Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4 Annex 21
- Contract
- 2 years (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (8am - 4pm Mon- Fri)
- Job ref
- 158-25-036-PHA
- Employer
- The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Liverpool
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £26,530 - £29,114 (Annex 21 - 70% of Band 4 increases to 75% of Band 4 in YR 2)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician
NHS AfC: Band 4 Annex 21
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Please note that applications are accepted only by completion of our application form. If you have any needs that prevent you from applying in this way and participating in our online recruitment process, please contact the Recruitment Team on 0151 5565176 or [email protected] at the earliest opportunity to ensure that support can be provided. Adjustments can be made for you during application and interview.
We operate a Values Based Recruitment (VBR) approach when recruiting new colleagues. VBR helps us to attract and select employees whose personal values and behaviours align with the values of the Trust. For more information on our vision, mission and values please see here - Vision, mission and values :: The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre (clatterbridgecc.nhs.uk)
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Job overview
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre (CCC) provides excellent cancer care to patients in the North West (including North Wales and the Isle of Man). We have 3 site locations; the central Liverpool site and hub sites in the Wirral and Aintree. Inpatient services, including 2 wards, bone marrow transplant service and the regional Teenage and Young Adult unit (supported by the Teenage Cancer Trust) are located at our Liverpool site.
It is an exciting time for the Pharmacy Production unit at CCC-Liverpool, which has recently obtained an MHRA specials licence. The department is developing batch production through the use of VHP gassing Isolator technology. This has provided an exciting opportunity to fully train Pre-registration Pharmacy Technicians. It is important for the pharmacy department to develop pharmacy technicians within our large, diverse and friendly pharmacy team.
You will undertake training for this role, which will involve rotating through different pharmacy area's to gain knowledge, skills and competencies to gain a BTEC diploma in Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians Level 3. This role involves attending Bradford College live session in a virtual college classroom once a week and gain practical experience in pharmacy services under supervision of qualified assessors.
Working pattern will be 37.5 hours per week.
Main duties of the job
Responsible for the day to day dispensing of aseptic preparations under
the supervision of qualified technicians.
Attendance at college once a week for BTEC in pharmacy services and
the completion of an NVQ Level 3 portfolio in pharmacy services under
direct supervision of a qualified NVQ assessor in-house.
To participate in the dispensing of oral preparations including clinical
trials under the supervision of a qualified technician.
To follow all standard operating procedures and health and safety
policies of the pharmacy department and the trust.
Refer matters requiring expert advice to the appropriate pharmacists.
Attend such training courses from time to time as are deemed necessary
for a comprehensive robust insight into cytotoxic reconstitution/medicines
management/clinical trials.
Working for our organisation
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre is one of three specialist cancer centres in England. With 1,800 specialist staff and three sites, we are one of the largest NHS providers of non-surgical cancer treatment. The Trust has a unique multi-site care model serving the 2.4 million population across Cheshire and Merseyside and is consistently rated by patients as one of the best performing hospitals.
Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.
Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.
We are -
Kind
Empowered
Responsible
Inclusive
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this exciting role on offer at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Minimum Four GCSE’s at grade C or above – including: English, Maths and Science (biology or chemistry) and one other GCSE
Desirable criteria
- Prior knowledge or experience of NVQ
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good written and verbal communication
- Logical reasoning and problem solving
- Calm under pressure
- Methodical and organised
- Motivator, time management skills
- Accurate and high attention to detail
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven work or study record
Desirable criteria
- Hospital or retail pharmacy experience
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
- Victoria Brereton
- Job title
- Production Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 556 5199
- Additional information
Stephanie Cambridge - [email protected]
telephone. 0151-556-5199
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