Pharmacy Technician Higher Level & Medicines Management

Enherts Tr; Stevenage, Welwyn Garden City, Hertford, Northwood; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Stevenage is seeking a Pharmacy Technician Higher Level in Medicines Management for a full-time, fixed-term role. Responsible for developing medicines management processes, training staff, and providing high-quality patient care, the candidate must have NVQ Level 3 qualifications and experience in pharmacy practices. This role offers a salary between £31,049 and £37,796 with a commitment to staff well-being and professional growth.

Qualifications

• Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician or working towards it.
• Current knowledge of hospital pharmacy procedures required.
• Experience in training staff and implementing SOPs.

Responsibilities

• Develop medicines management process on wards.
• Train technicians and healthcare professionals.
• Carry out dispensing and drug distribution tasks.

Skills

Training

Organisational skills

Proven communication skills

Supervisory skills

Good team player

Creative thinker

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent

Registered with GPhC as a technician

National certificate in Medicines Management

Tools

Pharmacy computer systems (e.g. JAC, Lorenzo)

Job description

Pharmacy Technician Higher Level-Medicines Management

NHS AFC: Band 5

Main area Pharmacy Grade NHS AFC: Band 5 Contract 12 months (fixed term) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 361-7700030

Site Lister Hospital Town Stevenage Salary £31,049 - £37,796 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 28/01/2026 23:59 Interview date 10/02/2026

Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Our mission is: Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities

Our vision to 2030 is: To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service

Our values - We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do. Our values are:

Include We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Job overview

We are recruiting for a Pharmacy Technician Higher Level Medicines Management who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

Are you looking to join a forward-thinking, progressive Pharmacy Department? Do you want to make a real difference to patient safety and the patient journey? Why not join our team of Clinical Pharmacists, Medicines Management Pharmacy Technicians and Assistants to gain experience in ward-based medicines management.

The Pharmacy department is looking to recruit an experienced pharmacy technician who wants to extend their knowledge and skills, while working as a Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician on the wards.

You must be an Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician or working towards it. You will have an enthusiastic approach to education and training, multidisciplinary team working and a passion for frontline patient care. Full training will be provided on medicines reconciliation and other in house procedures.

The working pattern includes a weekly late night until 6:30, 1 in 8 weekends as per the rota and 1 bank holiday per year.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

The Pharmacy Technician will participate and assist in the development of the medicines management process on designated wards within the hospital.

Train other technicians, pharmacists, nursing staff and other healthcare professionals in the medicines management process.

To carry out general dispensing, drug distribution and associated pharmaceutical duties for the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust.

You will help with the training of technicians, pre-registration trainee pharmacy technicians, pre-registration pharmacists and assistants, junior pharmacists, nursing staff and other health care professionals in the medicines management process.

To act as an NVQ assessor for Pre-registration trainee pharmacy technicians and pharmacy support workers (if appropriate).

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person specification

Qualifications / Training

• NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent and BTEC in Pharmaceutical science or equivalent
• Registered with GPhC as a technician
• Current, relevant knowledge of hospital pharmacy procedures acquired through training, experience and knowledge
• An accreditation in Medicines Management
• National certificate in Medicines Management
• NVQ Assessor accreditation

Previous Experience

• Achievement of Knowledge Skills Framework for band 5 post
• Ability to work within clearly defined occupational policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Proven ability to manage own workload and the workload of others, delegating supervision activities as appropriate
• Knowledge and experience of recording data, including sensitive information, on pharmacy computerised data record systems
• Experience of dispensing drugs for patients, clients in specialist area, providing advice to patients, carers
• Training staff
• Audit
• Experience in developing and implementing SOPs

Skills

• Training
• Proven ability to undertake audit/project
• Organisational skills
• Proven communication skills
• Good team player
• Able to use initiative
• Ability to write a procedure/guidelines
• Supervisory skills
• Creative thinker
• Knowledge of Pharmacy computer, including JAC, robot systems, Lorenzo

Knowledge

• Dispensing
• Pharmaceutical Law
• Pharmaceutical Practice
• Hospital Pharmacy Practice
• Drug Distribution
• Patient Counselling
• Completion of stages 1 and 2 of Technician Self- Development Scheme, or equivalent

Other Requirements

• Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
• Role model our Trust values every day

When you apply...

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Secondments/Fixed term

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Committed to our Community

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under‑represented in various parts of our workforce.

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing [e-mail]

We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

We are committed to being a carer‑friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.

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Name: Najat Carruthers | Job Title: Lead Pharmacy Technician Medicines Management | Email: [e-mail] | Telephone: [phone] | Additional information: Najat Carruthers, Lead Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician, 01438 284032