Rotational Pharmacy Technician (Band 4)
The closing date is 12 March 2026
Job summary
We have an exciting and unique opportunity for an enthusiastic, self-motivated, hard working and adaptable Pharmacy Technician to work at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust. This is a rotational role, and the successful applicant will have the opportunity to work across the full range of pharmacy departments, including the dispensary, inpatient wards, aseptics, medicines information and others.The successful candidate will need to be registered with the GPhC as a Pharmacy Technician, and will haveexcellent interpersonal skills, be good at managing their time, be flexible in their approach to work and be an excellent team player.Applicants will need to have excellent dispensing and communication skills to join our friendly, supportive and welcoming pharmacy team. The post holder will also be expected to take part in the weekend and bank holiday rotas to ensure an effective service provision.We will support the successful candidate with their introduction into this role, and with their future professional development.
Main duties of the job
- Full dispensary activities, including dispensing and accuracy checking medicines supply for inpatients, prescriptions for outpatients and medicines on discharge.
- Ward medicines management activities including assessment of patients own drugs, completion of drug history and medicines reconciliation activities, ensuring full supply of medicines for an inpatient stay and on discharge,.
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Aseptic preparation of a wide range of products following validated standard operating procedures.
- Rotation through pharmacy procurement, homecare, medicines information as required
- Supervision and training of a range of junior staff including students, senior assistant technical officers and assistant technical officers.
About us
We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.
We want to attract staff who embrace our Right Care behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients we want to make these part of our DNA.
Details
Date posted
26 February 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£27,485 to £30,162 a year pro rata per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
423-7803281
Job locations
Airedale General Hospital
Skipton Road
Steeton, Keighley
BD20 6TD
Employer details
Employer name
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Airedale General Hospital
Skipton Road
Steeton, Keighley
BD20 6TD
Employer's website
https://www.airedale-trust.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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