Job overview
Are you a motivated pharmacy technician? Are you dedicated to improving NHS patients 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).
Main duties of the job
You will be a key member of the ward pharmacy teams across an array of clinical specialities. Some examples of clinical speciality areas includes: cardiology, acute medicine, older persons medicine, neurology, general surgery, general medicine, trauma & orthopaedics, oncology, haematology, and paediatrics. 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 early 2026.
The successful candidates will work full time hours Monday Friday. They will also be included in dispensary and extended/out-of-hours rotas, which are currently:
1. Weekend working once every 5 weeks (9am-5pm Saturday or Sunday, reimbursed with a full weekday off the following week)
2. Late night working once every 2 weeks (hours instead of
3. Contribution to bank holiday working rot
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
4. Previous experience working in pharmacy
Desirable criteria
5. Experience working in hospital pharmacy
Qualification
Essential criteria
6. BTec/NVQ level 3 in Pharmaceutical sciences or equivalent
7. Registration with General Pharmaceutical council as a Pharmacy Technician or due to be registered in early 2026
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
8. Good clinical pharmacy skills and a thorough working knowledge of pharmacology, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
9. Organisational skills
10. Ability to meet deadlines
11. Good written and verbal skills
Disclosure and Barring Checks (DBS)
It is now the policy of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who are new to the Trust who require DBS clearance for the post they have been offered, are required to pay the cost of their DBS. The method of payment for this is via salary deduction from your first month's pay.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. We welcome applications from the Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Network; LGBT+ Network; Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions Network, Faith Network, Childless not by Choice Network and the Menopause Support Group.
As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.
If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at
Right to Work in the UK
The Trust welcomes applications from all candidates who meet the criteria for the role. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - (.
Please provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Your current immigration status will not be considered as part of the shortlisting or interview process.
Please note that not everyone needs a Skilled Worker visa. If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead.
We are able to offer sponsorship for a Health and Care Worker or Skilled Worker visa, subject to candidate and position eligibility. Please review the job eligibility guidance for skilled workers here: Skilled Worker visa: Your job - ( and for the Health and Care Worker visa here: Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - (
Please note: if the job you are applying for does not meet the eligibility criteria above, we will be unable to offer you sponsorship and you will need to explore whether you may be eligible to apply for an alternative immigration route which will secure your right to work in the UK before you apply. If you are in the UK already on a visa, please ensure you have no restrictions that would prevent you from taking this post.
The Trust encourages and supports all applicants to be fully vaccinated against both COVID19 and influenza.
Please be aware, there are occasions where some vacancies may close prior to the closing date advertised. This will only happen where sufficient applications are received AND will be made evident on the job advert.
Please note if you are successfully shortlisted, we will contact you via the email address that you have applied from so please ensure you check your emails regularly.
Existing employees of South Tees NHS Foundation Trust currently on the Redeployment Register, who meet the essential criteria for this post, will be shortlisted and interviewed prior to all other applicants.