Pharmacy Technician Higher Level

Leeds Teaching Hospitals Nhs Trust; Ledston; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is looking for a Pharmacy Technician to join the Ward Services team within Medicines Management and Pharmacy Services. The role supports inpatients across a wide range of specialties, optimising medicines and ensuring safe patient care.

Based at St James’s University Hospital or Leeds General Infirmary, the post offers training, development opportunities and flexible working hours where possible.

Qualifications

• GPhC registration as Pharmacy Technician.
• Accredited Accuracy Checking qualification.
• Experience in hospital or primary care.
• Excellent communication with patients and multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong organisational skills with ability to prioritise workload.
• Commitment to medicines optimisation and safe patient care.
• Experience supervising and training colleagues.
• Professional, accountable approach to patient care.
• Attention to detail in a busy environment.
• Enthusiasm for service improvement and teamwork.

Skills

GPhC registration

Accuracy checking

Hospital experience

Communication

Organisation

Medicines optimisation

Staff supervision

Professionalism

Attention to detail

Service improvement

Job description

Job reference: 002118

Salary: Band 5 - £32,073-£39,043

Closing date: 19/10/2026

Department: MMPS - Ward Services

Location: St James’s University Hospital

Division: Medicines Management and Pharmacy Services CSU

Hours Per Week: 37.5

Job Summary

Join the Ward Services team within Medicines Management and Pharmacy Services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals, one of the largest acute trusts in England. Based at either St James's Hospital or Leeds General Infirmary, this patient-facing role offers the opportunity to work as part of a large multidisciplinary team, supporting the safe and effective use of medicines for inpatients across a wide range of specialties. You will play a key role in optimising medicines, supporting patient care, and ensuring smooth transitions throughout the patient journey.

We are looking for motivated, professional and compassionate Pharmacy Technicians who are committed to delivering excellent patient care and who thrive in a collaborative team environment. In return, we offer a supportive workplace with structured training, development opportunities, involvement in service improvement projects, and a flexible approach to working hours where possible. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference to patients while developing your skills and advancing your career within a highly respected pharmacy service.

Why you should join our Team

Join our Ward Services team within the Medicines Management and Pharmacy Services department at Leeds Teaching Hospitals, one of the largest acute trusts in England. We are a friendly, supportive and forward-thinking team that is passionate about delivering outstanding patient care. Working closely with patients, ward teams and other healthcare professionals, you will play a key role in helping patients optimise their medicines and supporting safe, seamless transfers of care. Every day brings new challenges and opportunities, making this a varied, rewarding and genuinely patient-focused role where you can see the difference your work makes.

What makes our team special is our strong commitment to supporting and developing our people. We encourage learning, innovation and professional growth, with structured training pathways and opportunities to become involved in service improvement projects that shape the future of patient care. We pride ourselves on our collaborative culture, where colleagues support one another to succeed and where career progression is actively encouraged, as demonstrated by previous post holders progressing into new roles. We also recognise the importance of work-life balance and offer a flexible approach to working hours wherever possible. If you are looking for a welcoming team, excellent development opportunities and a role where you can make a real difference to patients every day, this is an exciting opportunity to build your career with us.

What you will bring to the role

• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) as a Pharmacy Technician.
• Accredited Accuracy Checking qualification.
• Experience working within a hospital or primary care environment.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with patients, carers and multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload and work independently.
• A commitment to medicines optimisation and supporting patients to use their medicines safely and effectively.
• Experience of supervising, training and supporting colleagues to develop their skills
• A professional, accountable approach with a commitment to delivering excellent patient care.
• Attention to detail and the ability to work accurately in a busy environment
• Enthusiasm for service improvement, team working and contributing to the continued development of pharmacy services.

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

Our Trust values

• Responsible
• Open and Honest
• One Team
• Kind

Our Trust priorities

Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time

Our priorities

• People
• Improvement and Innovation
• Partnerships
• Outcomes

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.