Medicines Management & Medicines Value Pharmacy Technician

NHS; Reading; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Reading is seeking a passionate Pharmacy Technician to enhance its clinical pharmacy services. The successful candidate will join the Medicines Management and Value team, supporting high-cost drug programmes and ensuring safe prescribing practices. Applicants should have NVQ level 3 in Pharmacy services and be a registered Pharmacy Technician. This role provides excellent training opportunities and a chance to contribute to meaningful patient care.

Qualifications

• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council required.
• Experience in ward-based or medicines management pharmacy technician roles preferred.
• Experience in patient counselling and audit/project work.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of high-cost drug and biosimilar switch programmes.
• Maintain accurate switch tracking spreadsheets.
• Respond to queries through the biosimilar patient helpline.
• Assist with data collection for audits.
• Contribute to medicines reconciliation and patient counselling.
• Promote safe and cost-effective prescribing.

Skills

Organisational skills

Resourcefulness

Time management

Initiative

Patient counselling

Education

NVQ level 3 Pharmacy services

Professional registration as a Pharmacy Technician

Job description

Band 5 Medicines Management and Medicines Value Pharmacy Technician

The Royal Berkshire Pharmacy department is passionate about developing an excellent clinical pharmacy service and is looking for enthusiastic, innovative and self-motivated Pharmacy Technician to join our team.

Due to recent developments and advancements with investment into our Clinical Pharmacy Services, we are recruiting a Medicines Management and Medicines Value Pharmacy Technician at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.

We are looking for aspirational, enthusiastic, self-motivated and compassionate individuals to develop and advance their careers within clinical patient-facing roles.

Main duties of the job

You will be professionally registered Pharmacy Technician, organised, resourceful, have excellent time management skills and be able to demonstrate initiative to contribute to our rapidly growing team.

We welcome applications from community or candidates from other sectors of Pharmacy seeking new experiences or are keen to develop their skills in a different area of practice.

Existing Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technicians and Medicines Management trained candidates are also welcome to apply; possession of these post qualification courses is desirable.

We will provide full training and access to accredited courses that are approved against national frameworks.

You will work as part of our medicines management and value team to:

• Support the delivery of high-cost drug and biosimilar switch programmes.
• Maintain accurate switch tracking spreadsheets and databases.
• Respond to queries through the biosimilar patient helpline and inbox (within defined protocols, escalating where needed).
• Assist with data collection for audits, assurance returns, and governance reports.
• Contribute to medicines reconciliation, discharge support, and patient counselling.
• Promote safe and cost-effective prescribing, reducing waste and improving outcomes.

This is an excellent opportunity to gain experience in medicines value and optimisation while working closely with senior pharmacy staff.

About us

The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country. The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006. It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority. The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, and including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is Reading\'s biggest employer.

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live and work and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

Our "CARE" values:Compassionate,Aspirational,Resourceful,Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Job responsibilities

You will work as part of our medicines management and value team to:

• Support the delivery of high-cost drug and biosimilar switch programmes.
• Maintain accurate switch tracking spreadsheets and databases.
• Respond to queries through the biosimilar patient helpline and inbox (within defined protocols, escalating where needed).
• Assist with data collection for audits, assurance returns, and governance reports.
• Contribute to medicines reconciliation, discharge support, and patient counselling.
• Promote safe and cost-effective prescribing, reducing waste and improving outcomes.

See attached the job description and specification for more information.

Person Specification

Education, Qualifications & Training

• NVQ level 3 Pharmacy services & appropriate underpinning knowledge
• Professional registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Experience

• Experience or awareness of ward based or medicines management pharmacy technician roles.
• Experience of patient counselling
• Experience of undertaking audit/project work
• Experience of delivering developmental feedback

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.