Pharmacy Technician

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Title: Pharmacy Technician

Grade: Band 5

Trust: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Location: Stoke Mandeville/Wycombe/Amersham

Ward:Pharmacy

Pay Rates: Band 5 £18.66 per hour (excluding WTD and Holiday Pay) £21.21 per hour (including WTD and Holiday Pay)

Shift Patterns: 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday

Why might this job interest you?

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) delivers a wide range of hospital and community healthcare services to people across Buckinghamshire and beyond. Each year, they care for over half a million patients, whether in state-of-the-art hospitals, local community settings, or directly in peoples homes.

Driven by a clear and inspiring vision, BHT is here to deliver outstanding care, support healthier communities, and create a workplace where staff are proud to belong and thrive.

What you can add:

• Help bring prescriptions to life by preparing and dispensing medications with precision from measuring and labelling to packaging all under the guidance of a registered pharmacist.

Keep things running smoothly by managing stock levels, checking expiry dates, receiving deliveries, and ensuring medicines are safely and properly stored.

Be a trusted point of contact by supporting patients and healthcare teams processing prescriptions efficiently, answering day-to-day medication queries, and helping deliver a seamless service.

What youll need:

Qualified Pharmacy Technician holding an NVQ Level 3 or other relevant qualification.

Registered with GPhC

Comprehensive dispensary experience in either Hospital or Community.

Ability to travel to other sites.

In addition to experience, all Qualified roles will be required to provide evidence of

• Relevant Qualifications
• Registration with the relevant Registration Body if applicable.

The benefits we can offer you in return:

Putting People in Places to Care be part of the NHSP community, by joining the bank and caring for patients with a team of people from all walks of life.

Weekly pay to give you access to your wages more quickly.

Blue Light Card NHS Discount Provider

First choice of shifts/placements at the Trust of your choice over agencies.

Our team is always happy to help - access our support line any time.

Working options to suit your lifestyle being on the bank gives you the flexibility to work the shifts you want or choose fixed term placements.

Training and development opportunities via the Trust and NHSPs own academy.

Explore different wards, keep your skills up to date whilst gaining vital experience.

Being part of the NHSP Community means youll get access to member activities such as member of the month, member appreciation week, key date giveaways, webinar series and much more.

Who are NHS Professionals?

NHS Professionals is a flexible staff bank, owned by the Department of Health, our purpose is to provide you with the autonomy to decide when, how, and where you want to work. Supporting your lifestyle and making you feel part of the team and community. Offering you flexible work or alternatively fixed term placements.

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By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts or fixed term placements across any of our client Trusts in England.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified Pharmacy Technician holding an NVQ Level 3 or other relevant qualification.
• Registered with GPhC

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

NHS Professionals Limited

Address

Stoke Mandeville Hospital Nhs Trust

Mandeville Road

Aylesbury

Buckinghamshire

HP21 8AL

Employer's website

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