Senior Pharmacy Technician

We are excited to offer a new opportunity for an enthusiastic and experienced Pharmacy Technician to lead education, training and development of the Pharmacy Technician & Assistant workforce in Pharmacy at Velindre Cancer Centre. We are a forward-thinking and innovative department with a history of developing advanced roles for our Pharmacy Technician team. We remain focused on further developing our people as we prepare to move to our new home at nVCC in Spring 2027.

The postholder will be responsible for pre-Registration Pharmacy Technician and Pharmacy Assistant training, and will contribute to the training and development needs of the wider department, delivering the highest standards in Education and Training for all. You will work as part of a specialised, friendly team whilst also working independently using your own initiative to undertake dispensing, final checking, mentoring/training and supervisory duties as required.

The successful candidate will be a highly competent and dynamic pharmacy technician with considerable knowledge and skills. They will be able to demonstrate leadership in previous roles, show a passion for developing people and have experience in delivering educational programmes, innovation, service development, appraisals and mentoring., To ensure the training needs of Pharmacy staff are met by co-coordinating/delivering suitable training to enable them to safely and confidently perform their duties.

To work with the Lead Pharmacist: Education and Training, Chief Pharmacy Technician and Directorate Leadership Team to oversee training provision for the Pharmacy department as a whole.

To continually review the training programmes within the Pharmacy service, undertaking training needs analysis and identifying requirements for improvements or change in the training provided.

Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and ouraward-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.

Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to provide the key principles of prudent healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.

Velindre Cancer Centre is situated in the northern suburbs of the vibrant city of Cardiff, within easy reach of the beautiful Brecon Beacons National Park The Centre provides a clinical oncology service to the population of South East Wales.

If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.