Shift Working Pharmacy Technician

Are you seeking a change? Would you like to gain experience from supporting a Pharmacy in and out of hours service? If you would like to develop your confidence and gain new skills to help further your career then this could be the job for you!

We are looking for a hardworking and enthusiastic individual who can demonstrate excellent organisational and communication skills to become part of our established shift working Pharmacy Technician Team.

You will join our pharmacy shift rota with working hours ranging from an 9:00 am to 22:00 incorporating bank holidays and weekend working. Attracts unsocial hours payments in accordance with NHS Terms and Conditions. This is a full time posts however the hours are flexible.

Main duties of the job

You will be offered a variety of experience and training in the dispensary, which will include:

• Dispensary - Working and supporting the dispensary workload in hours and out of hours, providing a service for the hospital inpatients and discharge prescriptions.


You must hold current UK professional registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC and also have demonstrable Pharmacy experience.

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development


• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.


• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes


Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.


• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.


• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.


• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.


• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.


• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.


• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.


• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.