Senior Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS Trust as a Senior Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician. You will play a vital role in delivering clinical pharmacy services, supporting patient education, and collaborating with healthcare professionals. This position offers growth in a dynamic environment focused on patient-centered care.

Benefits

Career Development

Flexible Working

Wellbeing Initiatives

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacy Technician with GPhC.
• Post qualification experience in a UK hospital.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, patient-focused medicines management service.
• Educate patients about their medication and promote adherence.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Organizational Skills

Patient Consultation

Education

NVQ Level 3 Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills

BTEC Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Science

Tools

CMM Pharmacy System

Electronic Prescribing Systems

Job description

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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

Are you a qualified and GPhC-registered Pharmacy Technician seeking a new and rewarding challenge? Do you have a passion for delivering high-quality, patient-centred medicines management services? If so, we would love to hear from you.

We are offering an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated Senior Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician (MMPT) to join our expanding team within one of the UK's leading NHS Trusts. Working across both St Mary's and Charing Cross Hospitals, you will play a key role in the delivery of clinical pharmacy services to Acute Medical Units (AMU) and Elderly Medicine wards.

As part of our forward-thinking and supportive pharmacy department, you will be joining a multidisciplinary team that includes pharmacists, doctors, nurses, occupational therapists, and other allied health professionals. Together, you will work to promote safe, effective, and efficient use of medicines, with a strong focus on patient education, medicines adherence, and discharge planning.

Main duties of the job

• Assisting in the delivery of a high-quality, patient-focused medicines management service, supporting the clinical pharmacy team to ensure safe and effective medication use across the wards.
• Leading and coordinating the safe and efficient supply of medicines, including stock management, use of patients' own drugs, individual patient dispensing, and discharge medication planning.
• Supporting the clinical discharge process, ensuring accurate and timely provision of medication, counselling patients on their prescribed treatments, and promoting adherence.
• Playing a key role in educating and empowering patients about their medication to support understanding, safety, and compliance.
• Contributing to service improvements in line with local and national NHS requirements, working closely with the Senior Lead Technician and Pharmacist to support development and implementation of ward-based initiatives.
• Collaborating with doctors, nurses, occupational therapists, and other allied health professionals as a respected member of the multidisciplinary team.
• Delivering education and training sessions on medicines management to other healthcare professionals, supporting a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Providing supervision and guidance to junior staff, including Ward-based Assistant Technical Officers (ATOs),Trainee pharmacists and assisting in their development.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria

• Registered Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC
• NVQ level 3 Diploma in Pharmacy Service Skills (QCF) and relevant underpinning knowledge (BTEC Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Science) /AIMMs /MOP's accreditation or equivalent (or within 6 months of starting job role be working towards completion within 9 months of commencement of the HEE Medicines Optimisation Programme
• ACPT or recognised accredited pharmacy technician checking qualification (or to be achieved within 12 months of commencement)

Desirable criteria

• Qualified NVQ assessor
• HEE pharmacy technician self-development scheme stage 2 or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria

• Post qualification experience of working in a UK hospital; this must include a solid grounding in all aspects of hospital pharmacy
• Experience of pharmacy computer systems
• Experience of working as a ward based-technician

Desirable criteria

• Experience of CMM pharmacy system
• Experience of using electronic prescribing systems e.g. Cerner
• Experience of training others
• Experience of managing change

Skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Experience of providing patient consultations with regard to medications
• Good ability to organise and prioritise work
• Good knowledge of main roles and practice of pharmacy staff

Desirable criteria

• Leadership and delegation skills

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 568.3KB)
• Functional requirements (PDF, 424.6KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)