212557 - Pharmacy Technician - Aseptic Services

TN United Kingdom; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join NHS Lanarkshire as a Pharmacy Technician at University Hospital Monklands. This permanent full-time role requires a National Certificate in Pharmaceutical Sciences and a commitment to CPD. You will provide essential pharmaceutical services and support to healthcare teams, ensuring high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience as a pharmacy technician.
• Experience in providing a ward/department stock top-up service.

Responsibilities

• Undertake pharmaceutical technical tasks in a designated area.
• Maintain a high quality pharmaceutical service to NHS Lanarkshire hospitals.

Skills

Good communication skills

Team player

Ability to organise and prioritise work

Education

National Certificate in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Registered pharmacy technician

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Client:

NHS Scotland

Location:

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

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Job Views:

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Posted:

12.05.2025

Expiry Date:

26.06.2025

Job Description:

University Hospital Monklands

The Role

To undertake pharmaceutical technical tasks within a designated area, on a rotational basis, using Standard Operating Procedures laid down by the relevant Senior Pharmacy Technician to maintain a high quality pharmaceutical service to NHS Lanarkshire hospitals.

NHS Lanarkshire

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

What we'll need you to bring

• National Certificate in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent
• Registered pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Dispensary checking or aseptic checking qualification
• Commitment to CPD
• Minimum of 2 year post qualification experience as qualified pharmacy technician in hospital pharmacy service
• Experience in providing a ward/department stock top-up service.
• Experience in supervision of other staff or of a functional area of pharmacy.
• Thorough understanding of hospital pharmacy services
• Ability to carry out aseptic and cytotoxic drug reconstitution
• Good communication skills both verbal and written
• Ability to organise and prioritise work
• Team player

Please note: For all vacancies where a driving licence is required, this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.

Applicants who do not meet the essential criteria of having the Dispensary checking or aseptic checking qualification will be considered under the Annex 21 training programme, during which they will be paid 75% of the top of Band 5 (Salary Scale). Upon completion of training, they will progress to Band 5 scale.

Contract type: Permanent

Full time: 37 hours

Location and Working Pattern

This role will be based at University Hospital Monklands.

The working pattern is Mon-Fri, 9:00-17:00.

While this advertisement is for specific posts in a particular location, shortlisted applicants may be considered for similar roles in other locations.

Looking to find out more?

If you're interested, we would love to hear from you!