Job summary
- Main area
- 317 Pharmacy Admin - FH
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 317-2025-21-029
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Freeman Hospital
- Town
- 317 01 Freeman Hospital
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/06/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 26/06/2025
Employer heading
Advanced Clinical Pharmacy Technician
Band 6
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Clinical Pharmacy Team at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals, as part of a new service, working closely with pre-assessment services and clinics at the Freeman Hospital to ensure patients medicines are reviewed in a timely and appropriate manner prior to their admission to hospital for elective procedures.
The role will bring you into contact with many surgical specialties across the Trust and you will join a team of experienced Pharmacists and technicians to provide support to those areas to ensure patients medicines are reviewed in a timely and appropriate manner prior to their admission to hospital for elective procedures.
You will be given the opportunity to build experience and expertise in a wide variety of clinical settings and will be expected to attend ward rounds and multidisciplinary meetings where appropriate. You will help support senior pharmacy staff in promoting the safe, effective and economic use of medicines via audit and guideline development and also provide support and training to nursing staff, Pharmacy Technicians, junior Pharmacists and students.
As this is a new post, we are looking for an innovative individual who is keen to work dynamically to ensure the service runs smoothly and efficiently.
- Interview Date Thursday 26 June 2025
- 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be responsible for the implementation and delivery of a co-ordinated, highly effective Pharmacy service within pre-assessment settings.
This will include:
- Peri-operative support to the pre-assessment unit
- Development of clinical guidelines
- Audit
- Medicines reconciliation
- Discharge Facilitation
- Mentoring/support to Junior Pharmacists, Technicians and students
- Act as a key contact for other Pharmacy staff working within the area and act as a specialist in their within the area of practice
- Provide an advanced level clinical pharmacy service in line with Pharmacy Key Performance Indicators and agreed clinical standards
- Ensure patients are prioritised within the specialty by using both informed decision making and own professional judgement; in accordance with Trust initiatives and procedures
- Provide ongoing clinical support and guidance to other pharmacy colleagues and the multidisciplinary team contributing to practice within the specific areas of working
- Assist senior multidisciplinary colleagues in ensuring that all required medication safety and clinical governance issues are actioned and implemented in a timely manner
Working for our organisation
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a GPhC registered Pharmacy Technician you will be required to work autonomously, referring to the appropriate members of the MDT when required to do so. You will be expected to use your professional judgement to make decisions, and the role will include elements of staff and student management as well as education and training.
- To perform the role of an experienced pharmacy technician including giving comprehensive advice, providing supervision and co-operating with colleagues, particularly in relation to the delivery of clinical pharmacy services and promoting the safe use of high-risk medication
- To contribute to the strategic review and development of clinical pharmacy services, to improve efficiency, patient safety and establish greater integration
- To assist the Patient Services Operations Manager and the Specialist Lead Pharmacy Technician in delivering efficient and safe medicine supply processes
- To co-ordinate the safe expansion and development of clinical pharmacy services throughout the Trust
- To support the training and assessment of technical staff within clinical services
- To act as an accredited checking technician
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential criteria
- S/NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services and approved underpinning knowledge e.g. BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent recognised pharmacy technician qualification
- Regional medicines management course or equivalent (or working towards this)
- Recognised Accredited Checking Technician qualification
- Registered with GPhC
Desirable criteria
- Management qualification
- A1 (D32/33) Assessor award
- Level 4 Clinical Diploma for Pharmacy Technicians
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant post qualification experience of working in a hospital environment as a pharmacy technician, during which time the following has been achieved
- Significant experience of working at ward level as a medicines management technician
- Experience as an accredited checking technician. Knowledge and understanding of all technical aspects of pharmacy patient services, supported by practical experience and completion of an approved training programme
- Evidence of professional CPD
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of NHS strategic documents affecting pharmacy and trust vision and values. Practical experience of working as an NVQ
- Assessor
- Proven ability to manage staff
- Proven ability in change management in quality improvement
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent oral and written communication
- Excellent customer care
- Working knowledge of pharmacy computer systems
- Ability to analyse and overcome barriers in implementation of change
- Ability to use Microsoft word
- Good workload and time management skills
Desirable criteria
- Ability to use excel programmes
- Management experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Claire Lovett
- Job title
- Senior Lead Clinical Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 2448856
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