Pharmacy Technician, Patient Services
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 17/08/2026
- Closes
- 31/08/2026
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Role summary
This role involves working closely with the Senior Pharmacy Technician and Dispensary Manager to develop and coordinate the dispensary service. The post holder will support the dispensary team, working with medicines management, stores, and purchasing teams. Key responsibilities include training and development for technical staff in the dispensary. The role also involves dispensing, checking, and counselling patients on their medication.
Essential criteria
- Registered with GPHC
- Accredited Pharmacy Technician Qualification
Desirable criteria
- Medicines Management and PODs and Transcribing
- Education Supervisor
- [contact details removed] Pharmacy
- Experience in delivering [contact details removed] & Training
- Experience of managing staff
- Experience of recruitment, and leading a team
- Registered with GPHC
- Accredited Pharmacy Technician Qualification
- Medicines Management and PODs and Transcribing
- Education Supervisor
- [contact details removed] Pharmacy
- Experience in delivering [contact details removed] & Training
- Experience of managing staff
- Experience of recruitment, and leading a team
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £36,943 – £44,900 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
The Pharmacy Technician will work closely with the Senior Pharmacy Technician, Dispensary Manager and the dispensary team in helping develop the dispensary service. This includes helping to coordinate and support the day to day running of the dispensary.
The post holder will help in co-ordinating and supporting the dispensary team. They will work closely with medicines management technicians, stores and distribution team and the purchasing team. They will also be responsible for training and development and implementation of procedures for all technical staff working in dispensary.
We could offer this post as a band 4 to 5 progression for the candidates who do not have ACPT.
Main duties of the job
1. Assist in the development of the technicians' role in the dispensary
2. Develop and optimise the use of medicines from all wards in the Trust
3. Be an accredited checker (ACPT) for checking dispensed items in dispensary and for the discharge team.
4. Assess the suitability of returned drugs for use within the Trust according to agreed protocols
5. Liaise with the ward pharmacy team and manage the discharge tracker for patients being discharged.
6. Co-ordinates the day to day dispensary team and supports with training for dispensary/rotational technicians
7. Dispense and label medicines for patients ensuring that patients have appropriately labelled medicine
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