Medicine Management Pharmacy Technician development Afc band 4

Job Overview

We are offering an exciting opportunity for a

We are offering an exciting opportunity for a Rotational Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician within North East London Foundation Trust (NELFT), designed to support your professional growth and career progression. NELFT provides a wide range of community and mental health services to a large and diverse population across Essex and North East London, offering a rich and rewarding practice environment.

This post is offered as a Band 4 developmental role with a structured pathway to Band 5, enabling you to progress once agreed competencies are achieved within a defined timeframe. For candidates who already meet the required competencies, appointment at Band 5 will be considered.

Salary for band 4 £ 28,392- £31,157 per annum

Salary for band 5 £ 32,073 - £39.043 per annum

In this dynamic role, you will play a vital part in delivering safe, effective, and patient-centred medicines optimisation services across a variety of settings. Through a structured rotational programme spanning inpatient wards, community teams, and specialist services, you will develop clinical, technical, and leadership skills. This role offers a unique platform to build expertise while contributing meaningfully to high-quality pharmaceutical care within both mental health and community services, in line with the Trust’s values.

• Deliver wardbased and community clinical pharmacy technician services, ensuring safe, accurate, and timely medicines management.
• Rotate across inpatient units, Home Treatment Teams, dispensary services, and offsite community teams.
• Led on Medicines Reconciliation, patient own drugs assessments, discharge planning, and continuity of care
• Provide professional dispensing and final accuracy checks in line with GPhC standards and local and Trust policies.
• Work collaboratively with pharmacists, healthcare professionals, patients, and carers to optimise treatment outcomes.
• Progressively accept greater clinical responsibility as competencies are achieved within the Band 45 progression framework.
• Maintain accurate records and ensure compliance with Trust Policies
• Participate in team meetings and contribute to service improvement initiatives

The post holder will operate as a registered pharmacy technician who is professionally and legally accountable for their practice. You will support the provision of the clinical pharmacy service, ensuring the effective supply, storage, and safe use of medicines across all allocated areas. Responsibilities include medicines reconciliation, counselling patients and carers, monitoring highrisk medicines (including Clozapine services), managing stock control processes, minimising medicines wastage, and supporting cold chain management.

The role involves close liaison and working as an integrated member of the multidisciplinary teams to ensure seamless transfers of care between inpatient and community services. The post holder will supervise and support junior staff, trainees, and apprentices, contribute to audit and quality improvement activity, and participate in training, education, and service development initiatives. Effective communication, accurate documentation, and adherence to governance, confidentiality, and Trust policies are essential components of the role.

This role offers a clear and supported progression pathway from Band 4 to Band 5, with access to structured competency frameworks, mentorship, supervision, and continuous professional development opportunities.

The Trust actively supports a wide range of staff networks, promoting inclusion, well-being, and a sense of belonging across the workforce.

The pharmacy team is forward thinking and engaged in medicines optimisation, digital systems, and service improvement, offering opportunities to contribute ideas and shape future practice.

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