Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9 - 5 with 30 minute break)
- Job ref
- 270-TG758-CORP
- Employer
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Mary's Hospital
- Town
- Kettering
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/03/2026 09:00
Employer heading
Medicines Management Technician - Mental Health
Band 5
Job overview
At Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT), we are proud to be rated Outstanding by the CQC and recognised nationally for delivering high‑quality, compassionate and innovative care.
As part of our commitment to excellence, we are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Medicines Management Technician to join our Mental Health Pharmacy Team. The post will be based at St Mary's Hospital in Kettering and is a permanent full time post.
Main duties of the job
As a Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician, you will be required to work across mental health and physical health inpatient wards to support with medicines management.
This varied and rewarding role includes:
- Completing medicines reconciliation using SystmOne
- Supporting medicines supply for mental health inpatients, community hospitals, hospices and mental health community teams
- Managing stock, non-stock, discharge and leave medications
- Supporting safe disposal and management of unwanted medicines
- Providing advice to staff and counselling patients on their medicines
- Participating in and supporting our locality Clozapine clinics, including PoCHI operation and same-day medication supply
- Liaising with patients, families, nurses, pharmacists, community teams, GPs, acute hospitals and external providers
- Contributing to audits, service development, and continuous improvement activities
Working for our organisation
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post Qualification experience in the NHS as a pharmacy technician
- Experience of liaising with other healthcare professionals
Desirable criteria
- Ward-based Medicines Management Experince
- Experience of supplying clozapine
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of counselling patients on multiple medicines
Qualifications and experience
Essential criteria
- Current registration and membership with the GPhC as a Pharmacy Technician
- NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services (or course equivalent )
- Evidence of recent continual professional learning
Desirable criteria
- Previous use of SystmOne or electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA) systems
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jemma Gambrill
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacy Techncian
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 027 1636
- Additional information
Alternatively contact Vicky Deacon - Lead Pharmacy Technician
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