Qualified Pharmacy Technician
Location: Hutt Hospital
Contract: Permanent, part-time (0.95FTE / 38 hours per week)
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we’re building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whānau-centred care, and excellence.
About the Role
This is a 38 hours per week, permanent Level 5 NZ Qualified Pharmacy Technician position. Your primary role as a Pharmacy Technician will be to provide dispensing, compounding, and repacking services in a hospital environment. There are potential opportunities to participate in ward-based multidisciplinary teams, assisting the pharmacists with medicines reconciliation, assessment of patients’ own medicines, and discharge counselling. This role will primarily be based at the Hutt Hospital campus, but may require you to work at the other hospitals within the District.
About the Team/Service Location
The pharmacy team is well respected by clinicians, nursing staff, and senior management across the organisation, and is constantly looking at ways to improve the service and care it delivers. As a pharmacy department, we have a strong clinical presence across all areas of the hospital and linkages into our local community. We provide a comprehensive range of pharmaceutical care and extended roles to a variety of clinical areas. Our team values professional growth and development and is focused on safe and effective medicines management for our patients.
About you
- NZ Qualified, Level 5 Pharmacy Technician
- 1+ year pharmacy experience, hospital preferred
- Highly self-motivated, keen to learn
- Excellent team player
- Great oral and written communication
Working at Health New Zealand
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is ‘the weaving of wellness’. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations. We embrace diversity and welcome application from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and disability. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.
How to Apply
To apply please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers’ portal by Date. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Philip.Adamson@tewhatuora.govt.nz
We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advertisement.
Permanent, Permanent/Full Time, Permanent/Part Time
Job no: AH127-26
Location: Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt
Closing Date: Sunday, 9 August 2026