Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 4-5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 28 hours per week
- Job ref
- 430-CC25-516A
- Employer
- Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Pharmacy (Dept)
- Town
- Milton Keynes
- Salary
- £27,485 - £37,796 Per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/11/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 11/12/2025
Employer heading
Pharmacy Technician (Rotational)
Band 4-5
At Milton Keynes University Hospital, you will be welcomed into a friendly and supportive environment where teamwork and respect are at the heart of everything we do. We are proud to live our Trust values and behaviours every day, creating a culture where everyone feels heard and valued.
MKUH staff's Motivation and Involvement scores are among the highest in our peer group, showing that our people feel inspired and included in decision-making (Staff Survey, 2024).
Our benefits
We believe in recognising and rewarding the amazing contribution of our staff and that is why we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, work-life balance, and professional growth, including:
- Free on-site parking including EV charging
- Complimentary refreshments
- Flexible working arrangements
- Discounted gym membership
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Generous annual leave, with the option to bank holiday entitlement
- Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme
- On-site nursery (charges apply)
- A wide-ranging staff health and wellbeing programme including EAP
- VIVUP products to support your mental, physical, and financial Wellbeing
Job overview
Pharmacy Technician: Band 4 to 5 Progression Role
Department: Pharmacy
Hours: 28 hours per week, all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working
The Health Service Journal recently named Milton Keynes one of the top performing NHS Trust to work in and we are proud to be rated “good” by the Care Quality Commission.
You can expect a warm welcome, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviors.
Would you like a career where the limitation is your imagination? Does progression and opportunity relate to your personal drive of wanting to be the best you can be? As a Pharmacy Technician in hospital, you can make a difference in multiple areas ranging from clinical to management and from bands 4 to 8. We are looking for highly motivated individuals ready to take that next step and join a forward thinking and innovative Pharmacy Technician team here at Milton Keynes hospital that is continually progressing and growing.
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 at the time of appointment.
Interview date: 11/12/2025
Main duties of the job
This post is open to all registered Pharmacy Technicians both newly qualified and experienced who would like to start or continue a career in hospital pharmacy. We are a department of over 100 staff providing pharmacy services through team working and prioritising the needs of those we serve. Our Pharmacy Technicians provide a range of services in the Hospital Pharmacy including:
· Dispensing for inpatients, outpatients and discharge
· Aseptic production
· Medicines safety
· Workforce development
· Procurement
· Medicines information
· Medicines management
· Final checking
Working closely with the Pharmacy Technician team manager and other members of the senior team, this excellent career development opportunity will suit both newly qualified and experienced Pharmacy Technicians as it will involve the post holder being supported to develop themselves in areas of such as dispensary, clinical areas, technology, staff and service management. This will occur through fully funded opportunities via national accredited and recognised training courses.
If you think you would be the right person for this challenge, please contact Neil Trew-Smith – Pharmacy Technician Team Manager on 01908 995719 or email [email protected] alternatively you can contact Nick Beason – Chief Technician on 01908 995705 or email [email protected]
Working for our organisation
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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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Trust Responsibilities
• To be part of the Pharmacy team and work to enable the objectives of the Pharmacy and the Trust to be achieved.
• To communicate effectively and promptly with all members of the pharmacy teams and, where necessary, clinical multidisciplinary teams (MOTs}, to ensure the safe and efficient delivery of medicines management/optimisation and supply services to patients and colleagues across the local health system
• To participate in high standards of practice as defined by the CQC, NHSLA and other relevant organisations for implementation across the Trust.
• To contribute to trust compliance with the Medicines Management standards, Clinical Governance and Risk Management.
Professional Responsibilities
• To act in a professional manner consistent with the GPhC code of conduct and as is required to ensure safe, effective and timely care for patients and appropriate support for colleagues across the health system, including communication of complex and sensitive information.
• To manage technical work within defined policies and Standard Operating Procedures and where appropriate, recommending and contributing to changes made with the agreement of more senior technicians or pharmacists.
• To receive, label and dispense prescriptions accurately and taking account of professional standards for patient safety, for in-patients and out-patients; demonstrate and maintain through CPD competence in these tasks after undertaking an in-house training programme.
Education and Training
• To contribute to development and training programmes for all staff.
• To support the education and training lead as an assessor for the NVQ in Pharmacy Services (Levels 2 and 3); to demonstrate and maintain competence in this work and complete assessments in a timely manner.
• To be involved in CPD with other pharmacy staff as a participant and in support of other staff including pre-registration technicians and pharmacists.
Progression from Band 4 to 5
The intention of the role is to progress pharmacy technicians into a band 5 role once performance targets have been achieved. Candidates which meet the following objectives will trigger a review of banding based on achieving the following::
• ACPT qualification completed via external training programme
• MMPT qualification completed via internal training programme and external assessment.
• Competently conduct the Duty Technician role independently following completion of the Duty Technician competency assessment.
• Experience in hospital pharmacy including ward experience for a minimum of 12 months post-registration, understanding trust processes and policies.
If all of the above objectives are met, a successful candidate will be placed into a band 5 position on appointment.
Please refer to the job description for further details.
Person specification
Qualifications and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Registered Pharmacy Technician supported by evidence of CPD in line with GPhC requirements
- BTEC I NVQ level 3 or equivalent (e.g. in Pharmacy Services)
- Evidence of ability to plan and organise complex activities or programmes of work requiring planning and adjustment to meet changing need
- Evidence of providing advice in relation to patient care including information on common drug dosage and use; advises patients and colleagues on issues relating to medication regimes and changes to prescribing, working in partnership with pharmacists
Desirable criteria
- Accredited Checking Technician, or demonstrate relevant competence within six months of starting in role
- Knowledge of medicines management, including relevant legislation and policies, acquired through specialist training or experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Hospital pharmacy or community health services pharmacy experience
- Experience of educating and training of junior staff and students
- Evidence of ability to create reports or documents including reporting on Key Performance Indicators1
Desirable criteria
- Minimum 12 months post-registration hospital pharmacy experience
- Management Experience
- Experience of One-Stop dispensing
- Experience of using the JAC Pharmacy System
- Ward based medicines management and/or medicines optimisation activities
Skills
Essential criteria
- IT Skills for dispensing, monitoring performance and reporting/audit
- 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
- Evidence of undertaking workplace assessments and effective support for less experienced staff
- 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
Desirable criteria
- Good training skills
- Team builder skills
Personal and people development
Essential criteria
- Evidence of positive commitment to CPD
- Polite and courteous
- Professional attitude
- Initiative and common sense
- Self-motivated and team player
Communication
Essential criteria
- Good Communication skills, written and verbal.
- Evidence of ability to communicate clearly with patients, carers, hospital/ward staff and primary care or community health services and other organisations about medicines management or other technical information1
Specific requirements
Essential criteria
- Able to perform the duties of the post with reasonable aids and adaptations
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amy Baker
- Job title
- Deputy Dispensary Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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