Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy Technician
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Bank: 2 months
- Hours
- Flexible working - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 384-SM-Pharma Tech
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Farnham Road Hospital
- Town
- Guidlford
- Salary
- £20.96 Per hour
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 23/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Pharmacy Technician
Band 5
Job overview
Looking for flexible work in the NHS?
The Flexi‑Bank is a collaborative staff bank hosted by Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, offering greater choice, flexibility and access to a wider range of opportunities across both organizations.
Why join the Flexi‑Bank?
Work flexibly – choose shifts that suit your lifestyle and availability
Access more opportunities – pick up shifts across mental health, community and acute care settings
Get paid fairly and on time – competitive rates and fast access to earnings through Stream
Stay supported – benefit from training, development and guidance from our dedicated Temporary Staffing Team
Be part of something bigger – join a growing collaborative of NHS Trusts across Surrey
Main duties of the job
Surrey and borders Partnership Trust is looking for someone who will ensure that the right patients on our inpatient wards get the right medicine at the right time with the right dose and given in the right way. By supporting our Pharmacy Team, you will ensure that people in the wards are involved when reconciling their medications and that medications prepared are checked and sent out in a timely and efficient manner. You will participate in completing audits and necessary checks to ensure our medicines are stored safely and securely and will contribute to developing our service to make it the best. You may need to travel across our sites.
Work Pattern: Monday to Friday 9 AM to 5 PM
Location: Farnham Road Hospital, Farnham Rd, Guildford GU2 7LX
Working for our organisation
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We provide support to a population of 1.3 million across 140 services.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
This role is working within i-access, a successful, countywide drug and alcohol treatment service for Surrey residents delivering tier 2, 3 and 4 substance misuse interventions across 3 main bases and 25 satellite locations. i-access is run collaboratively by SABP, PH / SCC and Via under a cooperative agreement which is one of partnership and transparency and contributes to Surrey Heartlands wider strategic ambitions.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- To participate in the dispensing of prescriptions for in-patients and community based services ensuring the security of medicines throughout the supply process
- To utilise the Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician qualification to perform the final accuracy check on dispensed items of prescriptions clinically screened by a pharmacist
- To be involved in the planning and organising of clozapine dispensing, updating the patient monitoring system, maintaining the clozapine database and liaising with clinical staff and patients to resolve any service provision problems
- To assist in the safe and secure handling of Controlled Drugs within the dispensary and report any problems or discrepancies to the Dispensary Manager
- To be acquainted with the roles of other pharmacy technicians within the department in order to provide cover for their services
- To be involved in day to day supervision of pharmacy support workers
- To be responsible for the monitoring and supply of individual medications to patients within a variety of in-patient units and community teams. This involves interpreting prescriptions, liaising with clinical staff and resolving service provision issues.
- To work closely with the ward pharmacist to resolve any issues arising from ward visits.
- To assist in the safe and secure handling of Controlled Drugs in Pharmacy and at ward level and report any discrepancies or problems.
- To support pharmacy colleagues and nursing staff around medication error incidents and ways to improve accurate medicines administration by positively encouraging and facilitating effective reporting.
- To participate in and contribute towards future Medicines Management developments which will improve communication with people on our wards and have more clinical focus.
- To participate in the technician-led Clozapine clinic analysing and uploading blood results.
- To participate in the provision of operational service to our Clinical Trials team, which would involve setting up clinical trials, dispensing and preparation of medicines.
- To participate in the pharmacy department’s clinical and service audit programme
- To participate in the provision of medication education to nursing, medical and pharmacy staff as required.
- To be responsible for preparing, implementing and monitoring Standard Operating Procedures within area of expertise
- To contribute to the strategic planning of pharmacy services
- To present a positive professional image and maintain confidentiality at all times
- To undertake any other task assigned by line manager, within the scope of the Pharmacy service
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GPhC approved Pharmacy Technician course / recognised qualification
- Registration as a pharmacy technician with GPhC
- Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) or equivalent
- Pharmacy Medicines Optimisation Training Programme or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Accreditation as an NVQ Assessor / Verifier
- Practice supervisor training or equivalent
- Membership of APTUK
- Membership of CMHP
Experience
Essential criteria
- Working in a hospital pharmacy
- Working as Accuracy Checking Technician
- Basic IT skills including operating a computer, mouse, printers and being able to work with Microsoft Outlook/ Word/ Powerpoint and other such software
Desirable criteria
- Working as an NVQ Assessor / Verifier
- Working as a Practice supervisor
- Working with JAC hospital pharmacy computer system
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Karen Shuker
- Job title
- Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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