Pre-Reg Trainee Pharmacy Technician-non-apprentice

The Methodist Church in Britain; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training Programme

Rotation across LTHT sites

Patient care development

Job summary

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a pre-registration trainee Pharmacy Technician on the non-apprenticeship route. The role involves dispensing prescriptions, stock control, and ward-based pharmacy services across LTHT sites.

You will gain experience in medication histories, patient advice, and rotate through MMPS departments with evening/weekend rotations. Successful completion leads to GPhC registration.

Qualifications

• Teamwork with trainees and multi-disciplinary teams.
• Proactive learning mindset.
• Ability to plan and organise own workload.
• Flexible approach to work.

Responsibilities

• Dispensing prescriptions in inpatient and outpatient pharmacies.
• Stock control across pharmacy departments.
• Delivering ward-based pharmacy services on inpatient wards.
• Taking patient medication histories.
• Educating patients on medicines.
• Rotating across LTHT sites to meet training requirements.
• Completing placements in MMPS departments and external organisations.
• Working evenings, weekends and bank holidays on rotation.
• Registering with the General Pharmaceutical Council on completion of the programme.

Skills

Team working

Proactive learning

Planning workload

Flexibility

Attention to detail

Excellent communication

Job description

This is a pre-registration trainee Pharmacy Technician post on the non-apprenticeship route, sitting within the Pharmacy team at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and rotating across its sites. The work centres on dispensing prescriptions and stock control in the inpatient and outpatient pharmacies, plus ward-based medication histories and patient medicines advice. Placements also cover other MMPS departments and possibly external pharmacy organisations, with evening, weekend and bank holiday rotation. Previous pharmacy experience is required and visa sponsorship is not available.

What the job involves

• Dispensing prescriptions and issuing prescribed items in inpatient and outpatient pharmacies
• Contributing to all aspects of pharmaceutical stock control
• Delivering ward-based pharmacy services on inpatient wards
• Taking patient medication histories
• Educating patients on their medicines
• Rotating across LTHT sites while meeting training programme requirements
• Placements within other MMPS departments
• Possible visits to pharmacy organisations external to LTHT
• Working evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays on a rotational basis
• Registering with the General Pharmaceutical Council on completing the programme

What's required

Experience

• Previous pharmacy experience

Skills & knowledge

• Team working with fellow trainees and multi-disciplinary teams
• Proactive learning
• Planning and organising own workload
• Flexibility in approach to work
• Good attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills

Checks & eligibility

• Eligible to work in the UK without Skilled Worker sponsorship
• Not eligible for apprenticeship levy funding

Other

• Professional attitude
• Patient-centred approach
• Willingness to work evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays on rotation
• Successful completion of both interview and practical assessment stages

What's offered

• Varied rotation across LTHT sites and MMPS departments
• Possible visits to external pharmacy organisations
• Support to develop potential in delivering patient care
• Training through the Pharmacy Technician Training Programme