Pharmacy Technician – Information Governance/Dispensary Checker: Sponsorship Available

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Job summary

Pharmacy Technician – Information Governance / Dispensary Checker

Band 5 (37.5 hours per week)

£32,073 – £39,043 (pay award pending)

We have an exciting opportunity for a registered pharmacy technician to join our small but essential Audit and High-cost Drugs / Homecare team.

You will be working alongside the lead pharmacy technician to support the provision of medication via homecare services in line with National Standards. This will involve liaising with patients, clinical teams across the Trust and homecare providers to maintain current relations, provide expertise and ensure a high quality of care for the increasing number of patients who receive their medicines via these services.

You will be based at Southport & Ormskirk DGH however duties will entail travelling to other sites within Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust as required.

The successful candidate will be expected to participate in the department’s checking, late night, weekend working & Bank Holiday rotas. Our core working hours are 8.30 to 5pm Monday to Friday plus our weekend service 8.30am to 4.30pm on Saturdays and Sundays.

The JD & PS are currently under AfC review and are subject to change.

Main duties of the job

You will undertake a variety of detailed audits in Information Governance areas such as safe & secure handling of medicines, controlled drugs and patient safety. This will involve the input & analysis of data, formulation of action plans and ensuring all recommendations are followed through to completion.

If you are looking for a new challenge and are an enthusiastic, progressive and self-motivated pharmacy technician with a passion for spreadsheets and databases we would love to hear from you. You should enjoy working flexibly in a team but must also be capable of working independently and working to strict deadlines. You must be accurate, numerate, highly organised, and possess good IT & communication skills.

Qualification requirements: BTEC in Pharmaceutical science, S/NVQ 3 in Pharmacy services (or equivalent) registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and a Northwest Framework Accredited Checking qualification (or equivalent).

Previous homecare medicines and / or audit experience would be desirable but full training will be provided.

For further information or an informal visit please contact:

Person Specification

Ou Values

Essential

  • We are Kind
  • We are Open
  • We are Inclusive

Qualifications

Essential

  • BTEC / NVQ LEVEL III in Pharmacy Services with relevant underpinning knowledge (or equivalent)
  • Professional Registration with the GPhC
  • BTEC in Accuracy Checking (Northwest framework)
  • ECDL (or equivalent)

Experience

Essential

  • Previous, relevant post qualification experience in a hospital / retail pharmacy
  • Extensive experience in Excel, data capture and analysis
  • Experience in Audit and report writing

Skills

Essential

  • Good communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
  • Ability to pay attention to detail
  • Ability to work to a high specification of accuracy
  • Ability to understand the importance of confidentiality
  • Pleasant, helpful disposition
  • Commitment to Continual Professional Development
  • Good time management skills
  • Self-motivating and flexible

Other

Essential

  • Physical Effort – To sit at VDU, to push, pull and handle deliveries of drugs
  • Mental Effort – To concentrate for data capture analysis and report writing
  • Mental Effort – To concentrate for dispensing and accuracy checking
  • Emotional Effort – To dispense and counsel terminally ill and distressed patients
  • Working Conditions – Use of VDU for majority of duties, data input and analysis
  • Working Conditions – To handle drugs and deal with a variety of patients

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 23 August 2026

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