Progressive Pharmacy Technician

Are you a motivated pharmacy technician? Are you dedicated to improving NHS patient’s care and safety? Are you looking for development opportunities to enhance your career? If yes then apply here!

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a developing pharmacy technician to join a dynamic clinical pharmacy team to deliver operational and clinical pharmacy services to the patients and staff at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

This is a progression post, initially working as a clinical pharmacy technician (band 4), whilst completing the relevant training to become a certified medicines management technician (MMT). The post holder will have a maximum of 36 months from the date of employment to complete this training, and quality support and guidance will be provided from the organisation to complete this.

Upon successful completion of the training, the post holder will be automatically promoted to a MMT role (band 5).

You will be a key member of the ward pharmacy teams across an array of clinical specialities.

Some examples of clinical speciality areas includes: cardiology, acute medicine, older persons medicine, neurology, general surgery, general medicine, trauma & orthopaedics, oncology, haematology, and paediatrics.

This is an exceptional opportunity to strengthen your clinical knowledge and become an expert within these specialties. For those wanting to further enhance their career, there are numerous opportunities within this post to additionally develop your leadership and management skills.

The suitable candidate will need to have a breadth of pharmacy experience, preferably in a hospital setting, with the proven ability to perform as a team player.

Applicants must be a Pharmacy Technician, registered with GPhC. We will accept applications from pre-registration technicians qualifying in 2026.

The Successful Candidate Will Work 37.5 Hours Per Week Between 8.30-5pm Monday-Friday With The Working Pattern To Be Agreed On Successful Appointment. They Will Also Be Included In Dispensary And Extended/out-of-hours Rotas, Which Are Currently

• Weekend working once every 5 weeks (9am-5pm Saturday or Sunday, reimbursed with a full weekday off the following week)
• Late night working once every 2 weeks (hours 9am-5.30pm instead of 8.30am-5pm)
• Contribution to bank holiday working rota

Please note this post may close at sufficient applicants.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.

Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.

We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.

We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Amy Kennedy Job title: Clinical Pharmacy Technician Manager Email address: ***email_hidden*** Telephone number: 01642 850850

Extension 57437

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Email - [email protected] (Clinical Pharmacy Technician Manager)