Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician

Job overview

Interested in becoming a Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician?

Come and join our Pharmacy Team at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

The pharmacy division of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust are looking for outstanding applicants with a high degree of enthusiasm, flexibility and commitment to train and study to become a registered Pharmacy Technician.

The post offers a two-year fixed term training contract, with rotations across all four sites Manchester Royal Infirmary (Oxford Road) Wythenshawe Hospital, Trafford General Hospital and North Manchester General Hospital.

Each of the departments provide an extensive range of services where Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technicians play an important role working under supervision supported by a multi-disciplinary team including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians. Their responsibilities are varied and include medicines management duties at ward level undertaking medicines reconciliation, assessing patients own medicines for suitability and ordering medication for individual patients. The role is integral in providing a quality dispensing service for all patients within the Trust.

4 GCSEs/equivalent grades A-C/4-9:

• English language
• Mathematics
• Chemistry
• Another science subject preferably Biology (dual or combined science award accepted)

Please ensure GCSE results are listed on application 

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The successful post-holder will follow a comprehensive two-year training programme under a Technical Service rotation covering all aspects of hospital pharmacy across all sites of MFT; to include rotations within stores, procurement, outpatient pharmacy receiving, validating prescriptions, issuing medicines, dispensing for mental health prescriptions, medicines management as well as the opportunity to undertake additional training in governance and safety.

Students will attend college on a day release to achieve the BTEC Level 3 Diploma in the Principles and Practices for Pharmacy Technicians. This is a demanding role and will require study both in work and in your own time. The expectation is to dedicate at least 10 hours each week to facilitate the completion of your studies. You will receive full support from an Educational Supervisor and qualified pharmacy assessors to complete the qualification.

Working with us gives you the knowledge, skills, behaviours and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet new people & do things you'd never have done.

You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

Working for our organisation

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. 

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary. 

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we launched in September 2022. 

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable. 
 
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.