Trainee Pharmacy Technician (Pre-Registration) – Apprenticeship Path

Newcastle Hospitals; Newcastle upon Tyne; Remote; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician in Newcastle. The role blends hospital-based practice with formal study to achieve a BTEC Level 3 Diploma and eligibility for General Pharmaceutical Council registration.

You will rotate through the dispensary, wards, clinical trials, procurement, and informatics, while attending online college and balancing work with study commitments. Closing date: 12 November 2026.

Qualifications

• Four GCSEs (Grade 4+) including Maths and English and Biology or Chemistry.
• Evidence of qualifications should be recorded in the application.
• If you have Dual Award Science, state Dual Award Science in your application.

Responsibilities

• Attend online college and complete assignments within deadlines; build a skills-based evidence portfolio.
• Dispense and accuracy check medicines safely and effectively.
• Undertake ward-based clinical duties including medicines reconciliation and patient counselling; assemble prescriptions.
• Stock control of medications.
• Rotations across Clinical Trials, Procurement, Inpatient/Outpatient dispensary and clinical areas; work at Freeman and RVI sites.
• Saturdays and late nights on a rotational basis.

Skills

Effective communication

Attention to detail

Team player

Time management

Ability to learn

Independent worker

Keyboard skills

Education

GCSEs Maths/English

GCSEs English

GCSEs Biology or Human Biology

GCSEs Chemistry or Dual Award Science

Job description

Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician in Newcastle. The role blends hospital-based practice with formal study to achieve a BTEC Level 3 Diploma and eligibility for General Pharmaceutical Council registration.

You will rotate through the dispensary, wards, clinical trials, procurement, and informatics, while attending online college and balancing work with study commitments. Closing date: 12 November 2026.