Pharmacy Technician Dispensary Manager

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

The closing date is 27 April 2025

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust are looking to appoint a Pharmacy Technician Dispensary Manager who will join the dispensary team at both Stoke Mandeville and Wycombe Hospitals. This is a challenging and exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician who would like to develop their managerial and leadership skills and achieve their full potential working in a busy acute hospital dispensary setting.

The person appointed will support the Team Leader for Dispensary Services in the implementation of agreed strategy changes and provide direct leadership and support to their team ensuring delivery of change within set time scales.

Technicians interested in this position are required to bring with them motivation, an enthusiasm to promote new ideas, a determination to succeed in a challenging environment, the ability to remain calm under pressure and a commitment to future developments in pharmacy services.

Main duties of the job

Assists the Team Leader for dispensary services with the planning, development, monitoring, audit, evaluation, and delivery of the dispensary service across the Trust. Ensure that working practices meet requirements of medicines legislation, professional, local, and national guidelines and implement changes, thereby ensuring the delivery of a comprehensive, high-quality service.

Contribute to the strategic plan for dispensary operations including change management projects and adopting new models of working including with EPMA systems.

Provide professional leadership and management in all aspects of dispensary services for all staff members who work within the dispensary environment. This includes pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pre-registration trainee pharmacy technicians, trainee pharmacists and support workers.

Ensure that appropriate training is provided for all staff working in the dispensary and training records are maintained and available when required.

Assist with stock management and financial control of costs within the dispensary service, including maintaining appropriate and efficient staffing levels, and reducing waste through the avoidable expiration of medicine and use of resources.

Assist the Team Leader for dispensary services to manage the day to day running of the dispensary service and rotas

Deputise for the Team Leader for dispensary services, providing technical leadership

About us

Why colleagues think we are "a great place to work!"

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact Pam.Daley@nhs.net (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.

We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Date posted

11 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

434-SCS6795268-B

Job locations

Stoke Mandeville Hospital (with cross site working)

Stoke Mandeville Hospital NHS Trust

Aylesbury

HP21 8AL

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job descriptions and person specification attached for detailed responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job descriptions and person specification attached for detailed responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC
Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification

Desirable

Line management training/qualification
MMT/CIPs/PIPC
Project management

Experience

Essential

Significant NHS hospital pharmacy experience
Experience of Line management
Experience of change management

Desirable

Experience of managing a team

Skills and knowledge

Essential

Write and implement SOPs
negotiate difficult situations
Computer literate
Organisational skills
Manage staff through HR processes

Desirable

Work as a team leader
Motivate self and others

Special Requirements

Essential

Ability to travel between sites

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC
Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification

Desirable

Line management training/qualification
MMT/CIPs/PIPC
Project management

Experience

Essential

Significant NHS hospital pharmacy experience
Experience of Line management
Experience of change management

Desirable

Experience of managing a team

Skills and knowledge

Essential

Write and implement SOPs
negotiate difficult situations
Computer literate
Organisational skills
Manage staff through HR processes

Desirable

Work as a team leader
Motivate self and others

Special Requirements

Essential

Ability to travel between sites

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).