# Rotational Pharmacy Technician > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/rotational-pharmacy-technician/ca80800d-4b6c-44f7-b7e5-fe5e220ef93c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/rotational-pharmacy-technician/ca80800d-4b6c-44f7-b7e5-fe5e220ef93c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust - **Town:** Wolverhampton - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Pharmacy technician - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (includes weekends and bank holidays on a rota system) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-07T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-27T11:01:23.827Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Wolverhampton/The_Royal_Wolverhampton_NHS_Trust/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v7948104 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7948104?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalwolverhampton.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Be a qualified pharmacy technician seeking to gain further experience whilst carrying out a broad range of duties including drug history taking, assessment of patient’s own drugs supply of medicines, supply of medicines, dispensing and issuing of medicines, procurement and distribution and stock control within the Pharmacy Department and across the Trust. Undertake further education and training to advance the role of Pharmacy Technicians within the department. Support the work of the main dispensary in the provision of an extended hour’s service. Will be expected to expand and broaden their skills and abilities. ### Main duties of the job A technician is required to support the rotational pharmacy team in our very busy pharmacy department. This challenging position combines the duties of in-patient dispensary, ward work, procurement and the supervision and training of assistants and students. All applicants must have proven experience and ability of delivering pharmaceutical services within a pharmacy environment. Total flexibility of working hours is a necessity. Applications from community pharmacy technicians with the relevant qualifications will be considered as full training and support will be given. Qualifications required are NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services, BTEC (Pharmaceutical Science), Level 3 Diploma in The Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians or equivalent, and registration or the ability to register with the General Pharmaceutical Council. The applicant will be expected to be, or be working towards being, an ACT to routinely final accuracy check individually dispensed items for inpatients, discharges and controlled drugs. We also welcome applications from pre-registration pharmacy technicians due to qualify within the next 6 months. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached Job Description/Person Specification for a full detail of role and main responsibilities ## Job Details Be a qualified pharmacy technician seeking to gain further experience whilst carrying out a broad range of duties including drug history taking, assessment of patient’s own drugs supply of medicines, supply of medicines, dispensing and issuing of medicines, procurement and distribution and stock control within the Pharmacy Department and across the Trust. Undertake further education and training to advance the role of Pharmacy Technicians within the department. Support the work of the main dispensary in the provision of an extended hour’s service. Will be expected to expand and broaden their skills and abilities. ## Job Description A technician is required to support the rotational pharmacy team in our very busy pharmacy department. This challenging position combines the duties of in-patient dispensary, ward work, procurement and the supervision and training of assistants and students. All applicants must have proven experience and ability of delivering pharmaceutical services within a pharmacy environment. Total flexibility of working hours is a necessity. Applications from community pharmacy technicians with the relevant qualifications will be considered as full training and support will be given. Qualifications required are NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services, BTEC (Pharmaceutical Science), Level 3 Diploma in The Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians or equivalent, and registration or the ability to register with the General Pharmaceutical Council. The applicant will be expected to be, or be working towards being, an ACT to routinely final accuracy check individually dispensed items for inpatients, discharges and controlled drugs. We also welcome applications from pre-registration pharmacy technicians due to qualify within the next 6 months. ## Responsibilities Please see attached Job Description/Person Specification for a full detail of role and main responsibilities ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Pharmacy experience as a student or qualified technician **Desirable** - Hospital experience ### Registration **Essential** - GPHC registration or ability to register within the next 6 months ### Qualifications **Essential** - NVQ Level 3 or BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or Level 3 Diploma in The Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians. **Desirable** - ACT ## Documents - [our strategy (pdf, 1.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2618) - [wolverhampton map (pdf, 600.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2032) - [flexible working commitment (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2380) - [rwt professional standards (pdf, 95.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2031) - [employee rewards booklet v.14 (pdf, 1.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2083) - [rwt health & wellbeing offer (pdf, 841.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3027) - [nhs staff offer - national express (pdf, 963.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2612) - [rotational pharmacy technician- band 4 (pdf, 896.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10228088) - [clinical academic career framework v5.1 (pdf, 317.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2758) - [using ai when completing application forms (pdf, 320.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2969) ## 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.