Medicine Management Technician

Derbyshire Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

NHS Pension

Professional development

Annual leave

Job summary

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Medicines Management Technician at Kingsway Hospital Derby. The post supports safe, effective medicines management across inpatient wards, with governance, quality improvement and patient-centred care at its core.

You will work closely with technicians, pharmacists and nursing leads, with opportunities for professional development including NHS leadership programmes and accredited medicine management qualifications.

Qualifications

• Must hold a recognised Pharmacy Technician qualification with underpinning knowledge or be working towards.
• Accredited Checking Technician qualification or working towards.
• GPhC registration as a technician or working towards.

Responsibilities

• Participate in a high-quality medicines management service across wards.
• Reconcile inpatient medicines and ensure timely orders to patients.
• Provide medicines information to patients and carers to optimise outcomes.
• Assist with pharmacy governance audits and follow up on actions.
• Monitor leave and discharge triages for safe medicine supply.
• Regular accuracy checking of medicines.
• Be prepared to travel between sites with travel costs reimbursed.
• Preferred working days: Mon, Tue, Fri 9:00–17:15.

Skills

High accuracy

Attention to detail

Work under pressure

Education

Recognised Pharmacy Technician qualification (NVQ level 3 + underpinning knowledge)

Accredited Checking Technician Qualification

Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Pharmacy Team at Kingsway Hospital. We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, dedicated and highly motivated Medicines Management Technician to participate in the pharmacy department's safe, effective, and responsive pharmaceutical supply services to Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

The successful candidate will play a key role in improving the quality of patient care through safe and effective medicines management.

In this role you will work closely with the technicians, pharmacists and nursing leads ensuring governance standards are maintained across our inpatient units. You will have the opportunity for professional development including NHS leadership programmes and accredited medicine management qualifications.

The base for this role with be Kingsway Hospital Derby,

Main duties of the job

• Participate in supporting a high-quality medicine management service that is accurate, effective, efficient and safe to all wards.
• Ensure all new Inpatient medicines are reconciled in line with national and local policies and medicines are ordered in a timely manner to patients within the Trust.
• Provide medicines information and support to patients and carers to optimise treatment outcomes.
• Ensure pharmacy audits are completed as per schedule and governance standards are always adhered to. Ensuring audit action plans are followed up.
• Monitor and screen the leave and discharge triages for safe supply of medicines.
• Completing a regular accuracy checking session within the pharmacy.
• Independently travel between sites. Travel costs will be reimbursed.
• The preferred working days are Monday, Tuesday and Friday 9am - 5.15pm.

About us

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."

Benefits include:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities

Job responsibilities

The role will include:

• Regular inpatient ward visits
• Medicine reconciliation and checking of PODs
• Leave and Discharge Triage
• Completion of Discharge Medicines Service (DMS) dashboard
• Patient counselling
• Inpatient top up and stock top up (adhoc basis)
• Pharmacy governance audits
• Accuracy checking of medicines
• Bank Holiday working (one or two per year)

The pharmacy department promotes a culture of continuing education and development: applicants will be expected to aspire to further enhancing their own knowledge and skills.

This post will be based at Kingsway Hospital Derby.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Skills

Essential

• Recognised Pharmacy Technician qualification (NVQ level 3 in Pharmacy Services plus under pinning knowledge from BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science, BTEC, City & Guilds or equivalent) or working towards
• Accredited Checking Technician Qualification or working towards
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a qualified technician or working towards

Skills

Essential

• Works to high level of accuracy
• Show attention to detail.
• Able to work under pressure to meet service deadlines

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Closing date: 29 October 2026

Reference number: 383-MED-7940-26-A