Senior Pharmacy Technician / Dispensary Manager
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 15/09/2026
- Closes
- 29/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Senior Pharmacy Technician / Dispensary Manager to lead and manage the in-patient pharmacy dispensing services across Sunderland Royal Hospital and Sunderland Specialist Eye Hospital. The successful candidate will supervise a team of dispensers, technicians, and assistants, ensuring efficient and safe pharmaceutical care. The position involves working with modern pharmaceutical facilities, including electronic prescribing and automated dispensaries, and contributing to a 7-day rota.
Essential criteria
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work as a member of the team and lead a team.
- To participate in a weekend pharmacy service and relevant bank holiday arrangements.
- Broad experience in all aspects of hospital pharmacy, but especially dispensary systems of work.
- Experience of supervising, training and developing other members of the pharmacy team.
- Experience of working with pharmacy computer stock control systems and other computer software including a working knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
- Knowledge and Skills
- Demonstrable ability to analyse and overcome barriers in implementation of change.
- Demonstrable ability to lead and work as part of a team and to motivate and persuade, with a management style which values the contribution of team members.
- Demonstrable excellent workload and time management skills and the ability to prioritise personal and team workload.
- Knowledge of pharmacy computer stock control systems and other computer software including a working knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
- A general awareness of NHS strategic documents affecting pharmacy.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written) to convey a range of subject matter including complex and sensitive material to a wide range of internal and external recipients.
- Ability to mediate/undertake conflict resolution within the team and also with service users and to manage performance when required.
- Excellent analytical and judgemental skills to deal with the resolution of job-related problems.
- NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services and approved underpinning knowledge e.g. BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent recognised pharmacy technician qualification.
- Registered as a pharmacy technician with General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Recognised Accredited Checking Technician qualification with relevant post qualification experience working in that role.
- Evidence of continued professional development complying with the requirements as set out by the General Pharmaceutical Council to maintain registration.
Desirable criteria
- Up to date training in Good Clinical Practice and understanding of clinical trial requirements.
- Physical Skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work as a member of the team and lead a team.
- To participate in a weekend pharmacy service and relevant bank holiday arrangements.
- Broad experience in all aspects of hospital pharmacy, but especially dispensary systems of work.
- Experience of supervising, training and developing other members of the pharmacy team.
- Experience of working with pharmacy computer stock control systems and other computer software including a working knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
- Knowledge and Skills
- Demonstrable ability to analyse and overcome barriers in implementation of change.
- Demonstrable ability to lead and work as part of a team and to motivate and persuade, with a management style which values the contribution of team members.
- Demonstrable excellent workload and time management skills and the ability to prioritise personal and team workload.
- Knowledge of pharmacy computer stock control systems and other computer software including a working knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
- A general awareness of NHS strategic documents affecting pharmacy.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written) to convey a range of subject matter including complex and sensitive material to a wide range of internal and external recipients.
- Ability to mediate/undertake conflict resolution within the team and also with service users and to manage performance when required.
- Excellent analytical and judgemental skills to deal with the resolution of job-related problems.
- NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services and approved underpinning knowledge e.g. BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent recognised pharmacy technician qualification.
- Registered as a pharmacy technician with General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Recognised Accredited Checking Technician qualification with relevant post qualification experience working in that role.
- Evidence of continued professional development complying with the requirements as set out by the General Pharmaceutical Council to maintain registration.
- Up to date training in Good Clinical Practice and understanding of clinical trial requirements.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Pharmacy Technician / Dispensary Manager
The closing date is 29 September 2026
Job summary
We have an opportunity for
a Senior Pharmacy Technician / Dispensary Managerto
join our in-patient Pharmacy team. You will be based at Sunderland Royal
Hospital but be able to work across all our in-patient dispensaries at
Sunderland Royal and Sunderland Specialist Eye Hospital. If you are looking to gain experience as a
senior technician manager and have the skills to manage a team of pharmacy
dispensers, technicians and pharmacy assistants then this post could appeal to
you. The Trust has invested in modern pharmaceutical facilities including full
electronic prescribing with decision support, automated dispensaries and
extensive 7-day clinical services to enhance the patients experience of care
by improving the quality, safety and effectiveness of their medicines
utilisation. This is an exciting time to join the team and shape the future
dispensary services across South Tyneside and Sunderland Foundation Trust.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a motivated individual who is team-orientated
and shares our passion for improving patient care. You will need to be an
experienced Pharmacy Technician working at Band 4 or above with a relevant
pharmaceutical qualification and registered with the General Pharmac
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