Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified pharmacy technician (or Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician due to qualify) to join our team.
You will need excellent organisational skills and be able to work accurately and quickly under pressure, have a good eye for detail, be able to prioritise your workload, meet deadlines and be committed to the delivery of high standards in a patient focused service. If you are able to work under pressure, and keen to develop yourself, we would like to hear from you.
This is an exciting opportunity for personal development to help support you through your career.
Main duties of the job
- Provide a comprehensive pharmaceutical service with particular emphasis on the technical aspects of the accurate preparation and dispensing of medicines to inpatients, out patients and patients being discharged from hospital, and for the supply of medicines to wards, departments, and partnership organisations under supervision.
- Gain experience in all areas of ward based medicines management as well as dispensary services, clinical trials and mentoring other staff.
- Work alongside Clinical Pharmacists supporting the Medicines Management service to the wards, ensuring patients receive the highest standards of care in the management of their medication. Duties will include taking medication histories, assessment of patients own drugs (PODs), and preparation of medication for discharge.
About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and collaborating closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we are always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Closing date: 03 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 236-CSS-PS148-26
Essential qualifications and training
- Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- BTEC Level 3 in principles and practice for Pharmacy Technicians or equivalent qualification.
- NVQ Level 3 Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills or equivalent qualification.
- Accuracy checking qualification or must be willing to undertake accuracy checking qualification.
Essential knowledge, skills and experience
- Supervisory / training experience
- Experience of using pharmacy-based computer systems
- Work to high standards of accuracy and reliably demonstrate from experience
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to form positive relationships
- Evidence ability to work independently using own initiative
- Evidence ability to prioritise tasks.
Desirable
- Hospital experience desirable
- Experience of working at ward level as a Medicines Management Technician
- Experience of working with automated dispensing systems
Employer contact details
Chief Pharmacy Technician - ward services, Ailsa Burgess, [email protected], 01612064208
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
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