Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Dispensary based Pharmacy Technician Support Services

The closing date is 21 August 2025

Job summary

Due to the promotion of existing Band 4s, we are looking for 2 highly motivated, responsible, and reliable pharmacy technicians to join our friendly, well established, and hardworking teams in the Inpatient Dispensary.

Are you hardworking, friendly, enthusiastic, registered or soon to be registered; then we're looking for you to join our dedicated support services team?

This post requires candidates who are flexible, looking to progress their careers and above all be passionate and focused on providing the best possible patient care.

You may be looking to expand your hospital experience or make that leap from community. We'd love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Our established technician post offers a breadth of pharmacy experience including working in our state of the art robotic dispensary and with an opportunity to access an introduction to distribution and procurement.

For anyone looking for a role with plenty of variety and a stepping stone route for career progression this is the role for .

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts and offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Details

Date posted

07 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum pro rata if part time

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

269-SFT9270

Job locations

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Odstock Road

Salisbury

SP2 8BJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualification & Registration

Essential

  • NVQ & BTec or Apprenticeship in Pharmaceutical science/studies
  • Registration with GPhC
  • Final accuracy Checking (ACPT)

Desirable

  • Hospital experience
  • Experience in use of CMM (JAC) pharmacy computer system
Person Specification

Qualification & Registration

Essential

  • NVQ & BTec or Apprenticeship in Pharmaceutical science/studies
  • Registration with GPhC
  • Final accuracy Checking (ACPT)

Desirable

  • Hospital experience
  • Experience in use of CMM (JAC) pharmacy computer system

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Odstock Road

Salisbury

SP2 8BJ


Employer's website

https://www.salisbury.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Odstock Road

Salisbury

SP2 8BJ


Employer's website

https://www.salisbury.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Chief Technician Support Services

Suzanne Hakes

suzanne.hakes@nhs.net

01722429270

Details

Date posted

07 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum pro rata if part time

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

18 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

269-SFT9270

Job locations

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Odstock Road

Salisbury

SP2 8BJ


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