Person Specification

Education and qualifications

Essential

• BTEC Pharmaceutical Sciences & NVQ3, BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians, or equivalent
• Registered as a Practicing Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Desirable

• Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) Qualification (or to be achieved within 12 months of commencement)
• Medicines Optimisation Programme (MOP)

Experience

Essential

• Patient Counselling and Customer Care
• Dispensing experience
• Pharmacy labelling and stock control systems

Desirable

• Understanding of service audits
• Hospital pharmacy experience
• Ability to use the WellSky stock control system
• Clinical Trial dispensing
• Education and Training of Staff

Skills and knowledge

Essential

• Good oral & written communication skills
• Organise & prioritise workload
• Interpret & dispense prescriptions accurately
• Problem-solving abilities
• Supervise and participate in the training of others
• Ability to work under pressure

Personal qualities

Essential

• Methodical with attention to detail
• Ability to cope well within a busy environment
• Friendly, empathetic, and reliable team worker able to relate to all grades of staff
• Good team player and demonstrates reliability
• Good time management
• Good ability to organise own work
• Good ability to work independently
• Ability to meet deadlines

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 25 June 2026