# Pharmacy Manager: Technical Services > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/pharmacy-manager-technical-services/02d4e396-3eb1-4cb0-b539-890ae02ab404 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/pharmacy-manager-technical-services/02d4e396-3eb1-4cb0-b539-890ae02ab404.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Poole Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Manager - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £66,582 - £77,368 pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Job share, Flexible working, Compressed hours, 37.5 sessions per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-11T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-28T13:30:51.289Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Dorset/Poole/University_Hospitals_Dorset_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Pharmacy_Aseptic_Services/Pharmacy_Aseptic_Services-v8262905 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8262905?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhd.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you passionate about hospital pharmacy aseptic services? Do you want to make a real difference to cancer patients by ensuring the highest quality and safest chemotherapy agents are produced? This may be the opportunity you've been waiting for. Due to planned retirement we are looking for a new accountable pharmacist or pharmacy technician (when changes in legislation come into effect) to lead and develop our highly regarded aseptic technical service across University Hospitals Dorset (UHD). Our aseptic service is at the heart of cancer care providing essential parenteral chemotherapy, clinical trials and monoclonal antibodies. Our unit consists of an aseptic suite at Poole Hospital and has a dedicated staff of over 30 including pharmacists, technicians, assistants and science manufacturing technicians. We are looking for an individual with passion, experience and drive to help shape the exciting provision of aseptic services at UHD. To be considered you must be a registered pharmacist or pharmacy technician with a wealth of experience in pharmacy aseptic services. Candidates will be expected to have an in-depth knowledge of the latest regulatory controls and quality assurances for section 10 compounding units. This role requires registration as a pharmacist or pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council Base location - Poole Hospital but with occasionally working at Royal Bournemouth Hospital Interview date - Friday, 18th September 2026 ### Main duties of the job You will be supported in the role by a well established pharmacy leadership team, expert clinical pharmacists in cancer services (including 2 consultant cancer pharmacists in training), an experienced technical team and a cancer directorate who truly value aseptic services. This post is responsible and accountable for the management of the pharmacy aseptic services across University Hospitals Dorset. The unit prepares 25,000 medicine items per year consisting of parenteral chemotherapy (30% RTAs, 70% produced in house), ATMPs and monoclonal antibodies. The unit produces and dispenses medication under Section 10 exemption of The Medicines Act and is subject to external and internal quality assurance processes. The post-holder will be the trust accountable Section 10 pharmacist or pharmacy technician (when changes in legislation allow) leading on all technical aspects of the pharmacy aseptic services. Key relationships will be with the Quality Assurance Team, wider pharmacy leadership team, Pharmacy Cancer Clinical Leads, Research and Development and the trust Cancer directorates. If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities You must be registered as a Pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) to be considered for this post We are looking for an individual with a wealth of experience working in pharmacy aseptic services and an in-depth knowledge of the latest regulatory controls and quality assurances for section 10 compounding units. Please kindly see the Job description and Person Specification attached in regard to the role and responsibilities of the post holder. ### 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 ### General **Essential** - PGDip Pharmaceutical Technology and Quality Assurance or equivalent experience - Extensive experience in pharmacy aseptic services - Registered Pharmacist - Leadership or project management qualification or equivalent experience - Extensive experience of quality assurance in an aseptic or manufacturing unit - Previous experience with a range of electronic worksheet systems and / or electronic chemotherapy prescribing systems ### Knowledge **Essential** - Extensive knowledge of section 10 legislation demonstrated ## Documents - [dbs - faqs (pdf, 102.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2417) - [pharmacy recruitment promise (pdf, 380.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10576901) - [pharmacy manager: technical services _jd_sep 2026 (pdf, 520.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10576902) - [pharmacy manager: technical services _ps_sep 2026 (pdf, 248.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10576903) ## 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.