Pharmacy Technician - Production Services

NHS AfC: Band 5

Main area Pharmacy Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday) Job ref 214-CSTO-8217066

Site King's Mill Hospital Town Sutton in Ashfield Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum. Annex 21 agreement Salary period Yearly Closing 22/10/2026 23:59

Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.

Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

At Sherwood Forest Hospitals, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. As such, we particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, or Disabled. We believe that a diverse team better represents the communities we serve and brings a wealth of perspectives and experiences to our work.

Job overview

Pharmacy Production Technician – Band 4 to Band 5 Progression Post

We are pleased to offer an exciting development opportunity within the Pharmacy Production Unit for a Pharmacy Production Technician to progress from Band 4 to Band 5 under Annex 21.

This post provides an opportunity for an experienced and motivated Pharmacy or Science Manufacturing Technician to develop their knowledge, skills and leadership capabilities across the Pharmacy Production service, including Aseptic Services, Pre-packing and Quality Control.

The successful candidate will work towards achieving the competencies and experience required to progress to a Band 5 Pharmacy Production Technician.

Key responsibilities:

• Support the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality pharmacy production services.
• Develop and maintain technical competencies across relevant production areas.
• Work in accordance with SOPs, GMP requirements, quality standards and departmental procedures.
• Support the training and development of colleagues and contribute to a positive team environment.
• Assist with quality management, audits, investigations and continuous improvement activities.
• Develop greater responsibility for day-to-day operational activities within the Production Unit

Progression from Band 4 to Band 5 will be subject to successful completion of the required competencies, training and assessment in line with the agreed Annex 21 development framework.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Working for our organisation

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Knowledge Requirements

• Knowledge of dispensing processes
• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice and COSHH regulations
• Knowledge of specialised production technical practice
• Knowledge of Good manufacturing Practice
• Knowledge of COSHH regulations
• Further IT skills including ‘word’ and ‘Excel’ programs

Qualifications

• NVQ 3 / BTEC in pharmaceutical science or equivalent
• Registered Technician with General Pharmaceutical Council
• A levels

Further Training

• To have completed in house training for preparation of intrathecal injections, or be willing to do so and undertake annual update
• Validated to check volumes and drug additions, or be willing to undertake validation
• Validated aseptic technique, or be willing to undertake validation. Validation involves 3 monthly broth transfer tests
• Validated, or be willing to undertake annual transfer validations

Experience

• Recent and up-to-date post qualification hospital pharmacy experience
• Aseptic work experience
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Hospital pharmacy experience, including aseptic production work

Contractual Requirements

• Neonatal on call rota
• No long-term infectious diseases or drug allergies precluding sterile/non-sterile production work
• Regular fire lectures and manual handling training
• Annual intrathecal training and on register for preparation of intrathecal injections
• Ability to travel between hospital sites
• Required to travel between sites
• Telephone owner

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Home Office guidance has changed. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

We as a Trust support the use of AI and other tools to support your application. However, all personal statements and behavioural examples must be truthful and factually accurate. Your application should reflect your own personal/professional experiences and qualifications to ensure authenticity and credibility.

For the avoidance of doubt, plagiarism includes presenting the ideas or experiences of others or content generated by artificial intelligence as your own. We review all applications carefully to ensure that the information provided in your supporting statement aligns with your qualifications, work history and the duties undertaken within those roles. Your experience will also be explored further during the interview process.

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We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. Priority for vacancies at the Trust will be given to existing employees of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust whose roles are currently at risk of redundancy due to organisational change. If a high number of applications are received, a longlisting exercise will be conducted prior to shortlisting.

Only applications received on or before the closing date will be considered for short listing. This is to ensure that the Trust meets its commitment to Equality of Opportunity.

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Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check. The Trust will pay for the check initially and then the money will then be deducted from your first salary once you've commenced employment. The current price of a check is £26.40 for a standard check and £54.40 for an enhanced. If you are asked to complete a DBS check and have a previous identity that you do not wish to be disclosed to your employer and/or on your DBS certificate, you should call or email the dedicated sensitive applications team before submitting your application. The team is experienced in dealing with sensitive cases and will advise you of the process and what you need to do.

Please note any genuine job offer letters will only be received if you have applied, interviewed, and received a verbal offer from the appointing manager for a vacancy within Sherwood Forest Hospitals. If you receive a job offer and you are not sure of its authenticity, please report it to the following email sfh-tr.recruitmentqueries@nhs.net

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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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