Pharmacy Technician
The closing date is 22 January 2026
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for you to work with the CNTW pharmacy team. You will work between our Central (Newcastle) and South (Sunderland) teams 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 or those Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technicians who are due to qualify before April 2026 working in all sectors of the profession.
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:
o Medicines reconciliation and review on admission.
o Providing support and information to patients and carers to assist with the management of their medicines.
o Optimising medicines, taking a holistic view of both mental and physical healthcare needs.
o Providing physical health and wellbeing advice to patients, carers and staff.
o 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.
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
08 January 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
263-SS26-003-EW
Job locations
Hopewood Park Hospital
Ryhope
SR2 0NB
Employer details
Employer name
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Hopewood Park Hospital
Ryhope
SR2 0NB
Employer's website
https://www.cntw.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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