Pharmacy Technician

Transformation Unit; Tees Valley; Remote; GBP 28,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust is seeking a registered Pharmacy Technician (Band 4) to join the team at West Park Hospital, Darlington. The role covers ward-based medicines management, order verification, and clinical checking to support patient care from admission to discharge.

Open to qualified technicians with GPhC registration; hospital experience desirable. The post is a 12-month fixed term or secondment, full-time, with occasional weekend work and a salary of £28,392–£31,157 per

Qualifications

• NVQ level 3 with BTEC underpinning knowledge in pharmaceutical sciences or equivalent
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Accredited checking qualification (or willing to work towards)
• NHSEngland Medicines Optimisation Modules 1-7
• CPPE The community Pharmacy technician: advancing your role programme
• CPPE Mental Health
• Experience of pharmacy practice
• Experience of a patient facing role
• Understanding of the risk issues associated with medicines
• Microsoft Office including Teams, word, Powerpoint and Excel
• Use of email
• Use of internet
• Good communication skills, written and verbal
• Organisational and time management skills
• Patient centred care
• Able to follow legal and organisational policies and procedures
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Leadership experience and/or staff supervision

Responsibilities

• Provide technical aspects of pharmacy medicines management and medicines optimisation services at West Park Hospital.
• Work with the dispensary and ward teams to ensure accurate and timely supply of medication from admission through discharge.
• Clinically check a range of medications from various order forms.
• Support ward-based medicines optimisation and promote safe, patient-centred care.

Skills

Good communication

Organisational skills

Patient centred care

Policy adherence

Independent working

Leadership experience

Education

NVQ level 3 with BTEC underpinning knowledge in pharmaceutical sciences or equivalent

Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Accredited checking qualification (or willing to work towards)

NHSEngland Medicines Optimisation Modules 1-7

CPPE The community Pharmacy technician: advancing your role programme

CPPE Mental Health

Tools

Microsoft Office (Teams, Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

Use of email

Use of internet

Job description

Main area Pharmacy Grade Band 4 Contract 12 months (Fixed term,/secondment for 12 months) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Occasional weekend work) Job ref 346-PH-034-26

Employer Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site West Park Hospital Town Darlington Salary £28,392 - £31,157 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 18/10/2026 23:59

Band 4

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care —our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We’re committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won’t rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Job overview

This post is only open to current employees of TEWV. Any applications received from non-TEWV employees will not be considered.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated registered Pharmacy Technician to join our successful team and contribute towards developing our services. The successful applicant will share our vision and be committed to our values and goals for the delivery of the best care to our patients. If you would like to work for an organisation that ensures excellence in patient care is achievable, then we would like to hear from you.

Whether you are an experienced or newly qualified technician, we can offer further development and training to extend your role in improving patient care.

Applicants should hold Level 3 BTEC / NVQ Pharmacy Services certificate or equivalent, be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician. (At the time of applying Pre-registration pharmacy technicians need to be due to qualify /register in four months or less)

Experience of working in a hospital pharmacy department as a qualified technician or as a student technician is desirable although applications from qualified pharmacy technicians working in the community sector are welcome.

The role involves providing ward-based medicines management services to wards within West Park Hospital and accuracy checking in the dispensary.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will provide technical aspects of the pharmacy medicines management and medicines optimisation services, working at West Park Hospital in Darlington.

You will work with the other pharmacy colleagues, in the dispensary and wards, to provide patients with an accurate and timely supply of medication from admission through to discharge.

You should be able to competently clinically check an array of medication from a variety of order forms.

You will be responsible for a range of technical duties in the dispensary to aid in the smooth and efficient running of the department and will assist the Clinical Pharmacists and Senior Pharmacy Technicians in the provision of a ward-based medicines optimisation service.

You will deliver the technical clinical pharmacy service and promote medicines optimisation across a variety of specialities under the direction of the Lead Pharmacy Technician, whilst always promoting a positive image of people with mental health conditions and learning disabilities.

Working for our organisation

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care —our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We’re committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won’t rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role. Please note, this role does not meet the required eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa and therefore the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular role.

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.

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

Due to the nature of the role it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across the Tees locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes. If necessary, adjustments can be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

Person specification

Qualifications

• NVQ level 3 with BTEC underpinning knowledge in pharmaceutical sciences or equivalent
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) (At the time of applying Pre-registration Pharmacy technicians MUST be due to qualify/register in four months or less)
• Accredited checking qualification (or willing to work towards)
• NHSEngland Medicines Optimisation Modules 1-7
• CPPE The community Pharmacy technician: advancing your role programme
• CPPE Mental Health

Experience

• Experience of pharmacy practice
• Experience of a patient facing role

Knowledge

• Understanding of the risk issues associated with medicines
• Microsoft Office including Teams, word, Powerpoint and Excel
• Use of email
• Use of internet

Skills

• Good communication skills, written and verbal
• Organisational and time management skills
• Patient centred care
• Able to follow legal and organisational policies and procedures
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Leadership experience and/or staff supervision

Other

• Suitable to work with vulnerable patients
• Ability to travel independently in accordance with Trust policies and service need