Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- 18 months (Fixed term contract)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 269-SFT9270
- Employer
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Salisbury
- Salary
- £27,485 - £30,162 per annum pro rata if part time
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Dispensary based Pharmacy Technician Support Services
Band 4
Job overview
Due to the promotion of existing Band 4s, we are looking for 2 highly motivated, responsible, and reliable pharmacy technicians to join our friendly, well established, and hardworking teams in the Inpatient Dispensary.
Are you hardworking, friendly, enthusiastic, registered or soon to be registered; then we're looking for you to join our dedicated support services team?
This post requires candidates who are flexible, looking to progress their careers and above all be passionate and focused on providing the best possible patient care.
You may be looking to expand your hospital experience or make that leap from community. We'd love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Our established technician post offers a breadth of pharmacy experience including working in our state of the art robotic dispensary and with an opportunity to access an introduction to distribution and procurement.
For anyone looking for a role with plenty of variety and a stepping stone route for career progression this is the role for .
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Working for our organisation
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts and offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualification & Registration
Essential criteria
- NVQ & BTec or Apprenticeship in Pharmaceutical science/studies
- Registration with GPhC
- Final accuracy Checking (ACPT)
Desirable criteria
- Hospital experience
- Experience in use of CMM (JAC) pharmacy computer system
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
- Suzanne Hakes
- Job title
- Chief Technician Support Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01722429270
- Additional information
For further information or to arrange an informal visit please contact Suzanne Hakes or Alex Hurn on 01722 429270 or [email protected]
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