Lead Pharmacy Technician, Medicines Efficiency

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group seeks an experienced Specialist Pharmacist/ Pharmacy Technician to lead its Medicines Efficiency Programme and support the LMWH Switch initiative. You will work with the Principal Pharmacist to drive cost improvement and formulary changes across the Trust.

The role focuses on leadership, project management and stakeholder engagement to deliver transformational efficiency in medicines use.

Qualifications

• Experience of medicines efficiency programmes or cost-saving initiatives is desirable.
• Strong leadership potential to drive transformational change.
• Enthusiasm and drive to lead change across the Trust.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and operational advice on medicines efficiencies.
• Lead and coordinate the Medicines Efficiency Programme across the Trust.
• Collaborate with pharmacy, finance, procurement and clinical teams on projects.
• Ensure governance, audit and KPI reporting compliance.
• Support the medicines efficiency work‑plan with regular status updates.
• Monitor medicines expenditure and address cost pressures and CIP plans.
• Liaise with service managers to support new medications or switches.

Skills

Medicines efficiency

Project management

Leadership

Job description

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Specialist Pharmacist/ Pharmacy Technician, Medicines Efficiency to join our Pharmacy team and play a pivotal role in delivering the Trust'sMedicines Efficiency Programme.

This is an exciting opportunity for a pharmacy technician who wants to develop their leadership, influencing and project management skills while working at the forefront of medicinesoptimisation and cost improvement.

About the Role

Working closely with the Principal Pharmacist for Medicines Efficiency, you will lead and coordinate medicines efficiency initiatives across the Trust, supporting the safe implementation of medicines switches, cost improvement programmes and formulary changes. A key focus of the role will be contributing to the Trust's flagship Low Molecular Weight Heparin (LMWH) Switch Programme - a highly visible and strategically important Cost Improvement Programme (CIP) with significant organisational impact. This programme offers an exceptionalopportunity for the successful candidate to demonstrate and further develop projectmanagement skills, stakeholder engagement and change leadership across clinical, operationaland corporate teams.

About You

Experience of medicines efficiency programmes, cost-saving initiatives or project managementwould be highly desirable, but most importantly we are looking for someone with theenthusiasm, drive and leadership potential to help deliver transformational change.

Main duties of the job

• The provision of technical and operational advice on all matters of medicines efficiencies
• To assist the Principal Pharmacist Medicines Efficiency to lead and coordinate the Medicines Efficiency Programme across the Trust, ensuring timely implementation of agreed switches and cost-saving initiatives
• To act in collaboration with the Principal Pharmacist Medicines Efficiency as key liaison between pharmacy, finance, procurement, and clinical stakeholders for medicines efficiency projects.
• To ensure compliance with governance, audit, and KPI reporting requirements.
• To support the overall medicines efficiency work‑plan, providing regular status reportsand assisting teams in achieving deadlines.
• To assist the Principal Pharmacist Medicines Efficiency to monitor and evaluate medicines expenditure across the Trust, identifying and putting plans in place to address cost pressures and Cost Improvement Plans
• To liaise with service managers nursing and clinical lies to safely support the introduction of or switch to new  medication as part of a cost improvement plan.
• To ensure regular communication within the team needs to be maintained in relation to working  practices , and any changes., At gesh we are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss any flexibility they may need during the recruitment process.

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre ( SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a  hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a  hospitals group will help we .. ?