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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
37.5 hours per week (Full time, includes weekends and bank holidays on a rota.)
Job ref
040-PST072-0825
Employer
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Employer type
NHS
Site
Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr
Town
Ystrad Mynach
Salary
£39,263 - £47,280 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
26/08/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board logo

Senior Pharmacy Technician – Patient Services

Band 6

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

Please let us know if you have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application and selection process. We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments OR SUPPORT needed. If you need any documents in a larger font or a different format (such as braille) please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on 01495 745805 option 3 OR EMAIL [email protected]

If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.

The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2025/2026 and will be implemented in August 2025 with arrears backdated to 1st April 2025 where applicable. 

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process

 

Job overview

Are you a conscientious and forward-thinking individual? We are seeking a  Senior Pharmacy Technician to join our dynamic hospital team. In this role, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality clinical services and participating in service development projects. 

The ideal candidate must be capable of making decisions under pressure and possess strong self-motivation. A broad and strategic vision for advancing pharmacy services is crucial for this role. Key attributes include excellent communication skills with both internal and external stakeholders, team management experience, and the ability to inspire and motivate staff.

You will collaborate closely with the Pharmacy Manager, who will support you in further developing your own and others' pharmacy practice.

If you are an exceptional individual looking to advance your career in pharmacy, we would love to hear from you. Join us in providing the highest quality care to our patients.

Apply now and be part of our journey towards excellence!

We welcome informal visits to the department.

Main duties of the job

  • Manage Pharmacy Medicines Management Service: Oversee the service at Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr (YYF) ensuring adherence to SOPs and safe systems of work.
  • Staff Management: Supervise Medicines Management staff, including appraisals, sickness absence management, recruitment, and performance reviews.
  • Service Improvement: Implement modernisation strategies and lead service improvement projects at YYF.
  • Training and Education: Support and deliver training programmes, ensuring compliance with statutory, professional, and regulatory requirements. 
  • Dispensary and Medicines Management Lead: Organise and manage the clinical and technical service of the dispensary, ensuring efficient and timely supply of medicines.
  • Patient Services: Provide accurate dispensing and distribution of pharmaceuticals, manage patient medication reconciliation, and support discharge processes.
  • Communication: Liaise with internal and external stakeholders, including staff, patients, and healthcare professionals, to ensure effective service delivery.

These duties encompass a broad range of managerial, clinical, and technical responsibilities aimed at delivering high-quality pharmaceutical care and continuous service improvement.

While the ability to speak Welsh is desirable, both Welsh and English speakers are welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020.  Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac

Person specification

Aptitude and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Desirable criteria
  • Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification

Experience

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  • Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Desirable criteria
  • Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification

qualifications and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Meets all essential criteria as per attached job description/person specification
Desirable criteria
  • Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Credit Unions WalesApprenticeships logoAge positiveImproving working livesStop Smoking Wales is the NHS Smoking Cessation Service in WalesArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardStonewall Hyrwyddwr Amrywiaeth Diversity ChampionMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerHyderus o ran anabledd crflogwrRNIBCore principles

Applicant requirements

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.

Welsh language skills are desirable

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Amanda Duggan
Job title
Pharmacy Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01443 802532
Additional information

Judith Harding

Education and Training Pharmacist

01443 802532

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