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

Pharmacy Technician
The closing date is 26 November 2026

Job summary
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 welcome applications from registered pharmacy technician colleagues working in all sectors of the profession as well as those about to join the register in the near future. Prior experience working in mental health is not required as a comprehensive programme of training and clinical supervision will be provided.

We provide pharmacy and medicines optimisation services to all of our mental health, learning disability and neuro-rehabilitation inpatient areas, as well as to community and crisis teams. Our Pharmacy staff are highly regarded as valued members of the multi-disciplinary team.

Main duties of the job
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.

About us
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

Details
Date posted: 12 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 4
Salary: £28,392 to £31,157 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 263-SS26-072-AB
Job locations: St Nicholas Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE3 3XT, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date: 12th November 2026
Closing date: 26th November 2026
We welcome your application

Person Specification
Education and Qualification

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

Skills & Competencies

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

Knowledge & Experience

• Essential: Current experience of dispensing medicines and working with patients
• Essential: Experience and knowledge of good clinical practice and how this applies to clinical trial medicines
• Essential: Recent experience of dispensing medicines and working with patients
• Desirable: Accredited Medicines Management Technician Modules 1 & 2
• Desirable: Accredited accuracy checking technician
• Desirable: Experience in all areas of hospital
• Desirable: Experience and understanding of all areas of hospital pharmacy

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust
Address: St Nicholas Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE3 3XT, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.cntw.nhs.uk/careers/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Specialist Pharmacy Technician, Stef Castree, stephanie.castree@cntw.nhs.uk

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