Person Specification

Education

Essential

• BTEC Level 3 Diploma in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians or equivalent
• Mandatory professional CPD as defined by the GPhC

Desirable

• Professional Pharmacy Technician registration with the GPhC – Essential eligibility to enter the GPhC register within 3 months.
• ACPT or recognised accredited pharmacy technician checking qualification (or to be achieved within 12 months of commencement)
• HEE (Health Education England) Medicines Optimisation Programme (MOP) POD Transcribing for Supply and Medicines Reconciliations modules or equivalent (Patient’s Own Drugs) Checking
• Practice Supervisor (P.S)

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a UK pharmacy, which must include experience of dispensing prescriptions
• Experience with pharmacy computer systems
• Experience in delivering high-quality customer care

Desirable

• A solid grounding in all aspects of UK hospital practice (aseptic and dispensing services)
• Experience of working in an inpatient hospital dispensary within the last year
• Experience working as a ward-based pharmacy technician.

Skills

Essential

• The ability to communicate empathetically with patients
• Literate in the use of information technology
• Good knowledge of the main roles and practise of pharmacy staff
• Able to interpret and dispense prescriptions accurately, and competently provide basic patient counselling

Desirable

• ECDL – foundation
• Previous supervisory experience

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: 08 April 2026