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- Prif leoliad
- Corporate Services
- Gradd
- Band 5
- Contract
- Cyfnod Penodol: 12 mis (Maternity cover)
- Oriau
- Rhan-amser - 18.75 awr yr wythnos (TBC between 9-5 Monday - Friday)
- Cyfeirnod y swydd
- 380-SS0790-E
- Cyflogwr
- Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
- Math o gyflogwr
- NHS
- Gwefan
- Littlebrook Hospital, Dartford
- Tref
- Stone, Dartford, Kent,
- Cyflog
- £32,073 - £39,043 per annum, pro rata, plus High Cost Area Supplement
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yn flynyddol
- Yn cau
- 05/11/2026 23:59
Teitl cyflogwr
Pharmacy Technician
Band 5
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We offer a range of ongoing benefits to our valued workforce. From an active health and wellbeing programme to regular recognition events, we work hard to provide varied benefits that make a difference to your work-life balance.
Here are some clips of our Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust staff, speaking about their role and why they enjoy working for us
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you.
Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
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Trosolwg o'r swydd
Are you a dedicated, compassionate mental health professional committed to providing great care?
Please note: this is a 12-month maternity cover post.
This role would suit pharmacy technicians with previous mental health and hospital experience who are looking to consolidate their skills, as well as those with genuine interest in mental health from another sector. You will be working across all the bedded wards in the Dartford locality’
Our Pharmacy Technicians are provided with opportunities for personal growth and development, including support to do accredited medicine management qualification and NHS leadership courses.
If this sounds like the opportunity you have been waiting for, come and join our diverse and compassionate team committed to delivering excellent care and support for service users and their loved ones.
All positions also benefit from a High Cost Area allowance.
Previous applicants need not apply
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
In this role, you will support the Lead Pharmacy Technician and Lead Clinical Pharmacist in delivering a high-quality, patient-centred medicines management service within the locality. Key responsibilities include:
- Completing medicines reconciliation on admission.
- Supporting safe and timely discharge through effective medicines management.
- Providing patient counselling to ensure understanding and adherence.
- Coordinating the supply of medicines in line with clinical needs.
- Ensuring patients receive evidence-based pharmacological treatment, are involved in shared decision-making, and are regularly monitored for therapeutic response and potential side effects.
- Attending multidisciplinary team meetings and offering expert advice and support on medication-related issues.
- Contributing to audit, service development, and teaching initiatives.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway.
Our teams support children, young people and adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD.
Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve.
Our vision is simple: we are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that’s working well together.
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.
Working as a pharmacy technician in our inpatient services is both highly rewarding and professionally fulfilling. You will be working across all the bedded wards in the Dartford locality. We’re also honest about the challenges—it’s a demanding role that involves supporting individuals with severe and complex mental health conditions, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and PTSD.
The High-Cost Area (HCA) allowance, also referred to as London Weighting is a payment made to employees who work in London and the surrounding areas.
As this post is based in Dartford, the successful applicant will receive an additional payment each month.
5% of basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £1,346 per year and a maximum payment of £2,270 per year (the agreed annual amount will be divided into 12 equal amounts and paid monthly) (2026/27 figures
Manyleb y person
Qualification
Meini prawf hanfodol
- NVQ level 3 Diploma in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians or similar
- Registered with GPhC
- Medications management knowledge including appropriate policies and legislation acquired through formal education and specialist training
Meini prawf dymunol
- Accredited Medicine management qualification
- Accredited accuracy checking qualification
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Minimum of 12 months post-qualification experience
- Working within a clinical/ward environment
- Working in various disciplines and across organisational boundaries, linking primary and secondary care
- An interest in mental health
Meini prawf dymunol
- Experience of working on a female psychiatric ward or psychiatric intensive care unit
Knowledge and Skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Advanced IT literacy, especially Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- Good understanding of primary care and secondary care
- Able to work as part of a team
- Able to work alone to short deadlines
- Good at practical problem solving
- Excellent communication skills
- Good presentation skills – both written and oral
- Ability to plan, organise and prioritise own workload
- Able to co-ordinate around a number of complex activities which may require the adjustment of plans
Meini prawf dymunol
- Good understanding of the issues affecting mental health prescribing
- Project management skills
Bathodynnau ardystio / achredu cyflogwyr
Gofynion ymgeisio
Rhaid i chi gael cofrestriad proffesiynol priodol yn y DU.
Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.
Dogfennau i'w lawrlwytho
Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Julie Davey
- Teitl y swydd
- Lead Pharmacy Technician
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 07762000950
- Gwybodaeth i gefnogi eich cais
Basirat Osinaike, Clinical Lead Pharmacist on 07503330539
Rhestr swyddi gyda Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust yn Gwasanaethau Gwyddor Iechyd neu bob sector