacy technician roles to reflect the changing needs of the patients and the clinical pharmacy service, as well as managing the day to day workload at ward level within the Evelina London pharmacy service.
If you are seeking a new challenge and looking to make a difference then this is your ideal job.
Shift Pattern:9am-5.30pm Monday to Friday (37.5 hours). 9am-5pm for rostered weekends and bank holidays. Late duty as per roster 9.30am-6pm.
Closing date: 19th November 2025 at midnight
Interview date: 27th November2025
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will join the Evelina London pharmacy leadership team and contribute to strategies to develop and enhance service provision. You will be responsible for providing and ensuring a safe, efficient and accurate ward-based pharmacy technician service is delivered across the Evelina London wards.
See JD and PS for further details.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best-known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high-quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, and neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions. The Duchess of Cambridge became the Patron of Evelina London in 2018.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking for an experienced, committed and enthusiastic Pharmacy Technician with demonstrable competencies in hospital pharmacy practice, leadership/management, excellent communication skills and a demonstrable commitment to patient care and experience.
You should be a highly organised, supportive and motivated team player with the ability to prioritise appropriately, and manage and deliver medicines optimisation projects.
Most importantly you must uphold and demonstrate the Trust values and have a passion for delivering the best quality care for our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking for an experienced, committed and enthusiastic Pharmacy Technician with demonstrable competencies in hospital pharmacy practice, leadership/management, excellent communication skills and a demonstrable commitment to patient care and experience.
You should be a highly organised, supportive and motivated team player with the ability to prioritise appropriately, and manage and deliver medicines optimisation projects.
Most importantly you must uphold and demonstrate the Trust values and have a passion for delivering the best quality care for our patients.
Person Specification
Knowledge / Qualification
Essential
- NVQ Pharmacy Services Level 3/BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent
- Registered as a pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Recognised Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification
Desirable
- Practice/Educational Supervisor qualification
- Leadership or management qualification
- Medicine management accreditation
Experience
Essential
- Demonstration competence of pharmacy practice skills and knowledge
- Previous assessable experience of delivering ward pharmacy technician services
- Experience of working as a team leader or operational management capacity
- Previous experience of delivering induction and competency based training
- Previous assessable experience of performance management
- Previous evaluated experience of project work
- Previous evaluated experience of audit
- Previous assessable experience of change management
Desirable
- Previous experience of leading a ward pharmacy technician services
- Working in a children's hospital dispensary
- Working in a busy hospital dispensary
- Supervising the day to day running of a dispensary
- Working with Epic computer system - Electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) records
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrated ability of operational management
- Demonstrated ability to select and recruit staff
- Demonstrated ability to deliver ward pharmacy technician services
- Demonstrated ability to prioritise and organise routine daily tasks using own initiative, whilst supervising and leading a team
- Demonstrated ability to plan, deliver, and organise competency-based training assessment
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and accurately under pressure
- Demonstrated ability to motivate self and others
- Demonstrated ability to communicate more complex and sensitive information effectively using clear written and spoken English to overcome barriers to understanding
- Demonstrated IT skills including
- Demonstrated ability to conduct appraisals/performance development reviews (PDR)
- Demonstrated ability to manage audits and project work.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate routine, more complex and sensitive information effectively using clear written and spoken English and overcome barriers to understanding, to a diverse group of staff patients and carers
- Able to demonstrate a good understanding of the context of hospital pharmacy and the NHS
- Able to demonstrate a good understanding of the Trust values
- Demonstrated ability to write and implement standard operating procedures
Desirable
- Demonstrated ability to manage performance
- Demonstrated ability to use of Epic computer system - Electronic prescribing and medicine administrations (ePMA) records
Person Specification
Knowledge / Qualification
Essential
- NVQ Pharmacy Services Level 3/BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent
- Registered as a pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Recognised Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification
Desirable
- Practice/Educational Supervisor qualification
- Leadership or management qualification
- Medicine management accreditation
Experience
Essential
- Demonstration competence of pharmacy practice skills and knowledge
- Previous assessable experience of delivering ward pharmacy technician services
- Experience of working as a team leader or operational management capacity
- Previous experience of delivering induction and competency based training
- Previous assessable experience of performance management
- Previous evaluated experience of project work
- Previous evaluated experience of audit
- Previous assessable experience of change management
Desirable
- Previous experience of leading a ward pharmacy technician services
- Working in a children's hospital dispensary
- Working in a busy hospital dispensary
- Supervising the day to day running of a dispensary
- Working with Epic computer system - Electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) records
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrated ability of operational management
- Demonstrated ability to select and recruit staff
- Demonstrated ability to deliver ward pharmacy technician services
- Demonstrated ability to prioritise and organise routine daily tasks using own initiative, whilst supervising and leading a team
- Demonstrated ability to plan, deliver, and organise competency-based training assessment
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and accurately under pressure
- Demonstrated ability to motivate self and others
- Demonstrated ability to communicate more complex and sensitive information effectively using clear written and spoken English to overcome barriers to understanding
- Demonstrated IT skills including
- Demonstrated ability to conduct appraisals/performance development reviews (PDR)
- Demonstrated ability to manage audits and project work.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate routine, more complex and sensitive information effectively using clear written and spoken English and overcome barriers to understanding, to a diverse group of staff patients and carers
- Able to demonstrate a good understanding of the context of hospital pharmacy and the NHS
- Able to demonstrate a good understanding of the Trust values
- Demonstrated ability to write and implement standard operating procedures
Desirable
- Demonstrated ability to manage performance
- Demonstrated ability to use of Epic computer system - Electronic prescribing and medicine administrations (ePMA) records
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
