Bank Principal Technician, Outpatient - Band 6 | Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust


Company:	Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Salary:	£24.61 Band 6 hourly rate
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Carshalton, SM5 1AA
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	9 Jul 2026
Closing date:	8 Aug 2026

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Summary

The ESTH Pharmacy Team are looking for a Band 6 Principle Pharmacy Technician to start immediately. If you are interested and available please apply today.

To confirm this is for 14.5 hours per week, only submitted the application if you are happy with this arrangement.

• Registered Pharmacy Technician with BTEC/NVQ Level 3 qualification.

• Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification.

• Significant hospital pharmacy experience, including dispensary operations and medicines supply.

• Experience of supervising, training and appraising pharmacy staff.

• Experience of stock management, dispensing and patient counselling.

• Experience of managing workload, rotas and operational pharmacy services.

• Strong leadership, organisational and communication skills.

• Ability to prioritise workload, manage performance issues and work under pressure.

• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to safe systems of work.

• Good IT skills and experience using pharmacy computer systems.

•  "At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values."

 OUR MISSION: 'TO PUT THE PATIENT FIRST BY DELIVERING GREAT CARE TO EVERY PATIENT, EVERY DAY'

 Theres never been a better time to join the Epsom and St Helier team. Our hospitals are facing a bright and busy future, and our staff have a proven track record in providing high quality, compassionate care for our patients.

 Boasting incredible staff benefits and dedicated training schemes, working for us will not only take your career forward, but could help to transform the lives of our patients and visitors.

Manage the day-to-day operational running of pharmacy dispensaries, ensuring safe, efficient and timely dispensing services.

· Supervise and support pharmacy technicians, assistants, trainee technicians, trainee pharmacists and rotational pharmacists.

· Undertake inpatient, discharge and outpatient dispensing in accordance with departmental procedures.

· Maintain ACPT accreditation and undertake final accuracy checking of prescriptions.

· Manage stock control, stock ordering, expiry date monitoring and controlled drug checks.

· Coordinate dispensary rotas, weekend and bank holiday staffing arrangements.

· Lead induction, training, competency assessment and development programmes for pharmacy staff.

· Monitor service performance, investigate incidents, manage risks and support continuous service improvement.

· Contribute to the development, implementation and review of pharmacy procedures and policies.

· Support recruitment, appraisal, staff management and sickness absence management processes.

Support the safe and effective use of EPMA systems, including iCLIP, through clinical screening, medicines optimisation, user support and implementation of prescribing system changes. Will need to find prescriptions and print them off

This advert closes on Sunday 9 Aug 2026

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