Lead Pharmacy Technician - North Yorkshire, York and Selby

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A health service provider in North Yorkshire seeks an experienced Lead Pharmacy Technician to enhance pharmacy services across the region. The role involves managing a team of pharmacy technicians, optimizing medicines for mental health teams, and contributing to clinical practices. Candidates must hold relevant pharmacy qualifications and have substantial experience, including a background in mental health and management. Travel across the care group area is required.

Qualifications

• Accredited Regional or national medicines management course or equivalent.
• Willingness to work towards accredited Regional technician checking qualification.
• Substantial experience as Band 5 Pharmacy technician.

Responsibilities

• Provide line management and professional supervision for pharmacy technicians and assistants.
• Co-create new ways of working to improve patient journey.
• Deliver medicines optimisation activities for mental health teams.

Skills

Numeracy and literacy

Organisational and time management skills

Supports education and training

Education

S/NVQ Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Management/Leadership Qualification

Pharmacy Technician registered with GPhC

Job description

Lead Pharmacy Technician - North Yorkshire, York and Selby

The closing date is 22 January 2026

We are looking for an experienced and motivated lead pharmacy technician to support the development and expansion of pharmacy services across the North Yorkshire, York and Selby (NYYS) care group.

You will be working alongside the lead pharmacist for NYYS services to deliver medicines optimisation activities to inpatient and community mental health teams.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for providing line management and professional supervision for a group of pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants working in the dispensary and clinical roles in a variety of specialities and locations.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to co create new ways of working and improve the patient journey, by contributing to clinical and operational practices with the Pharmacy Leadership Team.

Due to the nature of the role, the post holder will need to be capable of independent travel across the care group area and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes, as travel to various sites will be expected.

About us

The Pharmacy team in TEWV has over 100 team members including drivers, pharmacy assistants, administration, nurses, pharmacy technicians and pharmacists. Individual team members are spread across multiple sites, with a dispensary in each of our 3 localities. The locality teams work independently, but come together to agree standards and best practice, learning from each other and trying to improve.

We developed a 5-year Medicines Optimisation and Pharmacy Framework which was created with the teams to produce a shared set of themes and priorities.

The Trust is currently working with staff and partners to deliver the Community Mental Health Transformation programme (CMHTP). This is a five-year programme, driven by the NHS England Long Term Plan, that looks at the needs of local populations and how organisations can move towards a more joined up approach to services to improve the lives of people living with mental health illnesses.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• S/NVQ Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences with BTEC underpinning knowledge or equivalent
• Accredited Regional or national medicines management course or equivalent
• Pharmacy Technician registered with GPhC
• Accredited Regional technician checking qualification (or willing to work towards)
• Management/Leadership Qualification (or equivalent management/supervisory experience)
• NVQ D32/33 or A1 award

Knowledge

• Knowledge of legislation & good practice guidelines which underpin safe medicines management

Experience

• Substantial experience of pharmacy practice as Band 5 Pharmacy technician
• Management/supervisory experience
• Evidence of improving standards of pharmacy service
• Audit experience
• Relevant hospital / primary care / prison pharmacy experience or equivalent
• Experience in Mental Health
• Medicines optimisation module 4 or equivalent

Skills

• Numeracy and literacy
• Organisational and time management skillsSupports education and training and development of others

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust