Band 5 Pharmacy Technician
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 26/08/2026
- Closes
- 06/09/2026
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Role summary
Join the Pharmacy Team at King George Hospital to provide high-quality patient-centred care. This role involves technical support for dispensary and ward-based services, including final accuracy checking, medicines optimisation, and reconciliation. You will work closely with healthcare professionals, contribute to service improvement, and develop clinical and technical skills. Applicants must be GPhC registered, an Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician, and possess excellent communication and teamwork skills. The role requires working weekends and bank holiday shifts on a rota.
Essential criteria
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a UK Pharmacy Technician
- Level 3 QCF Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills (NVQ) or equivalent
- Experience/ Knowledge
- Experience of being in a Medicines Management role e.g. Assessment of Patients own medicines, drug history taking, medicines reconciliation
Desirable criteria
- Customer relations techniques
- Education/ Qualifications
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a UK Pharmacy Technician
- Level 3 QCF Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills (NVQ) or equivalent
- Experience/ Knowledge
- Experience of being in a Medicines Management role e.g. Assessment of Patients own medicines, drug history taking, medicines reconciliation
- Customer relations techniques
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £36,943 – £44,900 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Band 5 Pharmacy Technician
The closing date is 06 September 2026
Job summary
Join the Pharmacy Team at King George Hospital and help deliver high-quality patient-centred care across Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.
We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Pharmacy Technician registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) to provide technical support across dispensary and ward-based services. Working as an Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician, you will undertake final accuracy checking, support medicines optimisation, complete medicines reconciliation and drug histories, assess patients' own medicines, support discharge processes, and provide medication counselling.
You will work closely with pharmacists, nurses and other healthcare professionals, while contributing to service improvement projects, audits and staff development. This role offers the opportunity to use and develop a broad range of clinical and technical skills within a supportive and forward-thinking pharmacy department.
Applicants must hold recognised pharmacy technician qualifications, be an Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician, and demonstrate excellent communication, organisational and teamwork skills.
You will also be required to work weekends and bank holiday shifts via a rot
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