Crucial Date for Foundation Trainee Pharmacists Recruitment
If you are considering recruiting a foundation trainee pharmacist for 2026-27, you will need to register on the Oriel platform. There are now 4 employer types - Hospital, Community Pharmacy, GP and Other.
The National Recruitment Scheme also known as Oriel will be the only route to employing a foundation trainee pharmacist for the 2026-27 foundation training year.
Employer registration for the 2026-27 training year for Oriel is now open and closes at 23:59 on 1st March 2025 and any employers not registered will be unable to recruit a trainee for that year.
You can also read about the Foundation Training Programme and your obligations in the Employers Handbook. This includes the need to provide the trainee with a prescribing learning environment, a Designated Supervisor and a Designated Prescribing Practitioner as foundation trainee pharmacists will register as Independent Prescribers at the end of the training year.