# Dispensary & Education Pharmacy Technician > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/dispensary-and-education-pharmacy-technician/79fff242-13d0-4847-aa8f-052178f4ab79 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/dispensary-and-education-pharmacy-technician/79fff242-13d0-4847-aa8f-052178f4ab79.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** John Radcliffe Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Pharmacy technician - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (9am-5:15pm, Weekend, bank holiday, early and late shift as per rota) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-13T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-30T12:50:52.351Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Oxfordshire/Oxford/Oxford_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v8324125 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8324125?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ouh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Hello! My name is Hannah Newton-Oakes, I am a Senior Pharmacy Technician in the the John Radcliffe Pharmacy. I am privileged to support in leading our very hardworking Dispensary team in providing a dispensary service, supplying in-patient, outpatient and discharge medication to Patients of the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. This is a post offering a rare and exciting opportunity to provide technical support to the John Radcliffe Dispensary as well as developing yourself an Education and Training Technician. We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Registered Pharmacy Technician to join our team as a Dispensary and Education and Training Technician. This role would be ideally suited for a qualified Technician with a Dispensary background, looking to progress their career, with a particular interest in training and mentoring others. Within this role you will receive full training to become an NVQ assessor (CAVA award). This accreditation will allow you to support our Assistant apprentices in completion of their Pharmacy qualifications. You will also have the opportunity to develop your leadership skills, working jointly with the Pharmacy Operational team to provide key co-ordinator support to the Dispensary team. ### Main duties of the job The candidate will be required to work jointly with the Pharmacy Operational, Education and Training and Dispensary teams in the following key areas: Training: - Act as an NVQ assessor on completion of CAVA award, working with the Education and Training Team to assess and support our team of apprentices through their level 2 Pharmacy Services qualification. - Following relevant experience, progress to become an Internal Verifier (IQA). - Mentor and supervise the Apprentice Assistants. - Coordinate inductions and provide practical support and training to our pre-registration Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacy Assistants. - Take part in the recruitment process of Apprentices and Pre-registration Pharmacy Technicians and help to support these staff through their induction and probationary periods. Dispensary: - Providing regular dispensing/checking duties as directed by the Senior Technicians. - Dispensary Co-ordinator responsibilities within the dispensary, together with the Senior Technicians, or in the absence of Senior Technicians, and at weekends. - Monitoring of workload and tracking screen to support our TTO KPI. - Providing support to the team with regards to resolving CD balance discrepancies. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description for further detailed information regarding the role and main responsibilities ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Essential **Essential** - Qualified Pharmacy Technician, registered with the GPhC holding an NVQ Level 3 or other relevant qualification. - Relevant post qualification experience. - Demonstrable time management, organisational, written and oral communication skills - Accredited Checking Technician - Certificate of Competence in Vocational Assessment (CAVA) or willing to complete - Good IT skills including keyboard, databases, Excel etc. - Appropriately assertive and confident. - Demonstrate enthusiasm for and interest in training and development - Ability to teach staff of all levels - Responsive to direction and constructive feedback. - Basic all round knowledge of Pharmacy Department - Enthusiastic, adaptable, flexible and able to demonstrate an ability to work independently and as part of a team under pressure. **Desirable** - Uses own initiative and can work alone. - Good all round understanding of Pharmacy Services - Previous experience of providing training or teaching for other staff - Previous management experience, including delegation of tasks and organising workload ## Documents - [dispensary and education and training pharmacy technician (pdf, 896.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10646080) ## 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.