Pharmacy Technician
Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
Canterbury, Kent, CT2 8JY
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
1 September 2026
1 days left
Job description
Are you a qualified Pharmacy Technician with an interest in working in Mental Health Services? An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our expandin...
Working within a multidisciplinary team, the post holder will deliver a comprehensive medicines management service across inpatient and community CYPMHS settings.
Key duties include medicines reconciliation, discharge planning, patient counselling, medicines supply, and supporting community clinic pharmacy services.
The role also involves using EPMA/medicines informatics systems, completing physical health checks for children and young people on psychotropic medication and contributing to audits and supporting teaching and training.
Deliver a high-quality clinical pharmacy service to CYPMHS, optimising patient outcomes and supporting care pathways across Kent and Medway in collaboration with wider healthcare partners.Engage directly with young people and their families, ensuring their views inform decisions about their care
If this sounds like the opportunity you've been waiting for, come and join our diverse and compassionate team, committed to delivering excellent care and support for children, young people, and their families.
We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway and are rated 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our teams support children, youngpeopleand 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 mentalillness, butlive well.It'swhywe'repassionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive,curiousand confident.
Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a teamthat'sworking well together.
Qualification
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- Accredited Medicine management qualification
- Accredited accuracy checking qualification
- Basic life support/ first aid training
Experience
Essential
- 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
- Interest in children and young people's mental health
Desirable
- Experience of working with children or experience of working in mental health
- Education and training of pharmacy staff and other health care professionals
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- 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
Desirable
- Good understanding of the issues affecting mental health prescribing
- Project management skills
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
18 August 2026
Last checked
20 August 2026
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