Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Flexible working - 0 hours per week (Bank)
- Job ref
- 418-DTO3164-KA
- Employer
- Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Luton and Dunstable Hospital
- Town
- Luton
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Bank Patient Service Senior Pharmacy Technician-Dispensary Team Leader
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
Are you a passionate and experienced pharmacy technician ready to take the next step in your career? We are seeking a dynamic Senior Pharmacy Technician to join our forward-thinking team in a modern, automated dispensary environment. This is a fantastic opportunity for a registered pharmacy technician to work as an Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) while developing valuable skills in staff management and service improvement within a busy hospital setting.
In this leadership role, you’ll play a vital part in ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of the dispensary, supporting and training staff through supervision and performance monitoring. You’ll work closely with colleagues and dispensary management to maintain the highest standards of patient care and medicines optimisation.
We’re looking for someone proactive, enthusiastic, and open to innovation - someone who thrives on new challenges and is committed to delivering an exceptional patient experience. To be considered, you must be registered with the GPhC and either hold or be close to completing an accuracy checking qualification. We’ll provide further training in staff management to support your growth.
Our L&D Pharmacy operates seven days a week, so some weekend working will be required. If you're ready to make a meaningful impact in a progressive pharmacy team, we’d love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
To perform the technical accuracy check on dispensed prescriptions
To undertake day-to-day supervision of junior pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants within the Team
To support delivery of dispensary Key Performance Indicators
To provide training in dispensary procedures and pharmacy computer use to all members of staff
To mentor and develop pharmacy assistants
To act as a professional role model for pre-registration trainee pharmacy technicians, junior pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants, actively demonstrating integrity, ownership and leadership in all aspects of the role
To manage a defined area of responsibility within the prescribed medication supply chain
Working for our organisation
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity and creating a culture that values differences.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To perform the final technical accuracy check on dispensed prescriptions which have been clinically screened by a pharmacist. This may include prescriptions in both the main dispensary and in the satellite dispensaries
To lead a team of junior and PTPTs and Pharmacy Assistants in the dispensary, organising and directing their work in a fluid manner to ensure an efficient and responsive service to patients and wards
To support the Principal Pharmacy Technician in managing and developing staff within their Team, monitoring performance and supporting on-going professional development.
To assist the Principal Pharmacy Technician, Dispensary in providing ‘hands on’ induction and on-going training of members of dispensary staff and other pharmacy staff in dispensary procedures including use of the pharmacy IT system. This will include NVQ assessments at level 2 and 3 and competency assessments for pharmacist pre-registration trainees.
To support the Principal Pharmacy Technician in maintaining continuous improvement and efficiency within the dispensary by managing discrete projects and/or areas of responsibility within the prescribed medication supply chain and being responsible for achieving defined outcomes
To assist the Principal Pharmacy Technician, Dispensary in the co-ordination of dispensing of medicines for in-patients, out-patients and ward use. This will include when necessary, personally receiving prescriptions into dispensary and ensuring prescription charges are collected where appropriate, accurately labelling, assembling and dispensing individual in-patient, out-patient and discharge prescriptions including cytotoxic medicines, according to departmental policies and standard operating procedures. It will involve solving problems arising from these procedures, including contacting other healthcare professionals.
To counsel individual patients regarding correct use of medicines when appropriate. To include counselling / demonstration of inhaler and other medical device techniques. This may include counselling of patients at ward level at discharge. To contribute to the provision of information on medicines and general health care to out-patients through the use of posters and leaflets
To assist the Senior Pharmacy Technician, Clinical Trials, in cascading the procedures required for the dispensing of clinical trial medicines. This includes ensuring all appropriate paperwork is maintained
To support the Principal Pharmacy Technician, Dispensary in overseeing the safe and secure storage and dispensing of controlled drugs, ensuring all statutory registers are maintained accurately.
To ensure all appropriate patient medication history data and prescription data is entered accurately onto computerised and manual databases. This will include maintaining databases of prescribing of unlicensed medicines and non-formulary prescribing.
To support the co-ordination of efficient stock control within the Dispensary, through a rolling programme of stock reconciliation checks and expiry checks on a regular basis. This includes organising safe destruction of drug waste and investigating wrong stock levels and problem solving.
To liaise with relevant pharmacy and other healthcare staff to ensure an efficient, responsive service to directorates. To implement systems for service provision which enhance the efficiency of the dispensaries
To regularly formulate, review, update and implement standard operating procedures for the dispensaries.
To participate in the dispensary till cashing-up rota
Please see job description and person specification provided. If further information is required, please speak to our contact on advert.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) as a Pharmacy Technician
- BTEC + NVQ level 3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent qualification
- ACPT qualification or due to imminently complete
Desirable criteria
- Membership with ATPUK
- Leadership Qualification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of use of Pharmacy computer systems
Desirable criteria
- Familiarity with standard Office IT programs
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to analyse problems and devise workable solutions
- Good interpersonal skills
Desirable criteria
- Leading a team
Expierence
Essential criteria
- Customer orientated services
- Experience of supervising staff
Desirable criteria
- Experience of contributing to SOP development
Communication Skills
Essential criteria
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Experience of patient medication counselling
- Empathetic communication skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lianne Eldridge
- Job title
- Principal Pharmacy Technician
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01582 497115
- Additional information
Point of contact: For further information or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Lianne Eldridge, Dispensary and Outpatient Services Manager on 01582 497115
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Luton & Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust
Lewsey Road
Luton
Bedfordshire
LU4 0DZ
- Telephone
- 01582 497325
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