Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 234-25-CS0418
- Employer
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
- Town
- Norwich
- Salary
- £24,625 - £25,674 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
- Interview date
- 24/07/2025
Employer heading

Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician
NHS AfC: Band 3
At NNUH it is our privilege to provide healthcare to over one million people across Norfolk and surrounding areas. Our vision is to ‘provide the best care for every patient’, and if this inspires you and you share our values, we really want you to join our team.
NNUH is currently the busiest Trauma Unit in the East of England caring for almost 850 trauma patients annually many with complex care needs. We are enhancing our urgent and emergency care specialist services for patients with significant injuries as a result of trauma and have an ambition to become a Major Trauma Centre.
Our values support our vision and guide the behaviour of everything we do, these are:
People-focused
We look after the needs of our patients, carers and colleagues, to provide a safe and caring experience for all.
Respect
We act with care, compassion and kindness and value others’ diverse needs.
Integrity
We take an honest, open and ethical approach to everything we do.
Dedication
We work as one team and support each other to maintain the highest professional standards.
Excellence
We continuously learn and improve to achieve the best outcomes for our patients and our hospital.
Wish you were here? So do we.
We want all our staff to achieve a balance between work and personal life and understand how important flexible working can be. We welcome applications on a full or part time basis, various shift patterns and hybrid working, where roles allow.
At the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NNUH), we know the benefits diversity can bring to our organisation such as creativity, innovation and compassion. All of which have a direct impact towards our staff and patient experience. We are committed to being a Hospital for All – being equitable and inclusive, and a place where all feel a sense of belonging. We therefore particularly encourage and welcome applications from candidates who are underrepresented in NNUH’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, people with diverse abilities and people within the LGBT+ community.
Job overview
The Pharmacy Department provides a fully comprehensive pharmaceutical service across the Trust and to several external community units. We are a large and very busy department with over 180 members of staff including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy assistants, admin and clerical staff and apprentices. There are many varied roles, and we all work as a team to provide the different functions and services whilst maintaining a high level of patient care.
This is an opportunity to work towards becoming a Pharmacy Technician, a registered health care professional. The post holder will develop knowledge and skills that meet the General Pharmaceutical Council Training Standards for Pharmacy Technicians enabling them to be admitted to the Pharmacy Technician register on successful completion of the training. The post holder will complete the level 4 Certificate of Higher Education Pharmacy Technician Practice, University of East Anglia over a 2-year training period. Post holders will be eligible to apply for Pharmacy Technician posts as these arise during or after the 2-year training period.
Main duties of the job
The requirements of the post include:
- Become an integral part of our busy dispensary and ward-based teams, acquiring competence to perform clinical duties, dispensing and final accuracy checking
- Attend online and face-to-face study days
- Complete self-directed learning
- Complete work-based assessments in pharmacy/ward
- Complete exams and portfolio evidence
The post holder will be allocated 20% off the job learning but is expected to undertake a substantial amount of studying in their own time. Dedication and resilience are required for this role due to the demands and pressures of the training alongside being a integral member of a busy pharmacy team. Excellent communication and team working skills are essential. Please note that all applications are subject to meeting apprenticeship funding rules.
Applicants must be available for interview on 24th July and bring original qualification certificates to the interview. Following the interviews, post holders must be available to complete enrolment documentation. The role will commence on 15th September 2025.
This is a full-time post of 37.5 hours per week. Post holders will be asked to work alternate weeks of earlies (9:00am to 5:00pm) and lates (10:00am to 6:00pm). All staff are required to participate in the weekend rota, currently 1 in 10, with corresponding time off during the week. All staff are required to undertake at least one public holiday duty per year.
Working for our organisation
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
- Flexible working hours
- Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
- Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site
- Discounted gym memberships
- Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
- Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
- Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site
- Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
- On-site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane
- On-site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane
- Support in career development
- Flexible staff bank
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To dispense all controlled drugs (CDs) against a recognised order or
previously clinically checked prescription in line with departmental policies and procedures and the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 using the JAC computer system. - To maintain documentation to support the dispensing of all medicines
including CDs. - To assist in the replacement of Dispensary stock including the ordering, receipt and maintenance of stock records.
- To investigate the unavailability of medicines and order where appropriate or refer issues/discrepancies to the ordering clerk/ward pharmacist/senior manager
- To refer any issue with prescriptions – errors/discrepancies/non-formulary requested items to the hot seat or ward pharmacist
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 4 GCSEs or equivalent at Grade C/level 4 or above to include English, Mathematics and science
- NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services or a GPhC accredited pharmacy assistant programme
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous pharmacy experience
- Previous dispensing experience in a hospital, community pharmacy or dispensing doctor’s practice
Skills
Essential criteria
- Articulate and numerate with excellent written and oral communication skills
Attitude, aptitude
Essential criteria
- Able to work under pressure
- Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH’s PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
- Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lucy Spinks
- Job title
- Operations Manager Education and Training
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01603 287140
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