Senior Pharmacy Technician - Education and Training

Job summary
Are you an experienced Pharmacy Technician with a passion for developing others and supporting high-quality patient care?

This is an exciting opportunity to take a leading role in the education, training and development of Pharmacy Technicians across Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust. You will support PTPT learners and newly qualified Pharmacy Technicians, help colleagues develop their ward-based competencies, and promote ongoing professional development across our community hospitals.

Working closely with Pharmacy Technicians and multi-disciplinary ward teams, you will provide visible leadership, supervision and line management, alongside hands-on coaching, feedback and support in practice. You will have the opportunity to make a real difference to the development of our pharmacy workforce, while also providing operational support when required to help maintain safe, responsive pharmacy services.

Please note that interviews will be held in person at Mount McKinley House, Shrewsbury, on the 19th of November.

Main duties of the job

• Lead and coordinate the local education and training plan for PTPTs and pharmacy technicians, ensuring learning objectives, placements, supervision and evidence requirements are clearly planned and monitored.
• Support PTPT recruitment, induction, placement planning and progression reviews in collaboration with pharmacy leadership, education providers and placement supervisors.
• Champion high professional standards for pharmacy technician practice, maintaining focus on patient safety, competence, professionalism and service responsiveness.
• Work alongside Pharmacy Technicians on community hospital wards to shadow practice, provide coaching, observe competence, identify development needs and support safe, consistent ways of working.
• Support service continuity by helping to deploy pharmacy technician capacity flexibly across community hospitals in response to workload pressures, absence or learner placement needs.

About us
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Details
Date posted: 23 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum/pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 825-8339886-OPS
Job locations: Mount Mckinley House, Anchorage Avenue, Shrewsbury Business Park, Shrewsbury, SY2 6FG, United Kingdom

Essential qualifications

• Current registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• BTEC/NVQ Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent pharmacy technician qualification.
• Accredited Checking Technician qualification.
• Evidence of continuing professional development and ability to maintain a CPD/revalidation portfolio.
• Able to demonstrate degree level or equivalent post registration experience as a Pharmacy Technician.
• Educational supervisor, practice supervisor, assessor or equivalent training.

Essential skills

• Good understanding of pharmacy technician professional standards, GPhC requirements, medicines legislation and safe systems for handling medicines.
• Knowledge of PTPT training requirements, workplace supervision, competency assessment and evidence-based learning principles.
• Ability to coach, mentor and provide constructive feedback in a supportive and professional manner.

Essential experience

• Significant post-registration experience includes experience in hospital, community hospital or ward-based medicines management services.
• Experience of supporting, supervising, training or assessing pharmacy staff, learners or other healthcare staff.
• Experience of line management, supervision, appraisal, return-to-work discussions or performance support, or demonstrable readiness to develop these skills.
• Experience of contributing to audit, service improvement, SOP review or competency development.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
Employer's website: https://www.shropscommunityhealth.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact: Cheryl Rowley, Chief Pharmacy Technician, cheryl.rowley1@nhs.net, 07742604116

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