Employer Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Kingfisher Court Pharmacy Department Town Radlett Salary £32,602 - £39,686 per annum, pro rata (Inclusive of 5% HCAS) Salary period Yearly Closing 28/12/2025 23:59
Pharmacy Technician Higher Level
NHS AfC: Band 5
Values Based Screener
At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
Are you an enthusiastic and dedicated Pharmacy Technician looking for your next challenge?
Do you want to use your skills to make a real difference to patients’ lives?
If so, we’d love to welcome you to HPFT’s dynamic Mental Health Pharmacy team!
Based in our award-winning, modern building in Radlett (near Watford)—complete with free parking—you’ll be part of a friendly, close-knit team that values collaboration, professional growth, and high-quality patient care.
Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) has now been implemented across all inpatient wards, so this is an exciting time to join as we innovate and evolve our services
We are passionate about developing our staff and will support you to continue growing in your role.
Main duties of the job
The candidate will be expected to:
* Supporting our dispensary with the ordering, receiving, dispensing, and checking of medication for wards and departments
* Travelling to a variety of wards and units across Hertfordshire
* Conducting medicines reconciliations to ensure safe and effective care
* Assessing patients’ own drugs and transcribing for supply
* Providing clear and compassionate counselling to patients about their medicines
* Getting involved in pharmacy-related audits, stock reviews, and service development
Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. E verything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Expert Practice
The post holder will:
* Provide a comprehensive, high-quality, and cost-effective pharmaceutical service in line with Trust and national guidelines.
* Work according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to ensure timely and safe medication supply.
* Support medicines reconciliation and optimisation initiatives.
* Assist in providing medication education and counselling to service users and carers.
2. Leadership
The post holder will:
* Act as a professional role model within the pharmacy team
* Promote a positive culture of medicines optimisation to help the Trust achieve local and national medicines-related objectives.
* Participate in service improvement initiatives to enhance pharmacy services across Inpatients and community settings.
3. Education and Development
The post holder will:
* Support the training and development of Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacy Assistants.
* Promote an active learning environment, supporting staff to develop knowledge and skills.
* Contribute to multidisciplinary training on medicines optimisation.
4. Research, Evaluation, and Service Development
The post holder will:
* Participate in audits and surveys to assess and improve pharmacy services.
* Support ongoing research into medicines use and optimisation.
* Contribute to the development and implementation of medicines-related policies and procedures.
Person specification
Qualifications/Education/Training
* BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent
* Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a pharmacy technician (with no restrictions)
* Accreditation in Medicines Management
* Accreditation in Accuracy Checking
* Demonstrates own CPD record/ or documented CPD
* Practice educational supervisor qualification (or willing to work towards)
* Leadership Qualification (or willing to work towards)
Experience
* Significant and demonstrable experience of working as a registered pharmacy technician in hospital pharmacy setting
* Ability and understanding of how to correctly and efficiently obtain accurate medication histories and complete medicines reconciliation
* IT competency in standard Microsoft Office packages (or equivalent) and able to quickly understand and use other IT systems
* Experience of working within Standard Operating Procedures
* Experience in Mental Health
* Experience of training, supervising and managing staff
* Experience in using Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) systems
* Experience of using the Ascribe Pharmacy Dispensing System
Skills
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Able to work under pressure accurately within departmental SOPs to maintain quality standards
* Highly developed physical skills in dispensing, preparing, and checking of medicines involving a high level of accuracy
* Ability to work independently and as a member of a team
* Able to demonstrate initiative and problem-solving abilities.
* Ability to appraise performance and identify training needs
Knowledge
* Knowledge of medicines optimisation and medicines management principles
* Knowledge in pharmacy stock management
Physical Skills
* Able to use IT equipment
* Able to travel using own vehicle to various Trust and other locations across Hertfordshire. *Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving)
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying they were "blown away" by our people’s achievements and that everything they saw "sings and hums". This year, our staff rated us the 4th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff tell us they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority. Our people tell us they feel supported through a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional so that together we provide great care and great outcomes for our service users and carers.
If you would like to join a team to be proud of and you share our values and passion for great care and outcomes for our service users and carers, we would love to hear from you.
Additional Information
HPFT is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and in order to reflect the diversity of its population, positively encourages applications from all areas of the community. We aim to be a representative organisation with regards to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, beliefs and sexual orientation and are fully committed to equality, diversity and human rights and encourage applications from all sections of the community including users of mental health services.
The Trust is committed to helping staff balance work and home life and welcomes applications from candidates wishing to work part-time or under flexible working arrangements.
Infection Control
All our staff will need to comply with current Infection Prevention and Control measures which could include wearing a mask on all our Trust sites and in all roles
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Visa and Immigration
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Application numbers
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