Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy Technician
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekends, Late shifts.)
- Job ref
- 193-6890767NCG-2
- Employer
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Berkshire Hospital
- Town
- Reading
- Salary
- 拢29,970 - 拢36,483 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Pharmacy Technician- Internal candidates only
NHS AfC: Band 5
Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated 鈥骋辞辞诲鈥 with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements.聽 The Trust鈥檚 overall rating has also improved to 鈥榞ood鈥.聽 This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust.聽 Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is聽鈥淲orking together to provide outstanding care for our community.鈥
We are聽Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions
We are聽Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate
We are聽Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live
We are聽Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice
Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don鈥檛 you come and join us.聽 We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical. 聽
Job overview
Rotational Pharmacy Technician聽 Internal Only
We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated, Pharmacy Technician to join our busy, friendly pharmacy team at Royal Berkshire Hospital. The role will be to assist the department in the provision of a high-quality pharmacy service to our patients. This exciting rotational post will give you an opportunity to work in the pharmacy dispensary, pharmacy stores and on the wards.
The successful candidate must have the necessary qualifications for this post. On-the-job training will be provided.
We welcome applications from Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technicians who are completing their course within the coming months.
Main duties of the job
Please refer to the attached documents for further details on the programme and main responsibilities. Thank you
Working for our organisation
We are one of the largest general hospital foundation trusts in the country - serving a population of more than 500,000 people - and the main provider of acute and specialist care services for West Berkshire.
Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work, play, and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.
The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
Our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached documents for further details on the programme and main responsibilities. Thank you
Person specification
Education, Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
- Professional registration as a Pharmacy Technician through membership with the General Pharmaceutical Council
- NVQ level 3 Pharmacy services or BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or SCOTVEC or equivalent
- NVQ level 3 Pharmacy services or BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences or SCOTVEC or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post qualification Pharmacy experience in Acute UK hospital/Community Pharmacy/CCG/GP practice/HMP
- Experience of stock control
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Aatif Farooqi
- Job title
- Senior Lead Pharmacist - Operations
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0118 322 7498
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