Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust seeks enthusiastic individuals to train as Pharmacy Technicians. The role spans the department’s dispensary, outpatient pharmacy, ward-based clinical service, informatics, stores, procurement, homecare and more across Freeman and RVI sites.

You will attend online college, complete assignments and build a skills portfolio while rotating through clinical and procurement duties, with weekend and late shifts on a rotational basis.

Qualifications

• Attending online college and completing assignments
• Building a skills-based evidence portfolio
• Rotational experience across pharmacy services

Responsibilities

• Dispense and accuracy check medicines safely and effectively
• Undertake ward-based clinical duties including medicines reconciliation and patient counselling
• Assemble prescriptions at ward level and manage stock control of medications
• Rotations across Clinical Trials, Procurement, Inpatient/Outpatient dispensary and clinical areas

Job description

Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking enthusiastic, motivated and patient focused individuals who are passionate about developing a career as a pharmacy technician. Our pharmacy department is one of the largest and most diverse in the region, providing a wide range of specialist services across the trust, including: Dispensary, outpatient pharmacy, ward based clinical service, informatics, pharmacy stores, procurement, homecare, clinical trials, outpatient clinics, medicines information, aseptic services and integrated care service. We are committed to embracing innovation and technology to support excellent patient care. The department operates advanced automatic robotic dispensing and stock management system, alongside Omnicell electronic cabinets, with further Trust-wide expansion planned from October 2026.

• Interview Dates Tuesday 24 November 2026 & Wednesday 25 November 2026
• 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week

Successful trainees will be expected to meet programme deadlines, actively engage in learning opportunities, demonstrate the professional behaviours and competencies required to practice as a registered Pharmacy technician. The trainee pharmacy technician undertakes a wide range of pharmaceutical duties under the supervision and of a pharmacy technician or pharmacist. These duties include:

• Attending online college, completing set assignments within the deadlines, building a skills-based evidence portfolio.
• Dispense and accuracy check medicines safely and effectively
• Undertake ward based clinical duties which include medicines reconciliation, patient medication counselling and assembling prescriptions at ward level.
• Stock control of medications
• Rotations throughout the department including: Clinical Trials, Procurement, Inpatient/Outpatient dispensary and clinical areas. Trainees will also be expected to work at both Freeman and RVI sites.
• Saturday working and late night working on a rotational basis (approximately one each per month)

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Cramlington Manor Walks
• Urgent treatment centres
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS. We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.