# Rotational Pharmacy Technician > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/rotational-pharmacy-technician/49692a55-51be-4d30-9d9c-4709b9497453 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/rotational-pharmacy-technician/49692a55-51be-4d30-9d9c-4709b9497453.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust - **Location:** Pinderfields Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Pharmacy technician - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28392.00 to £31157.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full-time - **Closing date:** 2026-09-18T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-28T09:53:24.344Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9377-26-0399 - **Application URL:** https://careers.midyorks.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?jobid=1553&source=JobtrainNHSJobs - **Employer website:** https://www.midyorks.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job summary This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, well-motivated qualified Pharmacy Technician (or a Pre-registration Pharmacy Technician due to qualify soon) to join our friendly, progressive, Pharmacy Team. Duties include dispensing for in-patients including clinical trials and controlled drugs in the dispensary and delivering a high-quality ward-based medicines management service to a multitude of areas throughout the Trust. You will also gain experience from working in our busy Technical Services department preparing chemotherapy, intravenous and TPN preparations. The successful candidate will be based mainly at Pinderfields Hospital, the largest of our three hospital sites, but will also be required to work across the Trust at Pontefract Hospital and Dewsbury and District Hospital. ### Main duties of the job - Dispense and issue medicines to patients, using actual or faxed prescriptions, ensuring that all the necessary information is available. - Ensure that all information needed for accurate stock control and prescription issues data is recorded using both paper systems and the computerised Pharmacy Information System (PIS). - Liaise with Procurement staff about urgently required medicines and informing patients and other health care staff about supply problems / delays. - Dispense clinical trial medication and complete all required documentation following the defined Standard Operating Procedures. - Dispense specialist hospital-only medicines and unlicensed medicines which require accurate, detailed records. - Help to educate the patient about treatment changes and the best way in which they can manage their own medicines, where appropriate, through self-administration schemes. - Where appropriate, liaise and communicate with the patients PCT, GP, Community Pharmacist and/or carers in order to ensure seamless care by accurate transmission of medicines-related information, in both directions. - At the point of discharge, ensure that the contents of the patients medicines locker are safe and appropriate for the patient to take home. - Work closely with and train the nursing staff on all medicine management policies. ### About us We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work. We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust. As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day. ### Details - Date posted: 28 August 2026 - Pay scheme: Agenda for change - Band: Band 4 - Salary: £28,392 to £31,157 a year - Contract: Permanent - Working pattern: Full-time - Reference number: 001542 - Job locations: Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 4DG, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities Essential person specification requirements Qualifications - BTEC Level 3 Diploma in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians or equivalent Experience - Experience in NHS or equivalent in a related area. - Evidence of training in dispensing procedures Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience in NHS or equivalent in a related area. **Desirable** - Evidence of training in dispensing procedures - Ward top-up - Medicines Management - Evidence of Aseptic preparation and Cytotoxic Reconstitution ### Qualifications **Essential** - BTEC Level 3 Diploma in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians or equivalent ### Personal Attributes **Essential** - Must be able to work methodically and demonstrate meticulous attention to detail. - Able to communicate well verbally with other healthcare professionals and patients some of whom may have barriers to understanding. - Must be able to deal sensitively with all patients some of whom may be severely ill or distressed by their condition. - Pleasant and helpful manner. - Must possess initiative. - Able to work well within a team. - Able to mix well with current staff establishment. ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - IT skills ### Knowledge and Awareness **Essential** - Awareness of own limitations. **Desirable** - Knowledge of Pharmacy information systems ## Documents - [Job Description and Person Specification (DOCX, KB)](https://careers.midyorks.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=5088&JobId=1553) ## 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.