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Pharmacy Technician

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust

Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE3 3XTView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£28,392 to £31,157

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

26 November 2026

14 days left

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity for you to have a role in direct patient care with opportunities to develop your clinical knowledge and skills. We wel...

The main duties of the role will be:

Medicines reconciliation and review on admission.

Providing support and information to patients and carers to assist with the management of their medicines.

Optimising medicines, taking a holistic view of both mental and physical healthcare needs.

Providing physical health and wellbeing advice to patients, carers and staff.

Discharge planning, liaison with patients, carers, community teams and pharmacies.

Operational support to the main dispensary at SNH by performing regular accuracy checking slots.

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

NHS Employees identified as at risk of compulsory redundancy and those eligible for the NENC Re-Deployment careers hub will receive prior consideration.

The North East of England and Cumbria boasts some of Britain's most beautiful scenery, coastline and national parks. It offers affordable house prices, good connectivity and train links with some major cities. It can offer a fantastic quality of life and working for our Trust promotes a great work life balance. We have bases in many beautiful places which can give our staff the opportunity to explore some of these surrounding areas.

As a department, we are committed to developing and supporting our staff to achieve the maximum they can from their career, whilst delivering outstanding patient centred care.

To find out more about our department and see what our team has to say you can watch our YouTube video https://youtu.be/JgVFF1jMsuY

Education and Qualification

Essential: - Registration with General Pharmaceutical Council; - Qualified Pharmacy Technician (NVQ3/BTEC in Pharmaceutical Sciences) with post qualification experience

Skills & Competencies

Essential

  • Manipulation skills for dispensing
  • Accurate and consistent in work application
  • Good numeracy and literacy skills including; simple calculations, percentages, decimal, fractions
  • Good planning, prioritisation and time management skills
  • Computer keyboard skills
  • Good analytical and judgemental skills

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Current experience of dispensing medicines and working with patients
  • Experience and knowledge of good clinical practice and how this applies to clinical trial medicines
  • Recent experience of dispensing medicines and working with patients

Desirable

  • Accredited Medicines Management Technician Modules 1 & 2
  • Accredited accuracy checking technician
  • Experience in all areas of hospital
  • Experience and understanding of all areas of hospital pharmacy

How to apply

Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.

Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

12 November 2026

Last checked

12 November 2026

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About the employer

CNT
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust

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