Lead Pharmacy Technician Medicines Finance / Senior MMT

NHS; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Lead Pharmacy Technician in Nottingham. This role offers the chance to work with clinical pharmacists, contributing to patient safety and operational efficiency. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills and relevant qualifications. Experience in hospital pharmacy and project management is essential. The position is full-time with part-time options available.

Qualifications

• General Pharmaceutical Council Registered Pharmacy Technician required.
• Experience in hospital pharmacy and project management is essential.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Lead Pharmacist to identify cost-saving initiatives.
• Provide a professional medicines management service to improve patient care.

Skills

Communication

Teaching / Training

Analytical

Organisational

Education

BTEC/NVQ level 3 in pharmaceutical services

Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician

Medicine Management Assessments or Validations

Tools

Word processing packages

Spreadsheets

Databases

Job description

Go back Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Lead Pharmacy Technician Medicines Finance / Senior MMT

The closing date is 29 May 2025

We are looking for a registered pharmacy technician with a recognised checking accuracy qualification to join our Pharmacy Medicines Finance team as a Lead Pharmacy Technician / Senior Medicines Management Technician.

This post will provide you with the opportunity to gain experience in medicines procurement, finance and governance whilst working with our clinical pharmacists and other members of the multidisciplinary team to make a real difference to patient safety, patient experience and satisfaction and operational flow through the Trust.

Main duties of the job

In this combined Medicines Finance and Medicines Management Technician post you will join two of our friendly and enthusiastic pharmacy teams.

• Within our Medicines Finance team you will work closely with the Lead Pharmacist - Medicines Finance to identify, implement and monitor medicine-related cost-saving initiatives across the Trust, support medicines savings and expenditure reporting and oversee the pharmacy technical service in this area
• Within our patient-facing Medicines Management Technician team you will work with our Clinical Pharmacists and other members of the multidisciplinary team to optimise the use of medicines , in a variety of clinical areas at NUH. You will improve and support the quality of patient care on admission and at discharge within a variety of clinical areas at NUH, through the provision of a professional and effective medicines management service.This will include the assessment, and where suitable, re-use of patient's own medications, accurate and meticulous drug histories, thorough patient counselling, timely preparation of discharge prescriptions, one-stop dispensing and authorised self-checking, as well as supporting the ward teams with storage and security issues

To participate in rostered 7-day working which includes weekends and bank holidays. Whilst this post is commissioned to be full time, part-time hours will be considered for the correct candidate.

About us

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for more information about the job roles and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Registered

• General Pharmaceutical Council Registered Pharmacy Technician

Qualifications

• BTEC/NVQ level 3 in pharmaceutical services
• Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (Accredited scheme or evidence of in-house validations).
• Medicine Management Assessments or Validations (Accredited or proof of in-house training)

Experience

• Clear understanding of the role of the technician in pharmacy medicines finance services
• Previous experience in all core aspects of hospital pharmacy
• Experience of project management, risk assessments, expenditure management or audit
• Previous experience as an MMT

Communication

• Good verbal, written and interpersonal skills with an ability to liaise effectively with a wide range of staff and patients within and outside NUH Trust.
• Teaching / Training skills
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to liaise with a wide range of staff and patients at ward level

Planning and organisation skills

• Experience in organising workloads to meet pharmacy service and patients' needs
• Methodical with good organisational skills to prioritise workload, manage own time effectively and meet required deadlines
• Evidence of ability to manage change

Analytical and Judgement skills

• Proven evidence of judgement and prioritisation skills with regards to targets, deadlines and stock management
• Experience in data collection activities and analysis
• Evidence of project work
• Aware of the principles and practice of risk management and governance.

Physical Skills

• Experience in the use of word processing packages and spreadsheets/databases
• Competent in use of spreadsheets and databases.

Other requirements specific to the role

• Professional, credible, accountable, responsible and confident

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

£29,970 to £36,483 a yearper annum (pro-rata if part time)