Band 4 Rotational Technician - Pharmacy Production Services
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 21/08/2026
- Closes
- 04/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves assisting the Chief and Senior Technicians in the daily operations of the Sterile Production Unit, Non-Sterile Manufacturing Department, and Aseptic units. The post holder will rotate between teams such as Sterile Batches, Chemotherapy, Non-Sterile, and CIVAS. Responsibilities include ensuring products are manufactured according to Good Manufacturing Practice, COSHH, and Health and Safety Directives. The technician will also be responsible for training less-experienced staff and deputising for Senior Technicians when absent. Maintaining personal expertise in manufacturing and extemporaneous preparation, especially aseptic preparation, is also key.
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust shared commitments
- Education and professional qualifications
- NVQ Pharmacy Services Level 3 plus an accredited underpinning knowledge or BTEC Pharmaceutical Science Manufacturing Technician (SMT) or working towards completion of the above or an equivalent relevant science degree.
Desirable criteria
- Registered, or eligible to be registered, with General Pharmaceutical Council, as a pharmacy technician or equivalent professional body.
- Previous experience of working in a hospital pharmacy or experience of working in a drug manufacturing environment
- Portfolio demonstrating competence of previous and current pharmacy practice skills, knowledge and CPD.
- Skills and aptitudes
- Ability to train and assess others.
- Ability to identify small foreign particles in manufactured products requiring good eyesight.
- Ability to work in areas requiring specialist clothing, such as sterile gowns, hoods, boots, masks and gloves.
- Demonstrated accurate numeracy skills, without using a calculator, including complex calculations, addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, percentages, decimal, fractions, and ratio.
- Demonstrated good manual dexterity to undertake fine and accurate manipulative work.
- Demonstrated ability to handle hazardous materials safely according to local standard operating procedures.
- Demonstrated ability to manage load handling issues and ensure local Manual handling procedures are followed.
- Demonstrated ability to accurately follow written procedures under pressure.
- Demonstrated ability to undertake preparation of medicines requiring fine and accurate motor skills and concentration.
- Good aseptic skills demonstrated by a series of negative broth runs.
- Ability to prioritise and organise routine daily tasks using own initiative.
- Demonstrated pharmacy computer and IT skills, including data entry, word processing and email.
- Personal qualities and attributes
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Demonstrated ability to concentrate for prolonged periods of time.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain quality standards.
- Demonstrated ability to work under pressure accurately
- Demonstrated ability to work to set procedures.
- Demonstrated knowledge of aspects of a GMP and QA system.
- Demonstrated ability to sit or stand in a restricted position at a work bench for periods of the working time.
- Flexibility to work weekends and Bank Holidays as necessary (on a rota basis).
- Demonstrated effective customer service skills.
- Demonstrated ability to motivate self.
- Royal Free shared commitments
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust shared commitments
- Education and professional qualifications
- NVQ Pharmacy Services Level 3 plus an accredited underpinning knowledge or BTEC Pharmaceutical Science Manufacturing Technician (SMT) or working towards completion of the above or an equivalent relevant science degree.
- Registered, or eligible to be registered, with General Pharmaceutical Council, as a pharmacy technician or equivalent professional body.
- Previous experience of working in a hospital pharmacy or experience of working in a drug manufacturing environment
- Portfolio demonstrating competence of previous and current pharmacy practice skills, knowledge and CPD.
- Skills and aptitudes
- Ability to train and assess others.
- Ability to identify small foreign particles in manufactured products requiring good eyesight.
- Ability to work in areas requiring specialist clothing, such as sterile gowns, hoods, boots, masks and gloves.
- Demonstrated accurate numeracy skills, without using a calculator, including complex calculations, addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, percentages, decimal, fractions, and ratio.
- Demonstrated good manual dexterity to undertake fine and accurate manipulative work.
- Demonstrated ability to handle hazardous materials safely according to local standard operating procedures.
- Demonstrated ability to manage load handling issues and ensure local Manual handling procedures are followed.
- Demonstrated ability to accurately follow written procedures under pressure.
- Demonstrated ability to undertake preparation of medicines requiring fine and accurate motor skills and concentration.
- Good aseptic skills demonstrated by a series of negative broth runs.
- Abili
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Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
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Job summary
The post holder is to assist the Operations Chief Technician and Senior Technicians in the day to day running of the Sterile Production Unit, the Non-Sterile Manufacturing Department, the Aseptic units and the training of less- experienced staff working in the units. The department is split into four teams: Sterile Batches, Chemotherapy, Non-Sterile and CIVAS. The post holder will be a member of one of these and will rotate between teams as required. It is the post-holder's responsibility to ensure that all products made are manufactured in accordance with the principles of Good Manufacturing Practice, COSHH and Health and Safety Directives.
The post-holder will be expected to deputise for the Senior Technician in each area in his / her absence.
The post-holder is expected to develop and maintain personal expertise in all technical aspects of manufacture and extemporaneous preparation undertaken within the production unit at The Royal Free Hospital, in particular aseptic preparation. To this end, they will be responsible for ensuring their own accreditations are completed and re-validated within the agreed time frames.
Main duties of the job
- To responsibly manufacture products in accordance to Standard Operating Procedures and the principles of Good Manufacturing Practice.
- To liaise with ward staff and pharmacists, on a daily basis, to ascertain their C
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