Senior Dispensary Pharmacy Technician
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Job share
- Posted
- 25/08/2026
- Closes
- 08/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role supports the dispensary manager in the day-to-day running of the dispensary. Key duties include overseeing daily dispensing traffic, managing queues, and resolving stock and prescription queries. The postholder will also be responsible for accurately dispensing and checking medications, supervising junior staff, and monitoring inventory levels. It involves participating in audits, dealing with complaints, and investigating stock discrepancies.
Essential criteria
- NVQ Pharmacy services Level 3 plus accredited underpinning knowledge (BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent) or equivalent
- Professional registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
- Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician qualification, or currently undertaking
- Knowledge and Experience
- Knowledge of procedures for pharmacy services
- Knowledge of laws and regulations relating to an effective pharmacy service
- Knowledge of pharmacy computer systems
- Experience in a busy dispensary setting
Desirable criteria
- Considerable experience working in a hospital pharmacy
- Experience working with Clinical Trials
- Experience in an outpatient pharmacy setting
- Skills and Competencies
- Be able to provide, receive and relay factual information to inform colleagues, patients, and other members of staff important information
- Be able to make sound judgments in relation to Pharmacy Service issue
- Be able to organise staff in an efficient manner in order to provide an effective service
- Be able to concentrate on complex matters (activity analysis, workload allocation across the service, checking of dispensed prescriptions) despite frequent interruptions
- Be able to work in a busy demand-led service with occasional exposure to verbal aggression from individuals, be able to work on the ward, and in a busy Stores environment
- Able to participate in the late duty, weekend and bank holiday service rota
- Education and Qualifications
- NVQ Pharmacy services Level 3 plus accredited underpinning knowledge (BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent) or equivalent
- Professional registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
- Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician qualification, or currently undertaking
- Knowledge and Experience
- Knowledge of procedures for pharmacy services
- Knowledge of laws and regulations relating to an effective pharmacy service
- Knowledge of pharmacy computer systems
- Experience in a busy dispensary setting
- Considerable experience working in a hospital pharmacy
- Experience working with Clinical Trials
- Experience in an outpatient pharmacy setting
- Skills and Competencies
- Be able to provide, receive and relay factual information to inform colleagues, patients, and other members of staff important information
- Be able to make sound judgments in relation to Pharmacy Service issue
- Be able to organise staff in an efficient manner in order to provide an effective service
- Be able to concentrate on complex matters (activity analysis, workload allocation across the service, checking of dispensed prescriptions) despite frequent interruptions
- Be able to work in a busy demand-led service with occasional exposure to verbal aggression from individuals, be able to work on the ward, and in a busy Stores environment
- Able to participate in the late duty, weekend and bank holiday service rota
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £38,488 – £46,852 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
The postholder will support the dispensary manager in the day-to-day management of the dispensary. Core responsibilities include:
- Oversee daily dispensing traffic, manage queues, and resolve stock and prescription queries.
- Dispensing & checking - accurately dispense and perform final accuracy checks on items prepared by other staff.
- Supervise, mentor, and roster junior pharmacy technician, trainees, support assistants.
- Monitor inventory levels, manage controlled drug registers and destruction sessions.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will support the dispensary manager in the day-to-day management of the dispensary. Core responsibilities include:
- Oversee daily dispensing traffic, manage queues, and resolve stock and prescription queries.
- Dispensing & checking - accurately dispense and perform final accuracy checks on items prepared by other staff.
- Supervise, mentor, and roster junior pharmacy technician, trainees, support assistants.
- Monitor inventory levels, manage controlled drug registers and destruction sessions.
About us
The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. Transforming Healthcare is the vision at the heart of the King's Strategy - 2026 to 2031. Together, we are pursuing six strategic ambitions: delivering high-quality patient care; being a great place to work; leading pione
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