Senior Dispensary Pharmacy Technician - Management Support | Barts Health NHS Trust

Are you an experienced Pharmacy Technician looking to take the next step in your career? Do you have a passion for delivering high-quality patient care, leading teams, and driving service improvements? If so, Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Senior Dispensary Pharmacy Technician – Management Support to join our dynamic pharmacy team at the Royal London Hospital.

In this exciting Band 5 role, you will provide senior managerial support within our busy dispensary, helping to ensure the accurate, safe, and timely dispensing of medicines for inpatients, outpatients, clinics, discharge prescriptions, and controlled drugs. Working closely with senior pharmacy staff, you will play a key role in the day-to-day management of the dispensary, supporting workload organisation, staff supervision, governance compliance, and service delivery.

You will be responsible for monitoring key performance indicators, supporting stock management, participating in audits, and contributing to the continuous improvement of pharmacy services. As an Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT), you will help maintain high standards of patient safety while supporting efficient patient flow and reducing delays in discharge. The role also offers valuable leadership and development opportunities.

The post holder will provide senior technical support working in the dispensary to ensure the accurate and timely dispensing of all medication. Ensure patients receive a prompt and efficient service. The role will also involve supporting the supply of discharge prescriptions, inpatient requests, clinics prescriptions, and controlled drug prescriptions and will assist in leading on the day-to-day running of the in-patient pharmacy dispensaries.

They will also assist the dispensary senior staff in ensuring that good stock management is maintained in the dispensary, whilst keeping wastage to a minimum. Ensuring that the department keeps up to date with governance regulations. To support the dispensary manager and senior pharmacy team with the day-to-day management of the dispensary, including organisation of workload, KPI monitoring and supervision of all staff in the dispensary.

The post holder may be required to carry out medicine management duties on the wards and conduct audits for controlled drug management, medicines management, TTA pack management and FP10 management.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers. Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required.