# Lead Pharmacy Technician - Theatres & Elective General Surgery

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Wye Valley NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Wye Valley NHS Trust
- **Location:** The County Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Pharmacy technician
- **Salary:** £39959.00 to £48117.00
- **Contract type:** Permanent: The post includes both weekend/bank holiday and O/C commitment on a rota basis
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekend/BH working on rota basis. O/C commitment also on rota basis)
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-22T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-08T12:24:18.296Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8342858
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8342858?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

### Main duties of the job

The post holder will work closely with the Senior Pharmacist’s for the Surgical Division to provide a comprehensive ward based, clinical service to the Surgical Division specifically the Theatres & Critical Care Directorate and Elective General Surgery. The role will include taking medicines histories and completing medicines reconciliation, carrying out therapeutic drug monitoring, making therapeutic interventions within scope of practice, supply of medicines, final checking of medicines and counselling patients. In addition management responsibilities will include line management of junior staff, assisting with the day to day running of the service and monitoring performance, of the service.

The role will also involve making continuous improvements to the service using innovative techniques to develop the technician role and integrating completely in the multi-disciplinary team. There will also be operational commitment to the Pharmacy service weekends and Bank Holidays on a formal rota

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view ‘supporting documents’ linked to this vacancy.

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Able to demonstrate relevant post registration knowledge, skills and experience
- Writing SOPs
- Development of consistent service through KPI and intervention reporting across PCN’s

**Desirable**

- Involvement in leadership and project delivery

### Personal Attributes

**Essential**

- Approachable
- Confident and motivational
- Completer/Finisher
- Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
- Professional role model
- Ability to identify and deliver on innovative best practice
- Patient focused

### Education & Qualifications

**Essential**

- NVQ3 Pharmacy Technician/Registered with the GPhC as a Pharmacy Technician
- Accuracy Checking Technician Qualification
- Achieved Accredited MM/Medicines Optimisation qualification or willingness to complete if not already achieved
- Level 4 Clinical Diploma or willingness to complete if not already achieved

### Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

**Essential**

- Communicate effectively to all levels of staff
- IT Literate in routine Microsoft applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel etc)
- Extensive knowledge of clinical pharmacy and ward-based working
- High degree of self-motivation and ability to work on own initiative
- Ability to present information concisely and clearly
- Ability to problem solve within scope of practice
- Ability to communicate with senior decision makers
- Knowledge and understanding of basic management principles including team management and motivation
- Knowledge and skills to mentor and develop staff

## Documents

- [wvt benefits (pdf, 621.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1985)
- [229-cs-8342858 jdps (pdf, 274.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10667230)

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