East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Pharmacy Tech (GSM) - Band 4 to 5 progression

The closing date is 04 December 2025

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Job summary

Would you like a challenge, Would you like to have a role where you feel you can make a difference every day? We have a permanent vacancy for a band 4 to 5 progression Clinical Pharmacy Technician to work within the General and Specialist Medicine / Frailty team at The William Harvey, Hospital Ashford.

This is a fast paced but varied exciting environment, and your clinical knowledge is constantly developed to provide a patient focused medicines management service. You will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, where the goal is to ensure we provide an excellent service to our patients, with their safety and well-being at the forefront of everything we do. The role will involve regular teaching to other clinicians and healthcare professionals working in the GSM / Frailty team.

The band 4 to 5 progression post is suitable for pharmacy technicians looking to work in a hospital pharmacy, who are newly qualified or community looking to start their hospital career.

To progress to the band 5, the successful applicant would need to successfully complete the in-house progression policy.

As part of the progression, the applicant would also need to display specialist knowledge in general and specialist medicine. Please contact the lead recruiter for further details regarding the role and progression.

Main duties of the job

Completing detailed medication histories using a multitude of sources in order to reconcile with current inpatient medications and make interventions where appropriate.

To counsel patients on new or changed medications to help promote compliance

To aid Doctors and nurses with medication queries

To evaluate the suitability of patients, own medications for use whilst in the hospital setting

To participate in the discharge planning of patients with ward staff and other healthcare professionals both in secondary and primary care.

Accuracy checking of dispensed items in our main hospital dispensary or satellite pharmacy within the acute medicines unit

To carry out audits on the department to ensure procedures are being followed

About us

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with fivehospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Details

Date posted

27 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,485 to £37,796 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

344-1967DCB-B

Job locations

William Harvey Hospital

Kennington Road

Ashford

TN24 0LZ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in 'supporting documents'.

If you have further queries please dont hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in 'supporting documents'.

If you have further queries please dont hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience completing audits
  • Experience counselling patients on medication

Desirable

  • Post registration experience in a hospital Pharmacy

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent communication skills with patients and staff
  • Ability to work under pressure and problem solve and use initiative
  • Experience of training staff and giving feedback
  • Strong sense of responsibility/integrity and work as a team player

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician
  • National accredited checking qualification
  • Medicines Optimisation Programme or equivalent or evidence of competence
  • NVQ in Pharmacy Services level 3 with BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science as underpinning knowledge or equivalent

Personal and professional attributes

Essential

  • Able to appraise options and make clear decisions
  • IT skills in word processing, database and spreadsheet packages
  • Utilising electronic systems to access patient records
  • Good analytical skills - able to access and abstract data from relevant and sometimes complex sources
  • Good communication skills, verbal, written and electronic; within a multidisciplinary team environment

Desirable

  • Baseline management skills - Can prioritise work and organise own workload as well as that of junior pharmacy staff

Governance

Essential

  • Experience of participating in audits

Desirable

  • Experience of writing action plans
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience completing audits
  • Experience counselling patients on medication

Desirable

  • Post registration experience in a hospital Pharmacy

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent communication skills with patients and staff
  • Ability to work under pressure and problem solve and use initiative
  • Experience of training staff and giving feedback
  • Strong sense of responsibility/integrity and work as a team player

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician
  • National accredited checking qualification
  • Medicines Optimisation Programme or equivalent or evidence of competence
  • NVQ in Pharmacy Services level 3 with BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science as underpinning knowledge or equivalent

Personal and professional attributes

Essential

  • Able to appraise options and make clear decisions
  • IT skills in word processing, database and spreadsheet packages
  • Utilising electronic systems to access patient records
  • Good analytical skills - able to access and abstract data from relevant and sometimes complex sources
  • Good communication skills, verbal, written and electronic; within a multidisciplinary team environment

Desirable

  • Baseline management skills - Can prioritise work and organise own workload as well as that of junior pharmacy staff

Governance

Essential

  • Experience of participating in audits

Desirable

  • Experience of writing action plans

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.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

William Harvey Hospital

Kennington Road

Ashford

TN24 0LZ


Employer's website

https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

William Harvey Hospital

Kennington Road

Ashford

TN24 0LZ


Employer's website

https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Deputy Lead Clinical Services Pharmacy Technician

Tina Howlett

tina.howlett@nhs.net

07811424315

Details

Date posted

27 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,485 to £37,796 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

344-1967DCB-B

Job locations

William Harvey Hospital

Kennington Road

Ashford

TN24 0LZ


Supporting documents

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