Senior Rotational Pharmacy Technician | East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 4,000 - 6,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Scotland is seeking a Senior Rotational Pharmacy Technician to provide outstanding pharmaceutical care. The ideal candidate will dispense prescriptions, manage chemotherapy orders, and offer patient counselling. Training will be provided for new technicians. Competitive salary with high-cost area supplement included.

Benefits

High-Cost Area Supplement

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Newly qualified accuracy checking technicians are encouraged to apply.
• Retail pharmacy background is welcome.
• On-the-job training will be provided for all aspects of the role.

Responsibilities

• Dispensing and checking of in-patient prescriptions.
• Participate in purchasing of drugs.
• Manage chemotherapy desk and dispatch orders.

Skills

Accuracy checking

Patient counselling

Chemotherapy desk duties

Education

NVQ3 or equivalent

Tools

Pharmacy software

Job description

Overview

We are recruiting for a Senior Rotational Pharmacy Technician who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. This role could be ideal for newly qualified accuracy checking technicians who want to work in a busy and dynamic hospital pharmacy. Applicants with a retail pharmacy background are welcome to apply as on the job training will be provided for all aspects of the role. Any new qualified technicians without an Accuracy Checking qualification or NVQ3 will be considered and a Band 4 to Band 5 development plan will be offered.

Location

Mount Vernon Cancer Centre Pharmacy, Northwood, part of East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust (ENHT).

Responsibilities

• Dispensing and checking of in-patient prescriptions and systemic anti-cancer treatment.
• Provide routine technical pharmacy support to support a high quality, patient-oriented service.
• Participate in purchasing of drugs and drug distribution activities.
• Run the Chemotherapy desk and dispatch chemotherapy orders to wards and day units in a timely manner.
• Stock control activities including expiry date checks, stock counting and replenishing the emergency cupboard, fulfilling to-follows, expiry checks and replenishing emergency boxes as required.
• General dispensing, drug distribution, chemotherapy desk duties, patient counselling and associated pharmaceutical duties within Mount Vernon Cancer Centre Pharmacy.

Development and Qualifications

• Applications welcome from those with a retail pharmacy background; on-the-job training provided for all aspects of the role.
• Any new qualified technicians without an Accuracy Checking qualification or NVQ3 will be considered and a Band 4 to Band 5 developmental plan offered.

Salary and Benefits

• High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of basic salary, subject to a minimum payment and maximum payment per annum pro rata (figures shown below vary by year):
• Minimum £4,552 to £4,714 (depending on terms) and maximum £5,735 to £5,941 per annum pro rata.

Organisational Context

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. We continue to transform and deliver high-quality, compassionate care, with staff and patients at the heart of our ambitious agenda. We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

Equal Opportunity and Working Arrangements

We are committed to a positive work-life balance and welcome flexible working requests, considered formally and balanced against service needs.

Application Close

This advert closes on Tuesday 30 Sep 2025.