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Bank Pharmacy Technician Band 4/5(Royal Free Outpatient only)

Royal Free London NHS Foundation TrustRoyal Free Hospital, London, NW3 2QG, United Kingdom£13.78 an hourCloses 13/09/2026

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Band
Band 4
Contract
Bank
Pattern
Flexible working
Posted
08/09/2026
Closes
13/09/2026

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Role summary

This role is for a Bank Pharmacy Technician working in the outpatient pharmacy department at Royal Free Hospital. The post holder will provide pharmaceutical services, ensuring efficient and high-quality customer experience. It involves working as part of a high-performing team and demonstrating commitment to respectful and compassionate care. Applicants are sought for both Band 4 and Band 5 roles, with assessment during the interview process.

Key responsibilities

  • Provide pharmaceutical services in the outpatient pharmacy department.
  • Ensure efficient and high quality customer experience is maintained.
  • Demonstrate behaviours that promote the outpatient pharmacy and Royal Free London values.
  • Undertake clinical responsibilities.
  • Be responsible for financial and physical resources.

Essential criteria

  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
  • NVQ Level 3 Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent.
  • Registered with the GPhC
  • Demonstrate ability to dispense accurately.
  • Demonstrate ability to counsel and give advice to patients/carers on medication.
  • Experience/knowledge of the principles of stock control.
  • Experience of working in an NHS hospital environment.
  • Computer literate including Microsoft software products.
  • Ability to provide a sensitive and professional service to patients \ patient families and healthcare professionals
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills including written English
  • Good attention to detail
  • Ability to work in a busy environment
  • Able to meet deadlines when requested

Desirable criteria

  • Previous experience in an outpatient pharmacy setting
  • Previous assessable experience/understanding of JAC Pharmacy computer system.

Useful to know

Band 4 pay context

Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.

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Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Bank Pharmacy Technician Band 4/5(Royal Free Outpatient only)

The closing date is 13 September 2026

Job summary

The pharmacy technician provides pharmaceutical services in the outpatient pharmacy department ensuring efficient and high quality customer experience is maintained.

The post holder will be working for Royal Free London Pharmacy, a wholly owned subsidiary of the RFL Group.

The post holder will be part of a high performing team that is expected to demonstrate behaviours that promote the outpatient pharmacy and Royal Free London values. This means that in undertaking this role the post holder is expected at all times to behave in a way that demonstrates commitment to the delivery of respectful and compassionate care as described below.

The post holder will be mainly based at the Royal Free Hospital which is a busy and dynamic tertiary care centre.

We are looking for applicants for both band 4 and 5 Pharmacy Technician roles.

THIS ROLE IS BASED WITHIN OUTPATIENT PHARMCIES (Royal Free Hospital).

VISA SPONSORSHIP DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS ROLE

Main duties of the job

Main duties include:

-Clinical responsibilities

-Responsibility for patients

-Responsibility for Policy and service development

-Responsible for financial and physical resources

-Responsible for leading and managing

-Responsible for

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