Lead Pharmacy Technician, Medicines Efficiency

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 56,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

Epsom and St Helier Hospitals is seeking an experienced Specialist Pharmacist/ Pharmacy Technician to lead the Medicines Efficiency Programme across the Trust. You will drive cost-saving initiatives and support safe implementation of medicine switches, working with pharmacy, finance, procurement and clinical teams.

Join a fast‑paced team driving transformation in medicines optimisation, with a focus on leadership, project management and engaging stakeholders at multiple levels across the Trust.

Qualifications

• BTEC/NVQ3 Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent qualification.
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) and professional registration with GPhC.
• Educational Supervisor / NVQ Level 2 assessor and Accredited checking technician.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and operational advice on medicines efficiencies across the Trust.
• Lead and coordinate Medicines Efficiency Programme initiatives with stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with governance, audit and KPI reporting for medicines efficiency.

Skills

Ability to organise own

Education

BTEC/NVQ3 Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent

Registration with GPhC

Educational Supervisor / NVQ Level 2 assessor

Accredited checking technician

Job description

Band 7

Main area Pharmacy Grade Band 7 Contract 12 months (Fixed term) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Seven day working pattern including bank holidays) Job ref 343-8155602-AG-I-A

Site St Helier Town Surrey Salary £55,524 - £62,652 per annum pro rata inc. HCAS outer Salary period Yearly Closing 25/09/2026 23:59

At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.

Job overview

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 exceptional
opportunity 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 reports and 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 leads to safely support the introduction of or switch to a 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, procedures and any changes.

Working for our organisation

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; and 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 us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

At gesh we are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss any flexibility they may need during the recruitment process.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Qualifications

• BTEC/NVQ3 Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent
• Registration with GPhC
• Professional registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Educational Supervisor / NVQ Level 2 assessor
• Accredited checking technician

Skills and Ability

• Ability to organise own