Foundation Trainee Pharmacist National Recruitment Scheme

Registration for employers is now closed. Regional Leads will now review the programme information submitted to ensure it complies with NHS England's statutory responsibilities.

If any programme information requires amendment, a representative will be in touch, via email, with employers directly over the next few weeks.

Employer details and programme information will be available on the Oriel platform from early June for prospective applicants to view. Employers should also review the information via Oriel in June to ensure they still want to continue to recruit via the National Recruitment Scheme.

Employers who have successfully filled their programmes during the 2025 recruitment round, should log into Oriel for relevant details to contact applicants in a timely manner and begin the process off initiating employment contracts for onboarding in Spring.
Further information on the 2026-2027 training year, including the Terms of Participation and employer programme information can be found by clicking on the 'Employer information and FAQs' page above.

The recruitment and selection process to foundation trainee pharmacist training places aims to have methods that are fair, transparent and free from discrimination.

We publish our recruitment and selection methods within the applicant handbook.

The processes are designed and delivered by the Pharmacy National Recruitment Office (PNRO) working in partnership with local offices of NHS England and Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW). However hard we try to respond to the wishes and aspirations of applicants accessing our recruitment services, we do recognise that, on occasion, our service may fall short of expectations. If you believe this has happened to you, you can use the complaints procedure below, which tells you how to make a complaint and how it will be handled.