Band 5 Pharmacy Technician Higher level

NHS; Lichfield; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits at a forward-thinking organization dedicated to providing outstanding healthcare. As a Band 5 Pharmacy Technician, you will play a vital role in delivering high-quality pharmaceutical services within a supportive team. This position offers a chance to work closely with military personnel, ensuring their healthcare needs are met with precision and care. Join a workplace that values inclusion, diversity, and professional development, and take the next step in your career with us.

Benefits

Access to learning and development

Flexible working options

NHS Pension

Free parking

Use of gym

Qualifications

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Experience in dispensing and medicines management.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe and accurate dispensing service to patients.
• Communicate prescription issues with medical prescribers.
• Manage stock and monitor expiry of pharmaceuticals.

Skills

Pharmaceutical services

Communication with prescribers

Stock management

Education

National Vocational Qualification Level 3 in Pharmaceutical sciences

Job description

Job summary

At Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) we are an inclusive, dedicated organisation working to provide outstanding care to our entitled personnel.

Are you a Band 5 Pharmacy Technician Higher Level looking for an exciting role, working alongside the military, which offers numerous benefits and opportunities? If the answer is yes, then we are looking to appoint a professional and patient focused individual with a strong commitment to providing a high quality service to work within our friendly and welcoming team at DMS Whittington Barracks.

The vacant post is full time working 37.5 hours per week. Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.

This position is a fixed term appointment, ending 27/02/2026.

Could this be the role for you? If so, we'd love to hear from you!

Benefits:

• Access to learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• NHS Pension
• Free parking
• Use of gym

Main duties of the job

Pharmaceutical services contribute to the Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) mission by the provision of a clinical and professional service at Medical Treatment Facility (MTF) level. The post holder is responsible for delivering a consistently high-quality pharmacy service and assists in the delivery of an effective medicines management service to entitled personnel within the multi-disciplinary medical centre and on behalf of the Senior Medical Officer.

About us

Our success depends on our people our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.

Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.

In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.

If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.

Details Date posted

09 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year Per annum (pro rata for part time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share

Reference number

K0003-25-0218

Job locations

Whittington Barracks

Lichfield

WS14 9PY

Job description Job responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:

• Provision of a safe and accurate dispensing service to patients under the care of the Senior Medical Officer (SMO) and Defence Primary Healthcare.
• Communicate professionally with medical and non-medical prescribers regarding any prescription anomalies, ambiguities or supply issues.
• Housekeeping of the dispensary including stock checks, stock rotation and monitoring of time expiry drugs to minimise wastage as per Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Joint lead for the ordering and stock management of pharmaceuticals and sundries within the medical centre.
• Joint lead for the ordering and stock management of pharmaceuticals and sundries within the medical centre.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the full list of duties.

The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.

The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following Skills Framework:

• NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
• NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
• NHS Core NHSC3 Health, Safety & Security
• NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
• NHS Core NHSC5 Quality
• NHS Core NHSC6 Equality and Diversity

To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.

There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.

Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.

Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.

This is a Fixed-term Appointment as a Band 5 Pharmacy Technician in DPHC. Your responsibilities will be as described in this job advert. The reason why you are appointed for a fixed period is due to military fill. This post will therefore begin on your appointment and end end on 27/02/2026. You should be aware that when your Fixed-term Appointment at MOD comes to an end, arrangements will be made in line with the FTA policy. If you are a permanent MoD civil servant and are found successful for an advertised Fixed-term Appointment (FTA) you should move into the post under a Temporary Transfer (for up to a maximum of 3 years). At the end of the posting you will return to your previous MoD Business area. If this posting is at a higher grade, your promotion will be temporary, and you will return to your substantive grade at the end of the Temporary Transfer. If a Temporary Transfer cannot be agreed between all parties then a transfer on an FTA contract is possible, read the FTA and Change of Work Location in the UK policy for further information. If you are transferring to MoD from another government department (OGD) you should join the MoD on an inward loan. At the end of the loan you will return to your home (OGD) department. If a loan cannot be agreed between all parties then a transfer on an FTA contract is possible, read the FTA policy for further information.

All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.

Please see the link to our YouTube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour-based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering, or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit.

https://www.youtube.com/@DMS_MilMed

If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.

There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.

