Employer Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Inpatient Pharmacy, Salford Royal Town Salford Salary £37,338 - £44,962 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 15/07/2025 23:59
Chief Technician Dispensary Services
Band 6
Job overview
Are you an experienced Pharmacy Technician looking for an exciting and challenging leadership role within a busy department? We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Pharmacy Technician to join us as a key member of the Pharmacy Team.
A role model to your peers, you’ll work well under pressure, have a flexible approach, and embody the trust values in everything you do. Above all you will be passionate about people, progress and delivering personalised care.
The role is Chief Pharmacy Technician – Dispensary Services in which you will be managing our dispensary personnel and ensuring an efficient and seamless supply of medicines across the care organisation. The successful candidate will possess strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
You will have the opportunity to take part in personal development to help support you throughout your career.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an initiative-taking and dependable individual with a passion for customer service and teamwork to lead the Inpatient Dispensary team in continuous service improvement initiatives, identifying, and implementing strategies to enhance the quality and efficiency of our dispensary services.
In this role you will be responsible for the operational management of the inpatient pharmacy dispensary and associated staff. Working closely with the Chief Pharmacy Technicians, other Senior Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacists to develop an integrated service built around flexible attitudes and teamwork.
You will play a key role in the education, development, mentorship, supervision, and assessment of all staff that work within the dispensary. Participating in a system of Accredited Technician accuracy checking and provides necessary training for technical staff.
Duties will include organisation of rotas, holidays and sickness cover for technical and support staff whilst using professional judgement to make appropriate decisions based on maintaining service provision.
The Post Holder will conduct the formulation, implementation, regular update, audit, and revision of Standard Operating Procedures for their area of responsibility.
Participation in the local and national reviews of pharmaoutcomes.
Working for our organisation
The Diagnostics and Pharmacy Group is part of the Northern Care Alliance (NCA), one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. A place of science, innovation and transformational thinking, the Diagnostic and Pharmacy Group unites Radiology, Pathology and Pharmacy services across the NCA to create a cooperative group committed to delivering safe, consistent, and high-quality care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Person specification
Registration
* • Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
Qualifications
* • BTEC accuracy checking qualification, or recognised equivalent
Knowledge and skills
* • Good verbal and written communication skills
* • Excellent working knowledge of current pharmacy practice
* • Knowledge of stock control systems
The NCA is proud to serve a diverse population and is committed to delivering inclusive, accessible care. We value individuality and aim to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Applications are welcomed from individuals of all backgrounds, identities, and beliefs.
We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met). As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.
Vacancies may close early if sufficient applications are received, or if an internal redeployee has been identified.
For fixed-term roles, current NHS staff will be considered for secondments, while fixed-term contracts will be offered to external (non-NHS) applicants.
The NCA does not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies. Read more about this here .
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Jake Ballinger Job title Technical Support Services Manager Email address Jake.ballinger@nca.nhs.uk Telephone number 01612065369 Additional information
Gillian Crawshaw,Pharmacy PA
Tel: 0161 206 1050
E-mail: Gillian.crawshaw@nca.nhs.uk
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