Pharmacy Technician - Production Services
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary
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.

About us
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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Details
Date posted: 13 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum. Annex 21 agreement
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 214-CSTO-8217066
Job locations: King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JL, United Kingdom

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

Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential

• Knowledge of dispensing processes
• Keyboard skills
• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice and COSHH regulations
• Knowledge of specialised production technical practice

Desirable

• Knowledge of Good manufacturing Practice
• Knowledge of COSHH regulations
• Further IT skills including 'word' and 'Excel' programs

Qualifications
Essential

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

Desirable

• A levels

Further Training
Essential

• 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
Essential

• Recent and up-to-date post qualification hospital pharmacy experience
• Aseptic work experience
• Good verbal and written communication skills

Desirable

• Hospital pharmacy experience, including aseptic production work

Contractual Requirements
Essential

• Regular attendance
• Ability to work weekends/bank holidays
• 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

Desirable

• Ability to travel between hospital sites
• Required to travel between sites
• Telephone owner

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JL, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Production Manager
Julie Binney
julie.binney@nhs.net
01623622515

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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).