Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 3-5 roles
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (On-call rota will apply to some of the roles as per job description)
- Job ref
- 156-7453239
- Employer
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Cornwall Hospital- Treliske
- Town
- Truro
- Salary
- £24,937 - £37,796 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Pharmacy Technical Services Roles
Band 3-5 roles
Job overview
THIS ROLE IS OPEN TO THE CORNWALL HEALTHCARE COMMUNITY ONLY.
PLEASE SPECIFY IN YOUR APPLICATION WHICH ROLE YOU ARE APPLYING FOR.
The Pharmacy Technical Services Unit based at the Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro currently has a vacancy for:
- A senior pharmacy technician (band 5 or as a band 4-5 progression)
- A science & manufacturing technician (band 4 qualified or as a developmental apprenticeship role)
- A Senior Pharmacy Assistant (band 3)- manufacturing
- A Senior Pharmacy Assistant (band 3)- transport services
These roles will be key members of the Pharmacy technical services team, manufacturing and delivering life-saving chemotherapy treatments and other medicines to patients at the Royal Cornwall NHS Hospital.
A comprehensive training programme is in place to support all the roles.
Main duties of the job
Working in our specialist facility you will be part of a dedicated team preparing vital medicines for our patients.
Our service lines are chemotherapy, radiopharmacy, aseptic and non-sterile manufacturing. You will assist in the preparation and delivery of injectable medicines such as chemotherapy, radiopharmaceuticals, intravenous nutrition and other life-saving therapies for our patients
Please refer to the relevant job description for the full details of the roles and responsibilities of the job. Each role comes with specific training plan and can be offered as developmental roles where appropriate.
On-call duties, weekend and Bank Holiday working on rotation is required as detailed in the job descriptions
These are full-time post working 37.5 hours per week.
For further information please contact Lesley Richards, Lead Operations Technician, or Kate Burley, Lead Training Technician at Pharmacy Technical Services 01872 258394
Working for our organisation
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with
visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.
We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.
The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.
Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is a research active organisation.
It’s established South West Clinical School in Cornwall exists to promote clinical academic career opportunities for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals interested in research and evidence-based activities. Read their research paper to find out more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
- Identity Checks
- Professional registration and qualification checks
- Employment history and reference checks
- Occupational Health clearance
- Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
- Right to work in the UK
For further information please visit:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation
We reserve the right to close this advert early.
We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview.
We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualifications that meet the minimum requirements of the JD
Experience
Essential criteria
- Meets minimum requirements for experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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
- Lesley Richards
- Job title
- Pharmacy Technical Services roles
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01872258394
- Additional information
PLEASE SPECIFY IN YOUR APPLICATION WHICH ROLE YOU ARE APPLYING FOR.
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