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Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust —Wakefield
- £25,760 - £27,476 a year
- Full-time
- English
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Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust -
Wakefield

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Job details

Full-time
£25,760 - £27,476 a year
5 days ago

Benefits

Cycle to work scheme
Company pension
Car scheme

Qualifications

GPhC
GCSE
English
Pharmacy technician experience
BTEC

Full job description

Contact information

Please contact Paul Armitage or Louise Benton if you have any queries about the role.
[email protected]
[email protected]

EXT: 51393
01924 541393

**Please be aware applications may be closed early if there is a high volume of applicants**

About the role

The successful candidates will rotate through all the areas of the pharmacy department and complete a 2 year training programme to become a qualified Pharmacy Technician. You will attend Bradford college virtually for one day a week to complete a BTEC Level 3 Diploma in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians.
Students who successfully complete the 2 year course and associated study will be eligible to apply to register as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).

Main duties

(a) Medicines Supply

Dispense medicines for out-patients, in-patients and discharge prescriptions following guidelines, under the supervision of the Pharmacy Technicians.
Take payment for prescription charges and generate a receipt when required.
Ensure that all information needed for accurate stock control and prescription issues data is recorded using both paper systems and the computerised Pharmacy Information System (PIS).
Liaise with Procurement staff about urgently required medicines and inform patients and other health care staff about supply problem /delays.

(b) Ward Based

Print ward lists and handover sheets to identify new patients admitted since the previous pharmacy visit.
Transfer medicines between wards if patients have been transferred without them. This will include medicines dispensed by the hospital pharmacy as well as patients own drugs (PODs).

Support the ward pharmacists and technicians to record accurate medication histories by:

Ascertaining if the patient has brought supplies of their medicines from home
Requesting and recording consent from the patient to access their GP or Summary Care Records, printing the record, or requesting faxes from GPs to handover to the ward technician or pharmacist.
Ensure patients have enough medicines available to avoid missed doses by:
Assessing PODs as suitable for use on the hospital according to standard operating procedures.
Contacting relatives or carers with patient consent, to bring in the patients PODs into hospital if necessary.
Screening prescription charts to identify missed doses, new items prescribed and any changes to medicines that might require a supply from pharmacy, alerting the pharmacist or technician as appropriate.
Liaising with ward staff to identify any additional stock medicines that they require.
Support clinical areas to maintain safe and secure handling of medicines by:
Ensuring that all medicines for individual patients are stored correctly in the bedside locker, or elsewhere on the ward according to the standards within the Trust Medicines Charter.
Delivering patient labelled medicines to individual bedside lockers.
Participate in pharmacy-led audits as required.
Report any incidents of inappropriate storage and handling of medicines to the pharmacy technician.
Ensure that information collected is communicated to the relevant pharmacist or technician in a timely manner.
Minimise medicines waste by managing medicines returns from clinical areas according to standard operating procedures.

(c) Technical Services

Preparation of non-sterile medicinal products for specific patients e.g. suspensions, creams, ointments, powders etc.
Preparation of sterile medicinal products for specific patients in a laminar flow cabinet/isolator in a controlled clean room environment e.g. parenteral nutrition and chemotherapy treatments.
Preparation of worksheets, accurate assembly of raw materials, dosage calculations, accurate measurements using balances, graduated measures, and syringes. These operations require a high degree of manual dexterity, and competencies will be continually assessed.
Assist with the re-packaging of medicines according to standard operating procedures.

Key requirements

Entry to this course requires:

Four GCSEs at grade A*-C/ 9-4, must include English language, Mathematics and one Science subject, ideally Biology or Chemistry

Four GCSEs at grade A*-C/ 9-4, must include two Science, Mathematics and English.

Functional skills level 2 in Mathematics and English (2019 and onwards), pharmacy experience and 2 GCSEs A*-C/ 9-4 as listed above
Bradford Science Screening pass is now included in the eligibility criteria.
Must commit to achieving the BTEC Level 3 Diploma in the Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians within 2 years.
Please ensure GCSE results are listed on application.

Be part of MY team

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Application guidance:
We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.

Our benefits

Access to the NHS pension plan
Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
Extensive benefits and support, including:
Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Home electronics scheme
Car lease salary sacrifice scheme
Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
Career progression, training and support

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