A Vacancy at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Clinical Pharmacy Technician, Renal Services to join our friendly team and help shape the future of our pharmacy services at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals.
As a Senior Clinical Pharmacy Technician, you will play a key role in providing high-quality, patient-centred care on the renal wards. You will be responsible for ensuring the accuracy of medication reconciliation, a vital step in ensuring that patients receive the correct medications right from the start of their hospital stay. You will also be involved in the seamless management of Patients’ Own Medication, supporting the efficient and effective practice of one-stop dispensing.
But your impact doesn't stop there. You will play a pivotal role in streamlining the patient experience, ensuring timely dispensation of To Take Out medications to support smooth and prompt patient discharges. Your adept communication skills will bridge connections with our community healthcare partners, ensuring that our patients receive a consistent and seamless continuum of care.
This role is about more than just managing medications; it is about improving patient safety and contributing to a streamlined, compassionate healthcare service in line with our Trust values.
We have one post available:
Primarily based at St Helier Hospital
Your primary role being to undertake medicines reconciliation and take drug histories in order to ensure the patients receive the correct medications right from the start of their hospital stay to ensure that there is appropriate usage of Patient’s Own medication and to promote one stop dispensing.
You will be involved throughout the patient journey helping the wards to ensure TTOs are dispensed prior to discharge, communicating effectively with our community colleagues when appropriate.
You will be an accredited checking technician (ACPT) and will have regular checking slots in the dispensary. In liaison with the Deputy Chief Pharmacist, Clinical Services and other members of the pharmacy team you will also be involved in the management of medicines on the ward, audit and financial savings projects.
You will participate in late duty, Bank Holiday and weekend rotas and be part of a seven day service.
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce
Occasional cross-site work will be required to meet service needs and may include covering for leave and working weekends/bank holidays.
Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Monday 2 Mar 2026