# Rotational Pharmacy Technician > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/rotational-pharmacy-technician/181327fc-0ca0-40ca-9c43-1a6779dc0f48 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/rotational-pharmacy-technician/181327fc-0ca0-40ca-9c43-1a6779dc0f48.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Prescot - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Pharmacy technician - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed Term) - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (Seven day working Monday- Friday 8.30am to 5pm (1hr lunch) plus participation in a weekend and bank holiday rota (9.30am to 1.30pm)) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-27T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-03T10:31:06.066Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Liverpool/Mersey_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v8128223 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8128223?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you a newly qualified or skilled and experienced Pharmacy Technician, ready to take the next step in your career? We are recruiting to a 12-month fixed-term position and invite you to join our dynamic, innovative and person-centred team delivering outstanding pharmacy services. This is a rotational role giving you a wealth of opportunity to gain experience whilst working across inpatient clinical and technical services. You will work in a supportive environment where you will receive training and gain the skills required to support you in your career development. Previous experience of working as a pharmacy technician in a hospital or community pharmacy setting is preferred, but not essential. We welcome applications from newly qualified pharmacy technicians. At the heart of everything we do are our CARES values (continuous improvement, accountability, respect, enthusiasm, support). If you share these and you are ready to make a genuine impact, we’d love to hear from you. Why choose us? Professional growth; supporting continuous learning and career development through our education and training department. Our supportive environment: The friendly and multiskilled team are here ready to support you on your journey. As a department we are embracing the Trust’s ambition to digitally transform our services and have introduced new initiatives to support this. ### Main duties of the job Please refer to the job description and person specification. Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities This role will also include relevant training which is required for you to develop within the role, if needed, you will undertake training provided to equip you with the skills to carry out final accuracy checking of dispensed prescriptions. Comprehensive in-house medicines reconciliation training, following successful training and demonstration of agreed medicines optimisation competencies, you will complete accurate drug histories and medicines reconciliation of patients’ medication and assess medicines for usability at ward level. You will participate in the provision of a seven-day pharmacy service, this includes a rota for weekends/bank holidays Please refer to JD and person specification for more details ## Job Details Are you a newly qualified or skilled and experienced Pharmacy Technician, ready to take the next step in your career? We are recruiting to a 12-month fixed-term position and invite you to join our dynamic, innovative and person-centred team delivering outstanding pharmacy services. This is a rotational role giving you a wealth of opportunity to gain experience whilst working across inpatient clinical and technical services. You will work in a supportive environment where you will receive training and gain the skills required to support you in your career development. Previous experience of working as a pharmacy technician in a hospital or community pharmacy setting is preferred, but not essential. We welcome applications from newly qualified pharmacy technicians. At the heart of everything we do are our CARES values (continuous improvement, accountability, respect, enthusiasm, support). If you share these and you are ready to make a genuine impact, we’d love to hear from you. Why choose us? Professional growth; supporting continuous learning and career development through our education and training department. Our supportive environment: The friendly and multiskilled team are here ready to support you on your journey. As a department we are embracing the Trust’s ambition to digitally transform our services and have introduced new initiatives to support this. ## Job Description Please refer to the job description and person specification. Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles. ## Responsibilities This role will also include relevant training which is required for you to develop within the role, if needed, you will undertake training provided to equip you with the skills to carry out final accuracy checking of dispensed prescriptions. Comprehensive in-house medicines reconciliation training, following successful training and demonstration of agreed medicines optimisation competencies, you will complete accurate drug histories and medicines reconciliation of patients’ medication and assess medicines for usability at ward level. You will participate in the provision of a seven-day pharmacy service, this includes a rota for weekends/bank holidays Please refer to JD and person specification for more details ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to multitask and change from one job to another frequently, working both independently and as part of a team - Ability to work flexibly - Attention to detail - Self-motivated and able to use initiative - Excellent communication skills: - Written - Verbal - listening - Excellent organisational skills - Ability to work under pressure - Customer care skills - Ability to prioritise workload and manage time effectively to meet specified deadlines - Problem-solving skills - Evidence of computer literacy, involving working knowledge of word processing and Excel, and able to work with several clinical information systems - Ability to adapt to changing environments, needs and demands - Recognition of own limitations and ability to ask for support when necessary - Professional manner - Ability to travel between different sites - To receive & manage telephone calls ### Values **Essential** - Continuous improvement – committed to making improvements to our services for the benefit of all. - Accountability – taking ownership to anticipate, develop and deliver high quality care. - Respect – how we treat others in an inclusive and supportive way. - Enthusiasm – demonstrate our passion and pride for what we do and how we do it. - Support – actively supporting others with compassion and courage. - High professional standards - Responsive to service users - Engaging leadership style - Strong customer service belief - Transparency and honesty - Discreet - Change oriented ### Knowledge **Essential** - Clear understanding of relevant legislation and guidance - Demonstrable evidence of commitment to self development and CPD **Desirable** - Knowledge or experience of working in hospital pharmacy within the NHS ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working within pharmaceutical services - Experience of dispensing medication **Desirable** - Experience of accuracy checking medication ### Qualifications **Essential** - NVQ Level 3 in pharmaceutical science and BTEC Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Science, or equivalent qualification with underpinning knowledge - Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician - Willingness to work towards an accredited technical accuracy checking qualification **Desirable** - Relevant medicines management qualification, or willingness to work towards or equivalent experience ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 355.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10425187) - [oh risk form (pdf, 400.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10425186) - [a great place to work (pdf, 2.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1400) - [your recruitment journey (pdf, 291.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2941) - [our people promise and charter (pdf, 5.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2513) - [guidance for applicants: using ai to support your application (pdf, 92.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3044) ## 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.