Pharmacy Technician Band 4 | Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Tameside & Glossop NHS FT; Ashton-under-Lyne; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a motivated Pharmacy Technician (Band 4) for a rotational, full-time role (37.5 hours) on a permanent basis. The post supports inpatient and outpatient services with duties including dispensing, accuracy checking, patient counselling, and medicines optimisation across wards.

Applicants should be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and hold Level 3 BTEC/NVQ Pharmacy Services or an equivalent.

Qualifications

• Must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician.
• Level 3 BTEC/NVQ Pharmacy Services or equivalent.
• Post-qualification hospital pharmacy experience desirable.

Responsibilities

• Dispensing and accuracy checking for in-patients, out-patients and discharge.
• Patient counselling.
• Medicines optimisation at ward level including medicines reconciliation; assessing patients’ own medicines at the bedside and processing discharge prescriptions.
• Co-operate with pharmaceutical staff to develop dispensing and medicines distribution services.
• Supervise pre-registration trainee pharmacy technicians and assistants.

Skills

Registered Pharmacy Technician

Hospital experience

Education

Level 3 BTEC/NVQ Pharmacy Services

Job description

Pharmacy Technician Band 4 | Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Pharmacy Technician (Rotational) - Band 4 - 37.5 hours - Permanent

We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated, Registered Pharmacy Technician with demonstrable post qualification experience, who wants to make a real difference to patient care, to join our successful team and contribute towards developing our services and continuing to extend the technician role

Applicants should hold a Level 3 BTEC / NVQ Pharmacy Services certificate or equivalent and be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician or equivalent.

Experience of working within a hospital pharmacy department as a qualified technician is desirable but not essential .

The initial banding of the postholder will depend on past experience and/or completion of a conversion competency document.

Duties will include:

• Dispensing and Accuracy Checking for In-patients, Outpatients and Discharge.
• Patient counselling,
• Medicines optimisation at ward level including medicines reconciliation; assessing patients’ own medicines at the bedside and processing patient discharge prescriptions

The post will require participation in rotas that extend into early evenings, weekends and bank holidays and those seeking part-time employment during the daytime, evening and / or weekend will be considered.

Soon to register Technicians can apply

Main duties and responsibilities:

• To co-operate with all pharmaceutical staff in providing and developing the technical aspects of the pharmaceutical service including a comprehensive dispensing and medicines distribution service to out-patients and in-patients on all wards and departments throughout the Trust.
• To supervise pre-registration trainee pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants on a day to day basis
• Duties are carried out under the control or direct supervision of a pharmacist or where appropriate Principal or Chief Technician.

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focusses on the qualifications, skills,experienceand knowledgerequired. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full personspecification butoutlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

This advert closes on Tuesday 10 Nov 2026