We’re thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity to join our team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals as a Principal Pharmacy Technician—a pivotal leadership role at the heart of our pharmacy services. As the most senior pharmacy technician in our department, you’ll take strategic and operational responsibility for our Dispensaries, Stores, Production Unit, and Pharmacy Computer Services. You’ll be a key member of the Pharmacy Leadership Team, championing the pharmacy technician profession and shaping the future of our service. This is a particularly dynamic time to join us. With our new automation system launching in the dispensary from July 2024, and plans underway for a new modular aseptic unit in Q1 of this financial year, you’ll be stepping into a role that’s both forward-looking and full of opportunity. We’re looking for someone with substantial experience in senior pharmacy roles—someone who thrives on leading teams, driving improvement, and nurturing talent. You’ll bring a strong focus on quality, safety, and professional development, and be passionate about delivering outstanding care through innovation and collaboration. To support the Assistant Chief Pharmacist – Operational Services manager to deliver and develop operational Pharmacy services to the Trust via the management of teams of staff within the following operational areas: • Pharmacy Supply Services • Purchasing and Stores • Production Services • Quality Assurance & Control Services • Pharmacy Computer Services. • To manage, develop and provide professional leadership to the pharmacy technician workforce in delivering optimal and efficient pharmaceutical services. 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. Please see the attached job description and person specification for detailed roles and responsibilities. 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: Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list. This advert closes on Wednesday 4 Jun 2025. Location : Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 4JL