Tri-Service / Joint
Non-Commissioned Officers
Code: DMS-PHTDefence Pharmacy Technician
GPhC-registered pharmacy technician dispensing and managing medicines across defence medical centres and field hospitals.
Role Details
Core Skills
- • medicines management
- • dispensing accuracy
- • controlled drugs governance
- • stock and cold-chain control
- • patient counselling
Responsibilities
- • dispense and check prescriptions
- • manage controlled drugs registers and audits
- • support deployed pharmacy operations
- • train clinical staff on medication safety
- • maintain GPhC registration via CPD
Equipment
- • pharmacy IT systems
- • automated dispensing cabinets
Typical Clearance
SC
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Pharmacy Technician
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Defence pharmacy technicians are GPhC-registered — direct lateral move into NHS hospital, community or primary-care pharmacy.
Core Transferable Skills
medicines management
controlled drugs governance
dispensing accuracy