Lead Pharmacy Technician

Practice Plus Group; West Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Practice Plus Group is seeking a Directorate Lead Pharmacy Technician to drive medicines management and leadership across prisons and secure environments in the Midlands. The role is senior, regional, and home‑based with travel to sites as required.

You will lead pharmacy teams, ensure safe, high‑quality services, and contribute to service development within a strong governance framework.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3, BTEC, or equivalent qualification enabling registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Current full GPhC registration.
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD).
• Significant experience in a senior pharmacy technician role.
• Experience working across multiple sites.
• Experience implementing medicines optimisation programmes.
• Experience collaborating with clinical and non‑clinical colleagues to deliver high‑quality patient care.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert medicines management and medicines optimisation guidance.
• Lead safe, high‑quality pharmacy services across the region.
• Develop and support pharmacists and technicians; promote professional standards.
• Drive continuous quality improvement and governance activities.
• Ensure compliance with GPhC and CQC standards.
• Review incidents and audits to improve patient safety.
• Support implementation of safety frameworks and service mobilisation.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder liaison

CPD evidence

Education

NVQ Level 3 / BTEC

Job description

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Directorate Lead Pharmacy Technician to join the Health in Justice service at Practice Plus Group.

About The Role

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Directorate Lead Pharmacy Technician to join the Health in Justice service at Practice Plus Group.

You will work across the Midlands Directorate.

This role is home based, with travel to sites across the directorate as required.

This is a senior leadership role supporting pharmacy services across prisons and other secure environments within the directorate. You will provide professional leadership for pharmacy teams, ensure safe and effective medicines management, drive quality improvement, and contribute to strategic service development

Salary & Hours

This position is full time working 37.5 hours per week.

You will receive an annual salary of £55,000 to £60,000 per annum.

How will we support you?

• Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
• Competency framework
• Regional and national career development opportunities
• Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
• Support from the wider team

Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks

What you'll be doing

As the Directorate Lead Pharmacy Technician your responsibilities will vary. You will:

• Provide expert advice on medicines management, medicines optimisation, and polypharmacy.
• Lead the delivery of safe, legal, high-quality pharmacy services across the region.
• Support and develop pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, promoting professional standards and leadership capability.
• Drive evidence-based practice and continuous quality improvement.
• Lead clinical governance activities and ensure compliance with regulatory standards, including GPhC and CQC requirements.
• Review incidents, complaints, audits, and investigations to improve patient safety.
• Support implementation of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF).
• Ensure services are safe, effective, responsive, caring, and well-led.
• Work as part of the Directorate Leadership Team and contribute to service strategy.
• Support innovation, business development, bids, and mobilisation of new healthcare services.
• Build relationships with external stakeholders, commissioners, NHS England, and partner organisations.

If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.

What we’ll look for in you The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 60 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We’re the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
• we act with integrity
• we embrace diversity
• we strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

Qualifications, skills and experience required:

• NVQ Level 3, BTEC, or equivalent qualification that enables registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Current full GPhC registration.
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD).
• Significant experience in a senior pharmacy technician role.
• Experience of working across multiple sites.
• Experience implementing evidence-based medicines optimisation programmes.
• Experience working collaboratively with both clinical and non-clinical colleagues to deliver high-quality patient care.