# Pharmacy Technician > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/pharmacy-technician/88ece2b6-3cf0-413d-afe0-70c2783b9d27 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/pharmacy-technician/88ece2b6-3cf0-413d-afe0-70c2783b9d27.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Darlington - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Pharmacy technician - **Salary:** £28392.00 to £31157.00 - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term, end date to be confirmed.) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Occasional weekend work) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-09T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-27T13:43:49.797Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8133423 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8133423?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.tewv.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated registered Pharmacy Technician to join our successful team and contribute towards developing our services. The successful applicant will share our vision and be committed to our values and goals for the delivery of the best care to our patients. If you would like to work for an organisation that ensures excellence in patient care is achievable, then we would like to hear from you. Whether you are an experienced or newly qualified technician, we can offer further development and training to extend your role in improving patient care. Applicants should hold Level 3 BTEC / NVQ Pharmacy Services certificate or equivalent, be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacy Technician.  (At the time of applying Pre-registration pharmacy technicians need to be due to qualify /register in four months or less. Experience of working in a hospital pharmacy department as a qualified technician or as a student technician is desirable although applications from qualified pharmacy technicians working in the community sector are welcome. The role involves providing ward based medicines management services to wards within Roseberry Park Hospital and accuracy checking in the dispensary. ### Main duties of the job The successful candidate will provide technical aspects of the pharmacy medicines management and medicines optimisation services, working at Roseberry Park Hospital in Middlesbrough. You will work with the other pharmacy colleagues, in the dispensary and wards, to provide patients with an accurate and timely supply of medication from admission through to discharge. You should be able to competently clinically check an array of medication from a variety of order forms. You will be responsible for a range of technical duties in the dispensary to aid in the smooth and efficient running of the department and will assist the Clinical Pharmacists and Senior Pharmacy Technicians in the provision of a ward based medicines optimisation service. You will deliver the technical clinical pharmacy service and promote medicines optimisation across a variety of specialities under the direction of the Lead Pharmacy Technician, whilst promoting at all times a positive image of people with mental health conditions and learning disabilities. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The pharmacy team in TEWV has over 100 team members including drivers, pharmacy assistants, administration, nurses, pharmacy technicians and pharmacists.  Individual team members are spread across multiple sites, with a dispensary in each of our 3 localities.  The locality teams work independently, but come together to agree standards and best practice, learning from each other and trying to improve. We developed a 5 year Medicines Optimisation and Pharmacy Framework which was created with the teams to produce a shared set of themes and priorities. Please refer to the attached job descriptions and person specifications for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying. Due to the nature of the role it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across the Tees locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes. If necessary, adjustments can be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010. This job advert may close early if a high volume of applications have been received. If interested, please apply for this post as soon as possible. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Suitable to work with vulnerable patients - Ability to travel independently in accordance with Trust policies and service need ### Skills **Essential** - Good communication skills, written and verbal - Organisational and time management skills - Patient centred care - Able to follow legal and organisational policies and procedures - Ability to work independently and as part of a team **Desirable** - Leadership experience and/or staff supervision ### Knowledge **Essential** - Understanding of the risk issues associated with medicines **Desirable** - Microsoft Office including Teams, word, Powerpoint and Excel - Use of email - Use of internet ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of pharmacy practice **Desirable** - Experience of a patient facing role ### Qualifications **Essential** - NVQ level 3 with BTEC underpinning knowledge in pharmaceutical sciences or equivalent - Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) (At the time of applying Pre-registration Pharmacy technicians MUST be due to qualify/register in four months or less) - Accredited checking qualification (or willing to work towards) **Desirable** - NHSEngland Medicines Optimisation Modules 1-7 - CPPE The community Pharmacy technician: advancing your role programme - CPPE Mental Health ## Documents - [our journey to change (pdf, 595.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2498) - [mindful employer recruitment (pdf, 93.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1595) - [probationary period procedure (pdf, 303.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1903) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 358.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10431125) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.