# Advanced Pharmacy Technician - SACT > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-pharmacy-technician-sact/4c56d97d-87ea-4aff-b9ee-10bb83152d60 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-pharmacy-technician-sact/4c56d97d-87ea-4aff-b9ee-10bb83152d60.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Peterborough - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Pharmacy technician - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 pa pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-03T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-20T11:03:26.560Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cambridgeshire/Huntingdon/North_West_Anglia_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Advanced_Pharmacy_Technician_SACT/Advanced_Pharmacy_Technician_SACT-v8167473 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8167473?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nwangliaft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and experienced Medicines Management Technician to join our friendly team and develop the pharmacy service in our Macmillan Cancer Centre. The role will allow you to use your experience to develop clinic based pharmacy services, as well as providing opportunities to expand your knowledge and skills in a specialist area. You will work with the multi-disciplinary team to provide quality care for a range of oncology and haematology patients. Teamwork is essential to this role, as is the need to demonstrate initiative.  A desire to go the extra mile for patients is central to the ethos of our team, so you will have a caring approach and excellent verbal and written communication skills. The role includes: - Supply of IV and oral chemotherapy and supplementary medicines - Accuracy checking of items against clinically checked prescriptions - Building patient partnerships to ensure medicines are taken as prescribed and to educate and counsel patients and carers on the safe and proper use of medicines. - Working quickly and accurately under pressure Full training will be provided in-house and your ongoing learning and development in this role is supported and encouraged. ### Main duties of the job To assist the Chief Pharmacist in providing comprehensive specialist pharmaceutical care and medicines management by the provision of safe, appropriate and effective clinical pharmacy services within North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, and areas supplied under Service Level Agreements, ensuring compliance with current medicines legislation. To dispense and supply IV and oral chemotherapy and supplementary medicines. To act as an Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) to final check medicines before issuing to wards and patients. To ensure the effectiveness of the technical aspects of the medicines management service and the safe and accurate dispensing of prescriptions. To implement and maintain efficient medicines management systems and ensure economic use of medicines in the haematology/oncology day unit. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities If you would like more information about this post please see the attached job description and person specification ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Awareness and respect for colleagues, patients and relatives cultural, religious and emotional needs and beliefs - Able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with Trust Values and Behaviours ### Knowledge **Essential** - Computer literate (Microsoft Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint) - Knowledge of requirements for maintaining confidentiality and accurate record keeping - Knowledge of current medicines legislation **Desirable** - Knowledge of SACT regimens and treatments and use of chemotherapy e-prescribing system ### Experience **Essential** - Proven background and post qualification experience in hospital pharmacy practice **Desirable** - Experience of staff supervision ### Key Skills **Essential** - Ability to work independently and as part of a team - Ability to prioritise own workload effectively - Communicates effectively both verbally and in writing - Demonstrates initiative **Desirable** - Ability to compile reports ### Education & Qualifications **Essential** - NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy Services & National BTEC Certificate in Pharmaceutical Services or equivalent - Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) with registration maintained throughout employment - Accredited checking pharmacy technician (ACPT) - Medicines Management skills modules 1 & 2 and Medicines Reconciliation skills module 3 or equivalent or willing to work towards. ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 576.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2886) - [information pack (pdf, 568.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10469193) - [living our values (pdf, 260.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1865) - [person specification (pdf, 192.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10469194) - [we are team nwangliaft (pdf, 8.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2745) - [information for candidates (pdf, 5.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2788) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.