Assistant Teaching Technician

UK Dementia Research Institute; Greater London; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave,

8 bank holidays and 6 closure days

CARE pension

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

UCL School of Pharmacy is seeking an Assistant Teaching Technician to provide essential technical support for teaching and practical sessions. You will set up three clinical skills rooms and assist with wet lab classes, ensuring smooth delivery of the programme across OSCEs.

The role involves maintaining equipment, gathering resources, and working with academic and technical staff while being line managed by the Clinical Skills Technician team.

Qualifications

• Minimum NVQ2 qualification or equivalent in healthcare.
• Experience in healthcare, pharmacy, or a pharmacy school is preferred.
• Good knowledge of health and safety regulations in clinical environments.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (Teams, Word, Excel).

Responsibilities

• Set up three professional and clinical skills rooms for teaching sessions.
• Maintain equipment and prepare resources for practical sessions and OSCEs.
• Assist teaching staff and work with academic and technical colleagues.
• Support delivery of the teaching programme and practical assessments.

Skills

Healthcare experience

Attention to detail

MS Office

Teamwork

Education

NVQ2 or equivalent (Healthcare Assistant/Pharmacy Services)

Tools

Manikins

Clinical diagnostic devices

Job description

UCL School of Pharmacy is one of the world’s leading centres of excellence for pharmaceutical science, education and professional engagement, ranked third in the world by QS (2026, Pharmacy and Pharmacology). The Division has a track record in high-quality research across a broad range of drug discovery, pharmacy and patient safety-related areas, and for developing spinout companies that have brought new therapeutic strategies to patients.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the School of Pharmacy team as an Assistant Teaching Technician.

About the role

The main responsibility of the role will be to provide essential technical support to teaching at the UCL School of Pharmacy. You will be responsible for setting up the three professional and clinical skills rooms and may help with some wet lab classes. The main purpose of the role is maintaining equipment and gathering resources for practical sessions, workshops and examinations (including Objective Structured Clinical Examinations, OSCEs), working collaboratively with academic and technical staff to ensure the smooth delivery of the teaching programme.

The post-holder will work within the Technical Services team supporting teaching within UCL School of Pharmacy Teaching Laboratories, and will be line managed by the Clinical Skills Technician team.

• This position is available from September 2026.

The job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page.

If you have any queries about the role, please contact Caroline Reuter [[e-mail]].

If you need reasonable adjustments or a more accessible format to apply for this job online or have any queries about the application process, please contact the HR Administrator.

About you

You will be an enthusiastic, hands-on team-player with a minimum of an NVQ2 qualification, or equivalent, as a Healthcare Assistant or Pharmacy Services Assistant. You will have experience of working in healthcare, a pharmacy or a pharmacy school, a working knowledge of health and safety regulations and safe working practices in a clinical environment, and the ability to learn the maintenance and routine upkeep of clinical skills equipment, including manikins and clinical diagnostic devices. Good attention to detail and a working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Teams, Word, Excel) are essential.

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

Our division holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.

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