Job summary
Are you ready to take the next big step in your pharmacy career? Wye Valley NHS Trust is looking for a dynamic and passionate Chief Pharmacy Technician to lead and inspire our pharmacy team. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of our service, drive innovation, and make a real difference to patient care across our acute and community settings.
Main duties of the job
To support the Deputy Chief Pharmacist and Clinical Director of Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation in developing and implementing the overall strategy for the Pharmacy Services that incorporates operational performance measures and reflects the Trust Strategy andIntegrated Care System Strategy including advances in automation.To act as the professional lead for pharmacy technicians, preregistration pharmacy technicians, pharmacy assistants and other support staff; promoting high levels of professionalism and performance in this staff group, advocating for and championing their current and potential roles.To undertake workforce planning, which includes skill mix reviews leading to the development of Pharmacy Technician roles within the Pharmacy service.Provide professional and strategic leadership to pharmacy services on, but not limited to, defined areas of responsibility. Be a key part of the Pharmacy Leadership Team and Pharmacy Board, working collaboratively with other members to provide senior leadership to thepharmacy service, and acting on behalf of the Deputy/Chief Pharmacist as requested / delegated.
Utilise highly developed specialised knowledge of pharmacy technician roles and how these can be implemented through work procedures and practices. Maintain own knowledge through ongoing Continuing Professional Development (CPD) to achieve this and engender that sameculture in others.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South WarwickshireUniversity NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.
More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.
Details
Date posted
06 January 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£55,690 to £62,682 a year pa pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
229-CS-7695680
Job locations
Hereford County Hospital
Stonebow Road
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
Hereford County Hospital
Stonebow Road
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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