Senior Pharmacy Technician - Molecular Imaging Research Centre

Senior Pharmacy Technician - Molecular Imaging Research Centre

The closing date is 01 July 2026

We have an exciting opportunity for a Higher-Level Pharmacy Technician to join the Molecular Imaging Research Centre (MIRC) team within the Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

We have a well-established Aseptic Service that is developing new innovative technical roles, and we welcome staff whose aim is to work with the team to provide high quality aseptic services and bring fresh ideas.

Candidates should have experience as a registered Pharmacy Technician and some post registration experience of working within an aseptic or hospital pharmacy team is essential.

The successful applicant will initially be appointed as a band 4 Pharmacy Technician to allow them to undertake structured competencies within an agreed timeframe, and will be expected to successfully complete all objectives, training and relevant qualifications within a minimum of 2-3 months and a maximum of 18 months. Band 5 will be awarded upon satisfactory completion of training.

The postholder will be based at the Molecular Imaging Research Centre and will work flexibly as part of the rota system. Where required, the postholder will participate in the weekend and bank holiday working of the department.

You should have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, as well as the commitment and motivation to develop new services and undertake further training. To meet the changing needs of the service, the duties and working times attached to this post may be subject to reasonable change in the future.

• Registered with the GPhC
• Holds BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences and NVQ in Pharmacy Services Level 3 (or equivalent to enable registration with the GPhC)
• Qualified accuracy checking
• Willing to participate and attain further qualifications as required by the job role
• QCF level 4 or above in a qualification relevant to this post
• PIPC and/or PAAP qualified or working towards
• Leadership / team management training programme completion
• IT pharmacy application system knowledge and experience
• IT proficient in Microsoft Office products

• Experience (through placements or employment) of working in a busy environment
• One-year post-qualification experience working within an aseptic unit
• Knowledge / understanding of aseptic service provision.
• Working understanding of cGMP, GLP and/or GCP
• Previous experience in a supervisory role
• Awareness of change control and project management

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to adapt to the person communicating with e.g. patient or senior management
• Be able to work on own initiative
• Works well with in a team
• Ability to prioritise care associated with changing environment / workload / patient demands
• Demonstrates understanding of confidentiality
• Experience of working unsupervised
• Self-motivated with excellent organisational skills
• Facilitates learning of others
• Demonstrates continued professional development (CPD) and maintains an understanding of the changes within the profession
• Willing to undertake the trust's driving assessment

• High level of interpersonal skills
• Demonstrate empathy and diplomacy
• Flexible and reliable
• Has a 'can do' attitude
• Able to motivate other team members

• Good timekeeper
• Ability to work across the trust sites as required to meet the demands of the service
• Able to participate in late night, weekend, bank holiday and on call rotas once competent

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.

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust