Clinical Pharmacy Technician

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to become part of our team of ward-based Clinical Pharmacy Technicians. We are looking for dynamic & innovative Technicians looking for a new challenge in a busy environment to join our Clinical Pharmacy Team working across The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals at both the Freeman Hospital and the Royal Victoria Infirmary sites.

You will initially be appointed as a Band 4 Pharmacy Technician and undertake 5 x Trust Dispensary Based Training Programmes, an in house discharge assembling on wards training, Medicines Management Module 1 or equivalent, Medicines Management Module 3 or equivalent (these will take approximately 6 months to complete) and a Checking Qualification (approximately 12 months).

Qualified Hospital Pharmacy Technicians with prior experience may be able to move from Band 4 to Band 5 in a shorter period of time.

Once all training programmes are complete and evidence has been provided to Human Resources, you will be moved to Band 5 salary.

We will accept applications from students due to qualify as Pharmacy Technicians this year and those already registered with the GPhC.

• Interview Date Wednesday 09/07/2025 & Thursday 10/07/2025
• Applications welcomed for both full and part time hours which can be discussed at interview
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy.  Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Main duties of the job

• To complete medication histories and help achieve medication reconciliation targets in line with trust and departmental key performance indicators.
• Counselling patients about their medication within pharmacy and at ward level. The post holder is required to communicate with a diverse range of people who visit pharmacy where there may be barriers to understanding e.g. hearing impaired patients or patients whose first language is not English.
• Communicates with other professional and technical staff within the hospital or community pharmacy, regarding specific patient and operational issues.
• Supports other healthcare professionals, particularly the clinical pharmacists by identifying patients in any care setting who need a clinical medication review for a long term condition, high risk medicine, complex transfer of care or problematic polypharmacy.
• Support and mentor students and junior members of the team.
• Helps identify patients at risk of hospital admission or readmission (in accordance with guidance) and assists with referrals to community pharmacy for follow up post-discharge.
• Will undertake a checking qualification after completion of other in-house training schemes if not already held.
• Will be expected to work as part of an evening & weekend team on a rotational basis.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Band 4

• To practice as a registered Pharmacy Technician.
• To undertake a full range of technical pharmaceutical activities within the dispensary including providing advice to patients and other healthcare staff.
• To support ward-based services on identified wards at the RVI and FH including the dispensing of discharge prescriptions, completing medication histories and providing patient counselling.

Band 5

• To practice as a registered pharmacy technician.
• To provide a clinical service to identified patients
• In domiciliary general practice or Trust settings including reducing risk associated with the admission and discharge process.
• To undertake a broad range of technical pharmaceutical activities in the dispensary and wards, including providing advice to patients and other healthcare staff.

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.