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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

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South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

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

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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

Please note that this vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.

Documents to download

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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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