Ministry of Defence (Defence Medical Services)

Band 5 Pharmacy Technician

The closing date is 30 June 2025

Job summary

At Defence Primary Healthcare (DPHC) we are an inclusive, dedicated organisation working to provide outstanding care to our entitled personnel.

Are you a Band 5 Pharmacy Technician looking for a captivating role, working alongside the military, which offers numerous benefits and opportunities?

As the successful Band 5 Pharmacy Technician you will provide a safe and efficient dispensary service as part of a multi-disciplinary primary healthcare team within the Medical Centre. There may be a requirement to provide cover at other facilities, within Alemain combined practice (RAF Wittering and Garats Hay) as required by business needs.

This vacant post is full time working 37.5 hours per week.Could this be the role for you? If so, we'd love to hear from you!

Benefits

Access to learning and development tailored to your role
An environment with flexible working options
A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
NHS Pension
Free on site Parking
Access to gym
Pay as you dine facilities

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work independently to manage the day to day running of the Medical Facility (MF) dispensary.

The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering a consistently high quality pharmacy service and assists in the delivery of an effective medicines management service to entitled personnel within the multi- disciplinary medical centre and on behalf of the Senior Medical Officer (SMO).

About us

Our success depends on our people our Whole Force regular and reservist military, civil servants and contractors, all working as one, working together seamlessly to deliver for us.

Our civil servants are a central part of this Whole Force, developing strategy, making policy, supporting ministerial decision-making and Parliamentary processes. In fact, with over 2,000 different roles working across 650 sites around the world, now really is an excellent time to join one of the largest, most exciting departments in government.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to attracting and retaining people from across the full range of backgrounds and enabling flexible ways of working as the norm. We offer maternity, adoption or shared parental leave of up to 26 weeks full pay followed by 13 weeks of statutory pay and a further 13 weeks unpaid, and paternity leave of 2 weeks full pay.

In return, you can expect a department that helps you learn and develop that recognises your expertise and contribution, both as an individual and part of a team.

If you've ever wanted to do more, see more, go further or be better, we have roles in more professions and vocations than ever before. Let's see where your future will take you, together.

Date posted

29 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year Per Annum (Pro-Rata for part time) *Pay award pending

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Job share

Reference number

K0003-25-0248

Job locations

Medical Centre

Kendrew Barracks

Oakham

Leicester

LE15 7BX

Job description

Job responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities for the role include but are not limited to:

Uphold the pharmacy profession at all times, in accordance with Medicines Ethics and Practice of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the standards for pharmacy professionals of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). To attend practice meetings and represent dispensary as required.
Ensure the safe custody, storage and dispensing of all drugs, medicinal products and equipment in adherence with current DPHC Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Co-ordinate the ordering or assembly of over labelled products and the supply of medicines issued by nurses under Patient Group Directions.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for the full list of duties.

Selection Process

The selection at sift stage will be based on your CV. At interview, you will be tested against the following Framework

NHS Core NHSC1 Communication
NHS Core NHSC2 Personal & People Development
NHS Core NHSC4 Service Improvement
NHS Health & Wellbeing HWB10 Products
NHS Information & Knowledge NHS IK3 Knowledge &Information Resources

Please ensure you demonstrate that you have the required skills, knowledge, experience, qualifications and memberships in the CV section of the application form.

To be considered for this role, qualifications and memberships detailed must be held in full, prior to submitting your application.

There is no requirement to deploy as this is met by our uniformed personnel, but you will form the continuity of care required by our patients when based at home.

The sift will be completed within 5 working days of the vacancy closing date. Interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.

There will be no reimbursement for any travel expenses for the interview.

Requests to work flexibly and/or part time will be considered, taking into account business needs.

Please note the salary will be pro-rata where part time hours are undertaken.

All employees joining Ministry of Defence who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a 6-month probation period (unless otherwise advised) effective from the employment start date.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.

Access to the NHS pension scheme is available to the successful candidate.

The post does NOT offer relocation expenses (move of home, excess fares or temporary transfer). Non-Standard move applicants will be eligible for the full package, subject to eligibility.

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category, and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

This vacancy is part of the A Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity.There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact dbscivpers-sgdmsresourcing@mod.gov.uk.

For details on our complaints procedure, please refer to the attached Important Information.