# Pharmacy Technician Dispensary Training Lead > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/pharmacy-technician-dispensary-training-lead/dd603cfe-338a-482d-9c0c-d8b618e22651 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/pharmacy-technician-dispensary-training-lead/dd603cfe-338a-482d-9c0c-d8b618e22651.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Camberley - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Pharmacy technician - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £33,677 - £40,996 per annum incl HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (late duty and weekend commitments) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-30T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-20T08:33:24.226Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Surrey/Frimley/Frimley_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v8133781 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8133781?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.fhft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We have an exciting opportunity for GPhC‑registered Pharmacy Technicians to join our Education and Training team at Frimley Health. This is a Band 5 post, designed for pharmacy technicians with hospital experience who have a passion for education and training, and who are motivated to train, mentor, coach, and support pharmacy staff and learners throughout their professional development journey. You will be supported through a comprehensive in‑house training programme, including practice supervision training, supervisory and leadership training and medicines management competencies, to equip you with the skills needed to provide hands-on training and line management. If you thrive in a busy, patient‑focused environment, enjoy learning new skills, and want to directly improve patient care through training registered and trainee staff, we would be delighted to receive your application. ### Main duties of the job - Provide excellent patient care for inpatients, outpatients and external units. - Work with the EPIC electronic prescribing system and Omnicell automated dispensing cabinets to deliver an accurate, timely and cost-effective pharmacy service. - Duties include accurate labelling, dispensing and checking of a wide range of prescriptions, including controlled drugs, clinical trials, TPN, chemotherapy, home IV therapies and palliative care medicines. - Medicines management rotations will offer direct patient contact, including taking medication histories, medicines reconciliation, supporting safe and correct use of prescribed medicines and counselling patients on new treatments. - A competency unit will be provided for each area to ensure full training is completed and competence is demonstrated before independent working is expected. - Provide the education and training of all the above dispensary duties for our registered pharmacy staff and trainees. - Be a Practice Supervisor and Educational Supervisor for level 2 and 3 pharmacy apprentices. You will need: - To be a registered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council with hospital experience. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The post holder will be a GPhC‑registered Pharmacy Technician responsible for contributing to the delivery of safe, effective and patient‑centred pharmacy services. - You will be expected to: - Demonstrate accuracy, attention to detail, and excellent communication skills. - Work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team. - Follow established procedures and uphold high professional standards. - Support service improvement and patient safety initiatives across the pharmacy service. Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Hospital pharmacy experience. - Experience of training others **Desirable** - Experience in supervising people. - Experience of using the EPIC EPR system. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered as a Pharmacy technician with GPHC - Recognised Accredited Checking qualification. - Recognised Medicines Management qualification **Desirable** - A1/V1 Assessor - Practice/Education Supervisor accreditation - Leadership/management qualification ### Skills & Knowledge **Essential** - Leadership experience - Experience of dealing with poor performance issues/difficult situations - Ability to function calmly and efficiently whilst under pressure **Desirable** - Good knowledge of extended role of technicians - Awareness of apprenticeship model ### Special Requirements **Essential** - Ability to be work flexible hours including late evenings, bank holidays and weekends on a rotational basis. - This post may require you to work cross site occasionally therefore must have a willingness to travel between sites. ## Documents - [trust values (pdf, 577.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=736) - [guidance for applicants (pdf, 262.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1513) - [pharmacy technician dispensary training lead (pdf, 472.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10468076) ## 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.