• Job Description

  Req#: C9229-25-0446?language=en&page=579&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  *MULTIPLE POSITIONS AVAILABLE*

  We have an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to join our friendly pharmacy team. The right candidate should be a GPhC registered pharmacy technician who is committed, enthusiastic, hardworking and has great attention to detail. The successful applicant will be expected to participate in the existing weekend and bank holiday rotas within the pharmacy dispensary.

  They will also have a chance to rotate around the different areas of hospital pharmacy and gain a wealth of experience; working in dispensary, ward based medicines management and technical services.

  We are an innovative and forward thinking department and have a great history of 'growing our own' talented workforce. We invest in people and there are opportunities for training and further development within this role.

  At Wye Valley NHS Trust, trainee pharmacists and trainee pharmacy technicians must be within the final six months of their training programme to be considered for employment in substantive roles. This ensures that candidates have attained the necessary knowledge, skills, and behaviours to transition effectively into a professional role within our team. Any offers of employment are subject to attaining GPhC registration within the specified time frame.

  Main duties of the job

  Service Delivery Responsibilities

  • To work across dispensary, ward based medicines management and technical services and deputise for Senior Pharmacy Technicians or Lead Pharmacy Technicians when asked to do so.
  • To become proficient in working across dispensary, ward based medicines management and technical services so that they are able to train other colleagues when working in these areas.

  Dispensary Area

  To work under the direction of the Dispensary Management Team, to be aware of and follow all written Standard Operating Procedures and to fulfil the following duties:

  • Dispensing for inpatients, outpatients and for discharges.
  • Replenishment of dispensary stocks.
  • Counselling outpatients on their medication and being aware of when to refer to a Pharmacist for further advice.
  • Dispensing of Controlled Drugs.
  • Dispensing of stocks for wards, departments, other hospitals and local authority clinics.
  • To work towards providing dispensing accuracy checks by training as an Accredited Checking Technician.
  • To ensure the collection of prescription charges & money from sale of products follows Trust Standing Financial instructions.
  • To support the Dispensary Management Team in carrying out and sustaining efficiency changes.
  • Answering the phone in absence of the dispensary receptionist and liaising with other health professionals to solve day to day dispensary related queries.

  About us

  Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS 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 we'd want for our family and friends.

  More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's 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...all the time.

  Details

  Date posted

  27 June 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 4

  Salary

  £26,530 to £29,114 a year Per annum, pro rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  229-CS-7288136

  Job locations

  Hereford County Hospital

  Stonebow Road

  Hereford

  HR1 2ER

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.

  Person Specification

  Education & Qualifications

  Essential

  • NVQ3 Pharmacy Technician/Registered with the GPhC as a Pharmacy Technician
  • Accuracy Checking Technician Qualification or willingness to complete within agreed timeframe

  Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

  Essential

  • Ability to manage own workload when working alone and when working as part of a team
  • IT literate
  • Excellent communication and ability to interact with all levels of staff and patients with varying needs

  Personal attributes

  Essential

  • Able to work well to written procedures
  • Good attention to detail and accuracy
  • Good levels of concentration and ability to focus in a busy environment

  Person Specification

  Education & Qualifications

  Essential

  • NVQ3 Pharmacy Technician/Registered with the GPhC as a Pharmacy Technician
  • Accuracy Checking Technician Qualification or willingness to complete within agreed timeframe

  Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

  Essential

  • Ability to manage own workload when working alone and when working as part of a team
  • IT literate
  • Excellent communication and ability to interact with all levels of staff and patients with varying needs

  Personal attributes

  Essential

  • Able to work well to written procedures
  • Good attention to detail and accuracy
  • Good levels of concentration and ability to focus in a busy environment

  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

  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 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)

• About the company

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