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University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for detailed job description of the role.
Main duties of the job
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
We are looking for a registered or soon-to-be registered pharmacy technician to join our enthusiastic and motivated team based at Southampton General Hospital (SGH) and Royal South Hants Hospital (RSH). This is a progressive band 4 to 5 post; however, applications from current band 5s are welcome.
This exciting, fully supported post would be ideal for a pharmacy technician soon to qualify and register with the GPhC. You must be a team player, have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and be keen to develop yourself.
We have some exciting opportunities available within our dispensaries, offering the chance to rotate between the pharmacy departments at Royal South Hants Hospital and Southampton General Hospital.
Within the pharmacy department, we pride ourselves on the development of our staff. You will be supported to complete the band 4/5 progressive framework by collecting relevant evidence towards a set of core competencies. Once complete and signed off, your post will be upgraded to band 5.
Applicants who can demonstrate that they already meet the required competencies may be offered a Band 5 contract upon appointment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will receive dispensary-based training at Southampton General Hospital and The Royal South Hants Hospital, where you will be trained through competency-based learning to dispense, label and check accurately; issuing medications to patients will also be covered.
Applicants must be a registered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council, and must possess the following: BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or NVQ level 3 supported by appropriate underpinning knowledge, e.g. BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or NPA. Applicants working towards the relevant qualifications will be considered.
Attached you will find the person specification document, which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application, as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
Person specification
Trust Values
Essential
- Patients First
- Always Improving
- Working Together
Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Essential
- Registered pharmacy technician in UK by GPhC or working towards qualifications suitable for registration as a pharmacy technician with the GPhC within the next six months.
- Numerate and literate e.g. GCSE in Maths and English A* to C or equivalent or IELTS test score 7 as required by GPhC if overseas candidate
- Accurate dispensing of medicines (in hospital or community pharmacy or aseptics)
- Maintaining continuous professional development requirements or training portfolio
- Dealing with customers and / or patients
- Able to use a range of information technology programmes
- Demonstrates being able to organise own and others workload and prioritise effectively
- Able to work antisocial hours, weekends and bank holidays as per rota.
- Able to travel to and work at RSH / SGH and other sites if required
Desirable
- Additional pharmacy qualifications e.g. Completed APTUK Foundation Framework Management training Practice supervisor or TAQA Medicines Management qualification PIPC or ACPT
- Hospital pharmacy experience Stock control / ordering experience
- Providing a ward-based medicines management service
- Aseptic pharmacy experience
- Clinical trials or research experience
- Experience of using JAC or similar pharmacy based computer systems
- Experience of supervision of staff or trainees
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This advert is for Pharmacy Technician (Band 4 to 5) with University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust in Southampton, South East, England. It is listed as a Band 4 Pharmacy technician role. The advertised salary is £28,392 - £39,043 pa or pa pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 24 Jul 2026.
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