Level Pharmacy Technician Dispensary

Job summary

We are looking to recruit enthusiastic and self‑motivated Pharmacy Technician to join the Mersey Care Medicines Management Team. The Executive team at Mersey Care recognise the value of our services and have recently invested a significant amount of additional funding to enable the transformation and expansion of our service.

Dispensary Higher Level Pharmacy Technician roles are based within our purpose‑built pharmacy department at Maghull Health Park and supporting our in‑house Pharmacy at Hollins Park Hospital in Warrington.

We welcome applications from experienced Pharmacy Technicians from any sector who have interest in developing their professional career within a hospital pharmacy setting.

These posts provide an unparalleled opportunity to develop your skills and experience across a diverse service. We provide a well‑structured support system, including robust individual and group supervision, personal development planning and regular access to professional development opportunities and flexible working opportunities.

As a department we are embracing the Trusts ambition to digitally transform our services and have introduced new initiatives which include ward‑based automation, EPMA and within our new department three automated robotic dispensing systems including a blister packing robot.

We have 1 permanent and 1 fixed‑term post available.

The post-holder will be obliged to participate in our seven‑day medicines supply service in line with the hours of operation.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Details Date posted: 27 February 2026

Pay scheme:
Agenda for change

Band:
Band 5

Salary: £31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum

Contract:

Permanent

Working pattern:
Full‑time, Part‑time, Job share, Flexible working, Compressed hours

Reference number: 350‑TWS
7818062

Job locations:
Medicines Management Building, Maghull Health Park, Maghull, L31 1HW

• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to multitask and change from one job to another frequently, working both independently and as part of a team; self‑motivated and able to use initiative
• Excellent communication skills: written, verbal, listening
• Good IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work flexibly
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to prioritise workload and manage time effectively to meet specified deadlines
• Problem‑solving skills
• Ability to adapt to changing environments, needs and demands
• Recognition of own limitations and ability to ask for support when necessary
• Professional manner
• Ability to travel between different sites
• Customer care skills
• To receive & manage telephone calls

• Continuous Improvement
• Accountability
• Respectfulness
• Enthusiasm
• Support
• High professional standards
• Responsive to service users
• Engaging leadership style
  
  Strong customer service belief
• Transparency and honesty
• Discreet
• Change oriented

• Ability to train others
• Experience of working within pharmaceutical services
• Experience of multi‑disciplinary team working
• Demonstrable experience of dispensing & accuracy…