Job summary
Pharmacy Technician - Cancer & Aseptics (Band 4 to 5 Progression)
Department: Pharmacy
Band 4-5 £27,485 - £37,796 per annum
Full-time 37.5 per week, all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Technician to join our growing and forward-thinking Pharmacy Aseptic Services Department at MKUH.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join our team. We have an engaged workforce who foster an excellent quality and open culture, and were recently recognised as the MKUH Trust Team of the Year for 2025.
We are looking for individuals ready to start or continue their careers in a pharmacy aseptic unit environment, where the post holder will assist in the supervision and training of staff, and dispense, compound and source cytotoxic products for cancer patients.
To be eligible to join us in this role you will have successfully completed an NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services and hold current registration with the GPhC as a Pharmacy Technician. Alternatively, you may hold a Science Manufacturing Technician qualification at level 3, and be registered as an RSciTech with the Science Council. This post is open to all registered Technicians both newly qualified and experienced, wishing to work in an NHS pharmacy aseptic unit.
If you think you would like to know more about the post, please contact Amit Mistry - Quality Assurance Lead, at amit.mistry@mkuh.nhs.uk
Interview 26th September 2025
Main duties of the job
"We care we communicate we collaborate we contribute"
- Responsible for assisting the Senior Technicians with co-ordinating staffing arrangements for the Aseptic Service and to ensure appropriate skill mix and technical staff allocation throughout the department.
- To be aware and follow all departmental operating procedures and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) guidance at all times, to ensure the quality of products provided to patients.
- To aseptically prepare products within the aseptic facilities, dispense medications for patients, and maintain high environmental standards and levels of accuracy.
About us
Milton Keynes University Hospital, in proud partnership with the University of Buckingham, is a University Teaching Hospital committed to advancing patient care through cutting-edge research and education. With a "Good" rating from the CQC and significant investment underway, this is an exciting time to join our team and grow your career.
As a medium sized general hospital, we provide a full range of general medical and surgical services, including a busy Emergency Department, Maternity, and Paediatrics. As the population of our city and surrounding areas continues to grow rapidly, we are expanding and enhancing our facilities to meet rising demand and improve access to care for all our communities.
We are also proud to offer a growing portfolio of specialist services. In January 2025 we opened our state-of-the-art Radiotherapy Centre, bringing advanced cancer treatment closer to home. Our services also include neonatology, specialist surgical care, and a wide range of diagnostics, supported by the new Community Diagnostic Centre at Whitehouse Health Centre.
Further investment is underway, including the construction of Oak Wards - a new ward block featuring two 24-bed wards - and the recently approved Women and Children's Centre, set to open by 2030.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Trust responsibilities:
- The day-to-day management of the aseptic dispensing activities to ensure the safe and efficient supply of pharmaceutical products for patients and to support staff in the effective management of medicines.
Professional responsibilities:
- Be a qualified Pharmacy Technician NVQ3, BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent.
Education & training:
- To contribute to development and training programmes for all staff.
Operational responsibilities:
- To assist in the safe and effective management of the Pharmacy Department Aseptic Services Unit in accordance with national and local guidelines and standards ensuring statutory obligations are met by all staff.
Financial & resource management:
- To be involved in the stock control and ordering of materials used in the aseptic department using computerised stock control
Miscellaneous:
- To participate in relevant departmental meetings and contribute to effective communication within the department.
Band 5 duties & responsibilities:
- Competently act as the Aseptic Co-ordinator for all aseptic and non-aseptic work
Please refer to the Job Description for further details
Job description
Job responsibilities
Trust responsibilities:
- The day-to-day management of the aseptic dispensing activities to ensure the safe and efficient supply of pharmaceutical products for patients and to support staff in the effective management of medicines.
Professional responsibilities:
- Be a qualified Pharmacy Technician NVQ3, BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent.
Education & training:
- To contribute to development and training programmes for all staff.
Operational responsibilities:
- To assist in the safe and effective management of the Pharmacy Department Aseptic Services Unit in accordance with national and local guidelines and standards ensuring statutory obligations are met by all staff.
Financial & resource management:
- To be involved in the stock control and ordering of materials used in the aseptic department using computerised stock control
Miscellaneous:
- To participate in relevant departmental meetings and contribute to effective communication within the department.
Band 5 duties & responsibilities:
- Competently act as the Aseptic Co-ordinator for all aseptic and non-aseptic work
Please refer to the Job Description for further details
Person Specification
Qualifications and knowledge
Essential
- Current registration with General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician, with NVQ level 3 Pharmaceutical Sciences (or BTEC, City and Guilds equivalent), OR,
- Current registration with the Science Council as RSciTech, with a level 3 Science Manufacturing Technician qualification
- GCP Training (or willing to undertake)
Desirable
- oEvidence of ability to plan and organise complex activities or programmes of work requiring planning and adjustment to meet changing need
- oEvidence of continuous professional practice and education.
- oUnderstanding of GMP
- Relevant post qualification Aseptic Services, experience courses and training
Experience
Essential
- Good working knowledge of safe dispensing and aseptic practices.
- Knowledge and understanding of GMP and QA and its application to Aseptic processing
- Experience of educating and training of junior staff and students
Desirable
- Hospital pharmacy experience
- Experience working in a cleanroom environment.
- Evidence of supervising staff and workload on a day-to-day basis.
- Evidence of active involvement in service development
- Knowledge and understanding of GMP and QA and its application to Aseptic processing
- Minimum 12 months post-registration hospital pharmacy experience
- Experience in educating and training of junior staff and students
- Experience of using the CMM Pharmacy System
Skills
Essential
- Computer literate with good general keyboard skills, for using the pharmacy computer systems, including ordering, receiving and stock and rectifying stock discrepancies.
- Ability to work well with all colleagues as part of a team (including multidisciplinary working on wards)
- Dedication to high quality patient care
- Flexible to meet service and patient needs
- Meeting deadlines
- Professional supervisory skills
- Evidence of analytical and judgemental skills when faced with facts or situations requiring analysis e.g. managing urgent requirements or prioritising work to meet patient and organisational need
Desirable
- Team builder skills
- Good training skills
- Evidence of implementing policies and/or proposing changes to practices or procedures for own area with an impact beyond own area and contributes effectively to wider policies and service developments
Personal and people development
Essential
- Flexible approach to work.
- Good organisational and prioritisation skills.
- Able to work quickly and accurately even when under pressure and ability to meet deadlines and manage time effectively.
- Demonstrable self-motivation and proactive approach.
- Good oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to acknowledge own limitations and know when to refer an issue to a more Senior team member
- Ability to mentor lower grades of staff enabling them to achieve their goals.
- Awareness of Health and Safety and COSHH issues
- Ability to work unsupervised, alone and act on own initiative
- Evidence of positive commitment to CPD
- Polite and courteous
- Professional attitude
- Initiative and common sense
- Self-motivated and team player
Communication
Essential
- Able to communicate effectively and in a professional manner with staff, patients and managers.
- Good Communication skills, written and verbal.
Specific requirements
Essential
- Able to perform the duties of the post with reasonable aids and adaptations
Person Specification
Qualifications and knowledge
Essential
- Current registration with General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician, with NVQ level 3 Pharmaceutical Sciences (or BTEC, City and Guilds equivalent), OR,
- Current registration with the Science Council as RSciTech, with a level 3 Science Manufacturing Technician qualification
- GCP Training (or willing to undertake)
Desirable
- oEvidence of ability to plan and organise complex activities or programmes of work requiring planning and adjustment to meet changing need
- oEvidence of continuous professional practice and education.
- oUnderstanding of GMP
- Relevant post qualification Aseptic Services, experience courses and training
Experience
Essential
- Good working knowledge of safe dispensing and aseptic practices.
- Knowledge and understanding of GMP and QA and its application to Aseptic processing
- Experience of educating and training of junior staff and students
Desirable
- Hospital pharmacy experience
- Experience working in a cleanroom environment.
- Evidence of supervising staff and workload on a day-to-day basis.
- Evidence of active involvement in service development
- Knowledge and understanding of GMP and QA and its application to Aseptic processing
- Minimum 12 months post-registration hospital pharmacy experience
- Experience in educating and training of junior staff and students
- Experience of using the CMM Pharmacy System
Skills
Essential
- Computer literate with good general keyboard skills, for using the pharmacy computer systems, including ordering, receiving and stock and rectifying stock discrepancies.
- Ability to work well with all colleagues as part of a team (including multidisciplinary working on wards)
- Dedication to high quality patient care
- Flexible to meet service and patient needs
- Meeting deadlines
- Professional supervisory skills
- Evidence of analytical and judgemental skills when faced with facts or situations requiring analysis e.g. managing urgent requirements or prioritising work to meet patient and organisational need
Desirable
- Team builder skills
- Good training skills
- Evidence of implementing policies and/or proposing changes to practices or procedures for own area with an impact beyond own area and contributes effectively to wider policies and service developments
Personal and people development
Essential
- Flexible approach to work.
- Good organisational and prioritisation skills.
- Able to work quickly and accurately even when under pressure and ability to meet deadlines and manage time effectively.
- Demonstrable self-motivation and proactive approach.
- Good oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to acknowledge own limitations and know when to refer an issue to a more Senior team member
- Ability to mentor lower grades of staff enabling them to achieve their goals.
- Awareness of Health and Safety and COSHH issues
- Ability to work unsupervised, alone and act on own initiative
- Evidence of positive commitment to CPD
- Polite and courteous
- Professional attitude
- Initiative and common sense
- Self-motivated and team player
Communication
Essential
- Able to communicate effectively and in a professional manner with staff, patients and managers.
- Good Communication skills, written and verbal.
Specific requirements
Essential
- Able to perform the duties of the post with reasonable aids and adaptations
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).
