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Job requirements
Essential
21 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Standard operating procedures for dispensary / wards
- Skills
Experience with patient’s own drugs or equivalent schemes
- Skills
Continuous professional development
- Skills
Basic understanding of clinical governance
- Experience
Previous experience working as a Medicines Management Technician
- Experience
Accredited checker
- Experience
Previous Training experience
- Training and Qualification
Registered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Society
- Training and Qualification
BTEC or NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy Qualification or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences
- Analytical and Judgement skills
Problem solving ability
- Analytical and Judgement skills
Logical reasoning and problem solving skills
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Able to demonstrate a commitment to and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs.
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
All staff are expected to engage in compassionate and inclusive leadership in the provision of high quality care and interactions with others
- Communication and relationship skills
Good presentation skills
- Communication and relationship skills
Teaching skills
- Communication and relationship skills
Ability to work as a member of a team
- Communication and relationship skills
Communicates clearly and simply both verbally and in writing
- Communication and relationship skills
Computer literate
- Communication and relationship skills
Coaching skills
- Communication and relationship skills
Mentorship skills
- Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s Values and Behaviours
Desirable
13 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Evidence of involvement in service improvements
- Experience
Line management experience
- Experience
Appraisal and personal development planning knowledge
- Experience
Experience of change management processes
- Experience
Recruitment and selection
- Training and Qualification
Training Qualification
- Training and Qualification
Working towards or has a TAQA award, A1 NVQ assessor qualifications or equivalent
- Analytical and Judgement skills
Assessment methods
- Analytical and Judgement skills
Training methodology
- Analytical and Judgement skills
Good working knowledge of QCF 2/ QCF3 in pharmacy services or equivalent
- Communication and relationship skills
Evidence of team building and leadership skills
- Communication and relationship skills
Calm, clear thinking and makes effective decisions under pressure
- Communication and relationship skills
Familiar with standard IT software
Job overview
| Job Title: | Specialist Pharmacy Technician – MMT / Training team |
| Band: | 5 |
| Base: | You may be required to work in other designated locations of the Trust as well as your primary base. In particular, flexibility is required across the three main hospital sites (Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester General Hospital and Glenfield Hospital). If your initial location is one of these sites excess travel reimbursement would not apply for a permanent or temporary change of base. |
| Reports to: | Principal Pharmacy Technician – Professional Development |
| Accountable to: | Chief Pharmacist |
Main duties of the job
- To contribute to all aspects of pharmacy technician, assistants and support staff training and assessment. Ensuring sufficient skills, knowledge and competence to meet the professional and service standards required by General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) to ensure the delivery of high quality patient care.
- In addition to also support the technical aspects of pharmacist training, ensuring sufficient skills, knowledge and competence to meet the professional and service standards required by General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Provide a range of clinical and ward services under the direction of the CMG Lead Pharmacist
- To improve the quality of care of patients in a clinical area by the provision of an efficient medicines management service. To include drug history taking, facilitation of the use of patient’s own drugs, one stop dispensing, counselling patients about their medicines and discharge co-ordination
- Support the system for monitoring training, appraisal, registration and CPD for all staff
- Undertake dispensary based duties according to service need
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details.
This is a generic job description some CMG’s may have specific requirements including: - attendance at pre-admission clinics, costing of drugs and regimens, additional record keeping of specialist drugs, setting up computerised systems to assist in this. Involvement in audit of practice, setting up and invoicing of clinical trials and reclaiming money for drugs subsidised for non-commercial clinical trials.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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This advert is for Specialist Pharmacy Technician ESM / E&T with University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust in Leicester, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Pharmacy technician role. The advertised salary is £32073.00 to £39043.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 26 Oct 2026.
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