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Main area
Pharmacy Outpatients
Grade
Grade D
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (May be required to work weekends)
Job ref
372-CHS1671
Employer
Calderdale and Huddersfield Solutions Ltd
Employer type
NHS
Site
Huddersfield Royal Infirmary
Town
Huddersfield
Salary
£31,551 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/09/2026 23:59

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Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician

Grade D

CHS is able to offer a wide range of services. Our scale enables us to offer competitive rates and we have a long track record of providing high quality, customer-focused services.  

We offer comprehensive estates, facilities management, medical engineering, catering solutions and procurement services supporting the provision of safe, effective healthcare to our communities. We are committed to delivering our Green Plan goals of reducing carbon emissions, air pollution, waste generation and improving recycling throughout delivery of our services. We also enable profit to go back into patient care.

CHS recognises that its staff are its greatest asset and that its business is its people. The company aims to create an environment and culture of openness, trust and honesty.  We encourage and celebrate diversity because broader perspectives, skills, experience and knowledge will enrich and enhance the value we bring to each other, our clients, shareholders and other stakeholders.

Job overview

You will be a motivated and patient focused pharmacy technician to further enhance our friendly and experienced team. You will be involved in all aspects of the pharmacy outpatient service and will receive appropriate training for the clinical computer systems in use at CHFT.  

Main duties of the job

•    Work independently to a high level of technical competency following departmental standard operating procedures (SOPs)
•    Contribute to the delivery of a quality dispensing service 
•    Perform a final accuracy check on dispensed medicines 
•    Provide leadership to the technical team and act as deputy to Pharmacy Manager
•    Work collaboratively with pharmacy team members and other healthcare professionals

Working for our organisation

CHS is an exceptional place to work with many amazing teams of hard working and dedicated staff, delivering high standards of estates, facilities, clinical engineering and procurement services to Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust and other customers. From May 2025 CHS started to provide the pharmacy outpatient dispensing service for CHFT patients.

 

We have made significant changes in the way we work to meet the challenges of the changing NHS. Formed in 2018 and wholly owned by the Foundation Trust, the Board has full accountability for the delivery of high quality, cost effective services.

 

The Trust itself is currently reconfiguring its services, supported by £196.5m of capital funding from the Department of Health and Social Care to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital (CRH) and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary (HRI). This is a significant investment and an opportunity to enhance services for our populations in Calderdale, Huddersfield and West Yorkshire for generations to come.

 

These developments will provide better care for patients in modern, comfortable surroundings and support delivery of leading-edge hospital services as well as providing an exceptional and environmentally sustainable working environment to attract and retain a highly skilled workforce.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be involved in all aspects of the pharmacy outpatient service. For further information please see attached briefing pack                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Post qualification pharmacy practice experience
  • Evidence of supervisory experience
  • Evidence of CPD and self-development
Desirable criteria
  • Hospital pharmacy experience
  • Have participated in clinical audit

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NVQ3 / BTEC in pharmacy service skills (or equivalent)
  • Registered with GPhC as a pharmacy technician
  • Completed GPhC accredited checking pharmacy technician qualification

Knowledge & Skills

Essential criteria
  • Accredited to do final accuracy check for prescriptions dispensed by others
  • Able to work autonomously, requiring minimal supervision
  • Able to work to set procedures and relevant regulations
  • Able to clearly and accurately complete routine documentation
  • Good organisational, time management and workload prioritisation skills
  • Implement standard operating procedures (SOPs) within the technical team
  • Contribute to development of SOPs
  • Demonstrate good oral and written communication skills
  • Evidence of good team working and interpersonal skills
  • Excellent customer service skills
  • Demonstrate accurate numeracy skills, without using a calculator, including simple calculations e.g. Addition, subtraction, division and multiplication and percentages, decimal, fractions and ratios
  • Demonstrate computer literacy skills and confidence in the use of Microsoft programs such as Word/Excel/Outlook
  • Knowledge of the principles of stock control

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Nigel Watson
Job title
Superintendent Pharmacist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07823 702318
Additional information

Kameo O’Hara, CHS Pharmacy Manager (CRH) on 07497 102160 or email at kameo.o'[email protected] 

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