Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Pharmacy Technician
The closing date is 20 November 2025
We are looking for an enthusiastic motivated GPhC Registered Pharmacy Technicians to join our Dispensary team.
You will be working in our busy Pharmacy ensuring the timely flow of work through our busy dispensaries, you will be responsible for dispensing prescriptions, monitoring the receipt, dispensing and auditing of Controlled drugs and for counselling our Outpatients on the safe and effective use of their medicines.
The JD & PS are currently under AfC review and are subject to change
Main duties of the job
To label and dispense prescriptions, monitor the supply and use of controlled drugs and participate in the provision of a safe and effective Pharmacy Service
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our services:
* Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
* Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
* Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
* Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
* Achievements:
* Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
* Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
* National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Job responsibilities
* To assist in the receipt of prescriptions accurately according to safe working practices.
* To dispense prescriptions accurately according to safe working practices.
* To dispense controlled drug prescriptions and record according.
* To assist in the receipt of controlled drugs.
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