Overview
Are you a motivated Pharmacy Technician, dedicated to improving the care and safety of NHS patients in a busy acute hospital Trust? We are looking for a Pharmacy Technician to join our pharmacy team supporting our clinical pharmacy services at Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust. You will be responsible for delivery of a high-quality clinical pharmacy service and supporting the overall Medicine Optimisation agenda in the Trust. You will support the ward pharmacy service as part of a multidisciplinary team, carrying out medicines optimisation activities including medication history taking, counselling of patients and supporting the safe discharge of patients by transcribing discharge medicines onto the electronic discharge summary. We are looking for an experienced and forward-thinking Pharmacy Technician with excellent organisational and interpersonal skills. You will play a major role in the improvement and development of the clinical pharmacy services, embracing new technologies and opportunities, so that the service continues to evolve to meet the demands of our service users in a changing NHS.
The post holder will assist the Chief Pharmacy Technician, Clinical Services in the provision of clinical technical services to wards and departments. They will assist in the provision of a TTA/eDS transcribing service to designated wards as well as provide medicines reconciliation support to the clinical pharmacy team. They will assist in the updating of procedures; partake in audits and systems for the monitoring, organisation and supply of medicines during the patients admission and discharge.
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.
We run a Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
Some of the positive changes we’ve made are captured in this film.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification. The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application. Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online; however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or adjustments for applicants with a disability please contact Claire Boswell, Dispensary Manager, on 01708 435000 ext. 8079. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
This advert closes on Sunday 14 Dec 2025
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