Band 4 Pharmacy Technician - Venture House

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic self-motivated Pharmacy Technician to join our team based at Central and Summerhill Pharmacies in Erdington. You will be involved in the progression of the Technician led Dispensary. You will also be involved in the development of the role of Pharmacy Technicians in delivering medicines optimisation services for inpatient and community areas. We will offer training and support to the successful candidate to complete the ACPT course and the Medicines Optimisation course if not already done so. These qualifications will help develop and prepare the successful candidate for progression to apply for a senior pharmacy technician should one arise. We will also provide in house training to develop leadership skills within the dispensary and ward services. Pharmacy Technicians are vital members of today’s healthcare team and make significant contributions to the supply of medicines to patients as well as medicines management across healthcare organisations. The role is becoming more varied and complex as medicines become increasingly sophisticated. The role will be involved with supporting the dispensaries both inpatient and outpatients and must be a qualified ACPT, in the process of completing the ACPT qualification, or willing to work towards completing the ACPT qualification.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job include: •    Coordinating dispensary staff •    Dispensing  •    Accuracy checking •    Ward duties, which includes providing support to the Senior Pharmacy technicians with medicines reconciliation, POD assessments, managing patient supply needs, discharges, and transfer of care

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.

This post is also suitable for technicians who are due to register Summer/Autumn 2026.