Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Support
- Grade
- Band 4/5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Upto 37.5 hours late nights, weekends and bank holidays on rota basis)
- Job ref
- 328-CSS-7867205
- Employer
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Friarage Hospital
- Town
- Northallerton
- Salary
- £27,485 - £37,796 Per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Progressive Pharmacy Technician
Band 4/5
Job overview
Are you a motivated pharmacy technician? Are you dedicated to improving NHS patient’s care and safety? Are you looking for development opportunities to enhance your career? If yes then apply here!
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a developing pharmacy technician to join a dynamic clinical pharmacy team to deliver operational and clinical pharmacy services to the patients and staff at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
This is a progression post, initially working as a clinical pharmacy technician (band 4), whilst completing the relevant training to become a certified medicines management technician. The post holder will have a maximum of 36 months from the date of employment to complete this training, and quality support and guidance will be provided from the organisation to complete this. Upon successful completion of the training, the post holder will be automatically promoted to a MMT role (band 5).
If the successful candidate already possesses the desired qualifications then they will start at a band 5 level.
Main duties of the job
You will be a key member of the ward pharmacy teams across an array of clinical specialities. This is an exceptional opportunity to strengthen your clinical knowledge and become an expert within these specialties. For those wanting to further enhance their career, there are numerous opportunities within this post to additionally develop your leadership and management skills.
The suitable candidate will need to have a breadth of pharmacy experience, preferably in a hospital setting, with the proven ability to perform as a team player.
Applicants must be a Pharmacy Technician, registered with GPhC. We will accept applications from pre-registration technicians qualifying in 2026
The successful candidates will work full time hours 8.30am-5pm Monday – Friday. They will also be included in dispensary and extended/out-of-hours rotas, which are currently:
- Weekend working once every 5 weeks (9am-1.30pm Saturday and Sunday 9am-12pm reimbursed with a full weekday off the following week)
- Contribution to bank holiday working rota
Please note this post will close at sufficient applicants.
Working for our organisation
Leadership and Improvement Training
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to
Explore leadership within the NHS
Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role
After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working in pharmacy
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in hospital pharmacy
Qualification
Essential criteria
- BTec/NVQ level 3 in Pharmaceutical sciences or equivalent or working towards
- Registration with General Pharmaceutical council as a Pharmacy Technician or in progress
Desirable criteria
- Any national or regional accreditation of any medicines management modules
- Any national or regional accreditation of any accuracy checking technician training
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Good clinical pharmacy skills and a thorough working knowledge of pharmacology, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
- Organisational skills
- Attention to detail
- Good written and verbal skills
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kelly McGowan-Waite
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacy Technician Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01642 850850
- Additional information
ext: 64002
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