The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares or temporary transfer). Non-Standard move applicants will be eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, andwe will notsponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact [e-mail].

Job description Job responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:

• Provision of a safe and accurate dispensing service to patients under the care of the Senior Medical Officer (SMO) and Defence Primary Healthcare.
• Communicate professionally with medical and non-medical prescribers regarding any prescription anomalies, ambiguities or supply issues.
• Housekeeping of the dispensary including stock checks, stock rotation and monitoring of time expiry drugs to minimise wastage as per Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Joint lead for the ordering and stock management of pharmaceuticals and sundries within the medical centre.
• Joint lead for the ordering and stock management of pharmaceuticals and sundries within the medical centre.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the full list of duties.

The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.

The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following Skills Framework:

• NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
• NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
• NHS Core NHSC3 Health, Safety & Security
• NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
• NHS Core NHSC5 Quality
• NHS Core NHSC6 Equality and Diversity

To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.

There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.

Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.

Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.

This is a Fixed-term Appointment as a Band 5 Pharmacy Technician in DPHC. Your responsibilities will be as described in this job advert. The reason why you are appointed for a fixed period is due to military fill. This post will therefore begin on your appointment and end end on 27/02/2026. You should be aware that when your Fixed-term Appointment at MOD comes to an end, arrangements will be made in line with the FTA policy. If you are a permanent MoD civil servant and are found successful for an advertised Fixed-term Appointment (FTA) you should move into the post under a Temporary Transfer (for up to a maximum of 3 years). At the end of the posting you will return to your previous MoD Business area. If this posting is at a higher grade, your promotion will be temporary, and you will return to your substantive grade at the end of the Temporary Transfer. If a Temporary Transfer cannot be agreed between all parties then a transfer on an FTA contract is possible, read the FTA and Change of Work Location in the UK policy for further information. If you are transferring to MoD from another government department (OGD) you should join the MoD on an inward loan. At the end of the loan you will return to your home (OGD) department. If a loan cannot be agreed between all parties then a transfer on an FTA contract is possible, read the FTA policy for further information.

All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.

Please see the link to our YouTube channel for advice preparing your best responses with some hints and tips on answering behaviour-based questions. Hints and tips such as: Your behaviours can be based on situations from work, volunteering, or home; match your situation to the behaviour requested and how to use your 250-word limit.

https://www.youtube.com/@DMS_MilMed

If found successful for this position, you will be required to provide evidence of your immunity to Hepatitis B. Please note that evidence of your vaccination is not a proof of your immunity, but your serology levels will be required. Failure to provide sufficient evidence may result in the offer of employment being withdrawn.

There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.

The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares or temporary transfer). Non-Standard move applicants will be eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, andwe will notsponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact [e-mail].

Person Specification Registrations and Memberships Essential

• Registered or able to register with the General Pharmaceutical Council. Please provide your membership registration number. You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application. Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.

Experience Essential

• Practical experience to be able to operate in a single post. Plus other additional training for checking dispensed prescriptions without further reference.

Provide a CV Essential

• Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question, you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment. Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included. Please use double spacing where possible.

Qualifications Essential

• National Vocational Qualification Level 3 Pharmaceutical sciences or equivalent. Degree, diploma or appropriate training as recognised by professional body (NMC/HCPC etc) in a relevant area.

Person Specification Registrations and Memberships Essential

• Registered or able to register with the General Pharmaceutical Council. Please provide your membership registration number. You are required to be registered with the relevant professional body, as detailed in the advert, prior to submitting your application. Your application will not progress should you fail to provide a valid membership registration number.

Experience Essential

• Practical experience to be able to operate in a single post. Plus other additional training for checking dispensed prescriptions without further reference.

Provide a CV Essential

• Please copy and paste your full CV as your response to this question, you will not be able to upload your CV as an attachment. Please ensure to refer to the essential criteria where applicable as your application may be rejected should insufficient information to shortlist be included. Please use double spacing where possible.

Qualifications Essential

• National Vocational Qualification Level 3 Pharmaceutical sciences or equivalent. Degree, diploma or appropriate training as recognised by professional body (NMC/HCPC etc) in a relevant area.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

Address

Whittington Barracks

Lichfield

WS14 9PY

Employer's website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

Address

Whittington Barracks

Lichfield

WS14 9PY

Employer's website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence (Opens in a new tab)