Lead Pharmacy Technician for Clinical Services

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a leader for its clinical pharmacy technician services. This role involves overseeing medicines management and dispensary operations to ensure effective patient care. The ideal candidate should have proven experience in pharmacy leadership, quality improvement, and staff development. The organization offers a supportive environment for professional growth and encourages innovative practices. This position is crucial to maintaining high standards of patient safety and care.

Benefits

Opportunities for personal development

Supportive and friendly team

Access to Leadership Academy

Qualifications

• Proven leadership skills in clinical pharmacy services.
• Experience in medicines management and dispensary operations.
• Ability to champion quality improvement and patient safety.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the clinical pharmacy technician services.
• Ensure effective delivery of pharmacy services and patient care.
• Manage training and development of technical pharmacy staff.

Job description

Job overview

The postholder will lead and manage the clinical pharmacy technician and technical officer services across the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust, overseeing both medicines management and dispensary operations.

They will ensure safe, effective, and efficient delivery of services including medicines reconciliation, assessment of patients’ own medicines, dispensing, patient counselling, and coordination of medicine supply.

A key part of the role is to provide proactive, patient-focused clinical pharmacy support, promoting safe, effective, and cost-efficient drug use to improve patient flow and continuity of care.

The postholder will lead, develop, and support clinical pharmacy technicians and associated staff, managing induction, training, appraisal, and performance to maintain high service standards.

They will champion quality improvement, patient safety, and clinical governance, contributing to audit, research, and adherence to Trust, GPhC, and CQC standards. Working closely with senior pharmacy leaders, the postholder will drive the ongoing development of medicines management and dispensary services, ensuring they remain responsive and high performing.

In this leadership role, the postholder will act as a role model, ensuring professional, accurate, and efficient practice, and supporting a high-quality service aligned with Trust values.

Main duties of the job

To deliver and maintain an efficient ward-based service to ensure the accurate and timely supply of medicines. This service will include

• Accurate medicines reconciliation
• Interpretation of medical notes where necessary
• Assessment of patients’ own drugs
• Manages the technical work of the Dispensary at RSH and supports the Senior Pharmacy Technician for Dispensary at PRH
• Ensures the efficient and prompt supply of patient labelled medicines to the wards, clinics, departments and outpatients.
• Co-operating with other members of staff in providing an efficient pharmaceutical service

Be responsible for the operational management of the pharmacy technician and assistant technical officers services supporting of the delivery of patient focused high quality clinical care.

Ensure any quality management systems linked to pharmacy clinical services are adhered to and are kept current always encompassing best practice and support clinical governance within the care group.

To be responsible for the management, supervision, co-ordination and development of the technical workforce within the medicines management and dispensary technical teams across both sites. This includes recruitment, evaluation of work, identification of training needs, appraisal and continuing professional development (CPD)

Working for our organisation

Our Pharmacy vision is :

To provide a responsive and integrated Pharmacy service that gives outstanding patient centred care and is underpinned by a culture of innovation, safety and compassion

We’re looking for people who want to help us achieve this vision, who will help us make a difference.

What can SaTH Pharmacy offer you?

• Patient focused service
• Supportive and friendly team
• Opportunities for personal development
• A department open to new ways of working

What can SaTH offer you?

• To be part of a trust embarking on a transformational journey
• A supportive environment to enable further development of your career and your skills.
• A developing trust with recent substantial financial investment to develop the facilities and services
• Access to our Leadership Academy

We believe in ensuring our patients have a positive experience of care.

Join the team and help us to create the best possible outcomes for our patients.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.