Senior Medicines Value Pharmacy Technician

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; Reading; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust located in Reading is looking for a Band 6 Senior Medicines Value Pharmacy Technician. This role involves supporting the medicines value programme, focusing on high-cost drugs and cost-effective prescribing. The ideal candidate should be a GPhC-registered Pharmacy Technician with strong organisational and problem-solving skills. You will provide technical expertise, monitor adherence to pathways, and contribute to service development. A fantastic opportunity to take a leadership role while improving patient outcomes awaits you.

Qualifications

• GPhC-registered Pharmacy Technician with strong organisational, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Experience leading/supervising medicines management teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise to medicines optimisation and switch projects.
• Monitor adherence to pathways, protocols, and formulary choices.
• Act as the first point of contact for the biosimilar patient helpline.
• Coordinate governance and documentation processes for medicines optimisation initiatives.

Skills

Strong organisational skills

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Education

Professional registration as a Pharmacy Technician

NVQ level 3 or equivalent

Leadership or Management Experience

Tools

JAC Pharmacy computer system

Job description

Band 6 Senior Medicines Value Pharmacy Technician

Are you a Pharmacy Technician with a passion for medicines optimisation and making every pound count for patients and the NHS?

We're looking for a Band 6 Senior Medicines Management and Medicines Value Pharmacy Technician to support our medicines value programme, focusing on high-cost drugs, biosimilars, and cost-effective prescribing. This is a new post that will help deliver value for money in medicines prescribing.

In this role, you will:

Provide technical expertise to medicines optimisation and switch projects.

Monitor adherence to pathways, protocols, and formulary choices.

Maintain accurate switch tracking systems and ensure robust data reporting.

Act as the first point of contact for the biosimilar patient helpline.

Work with prescribers and pharmacy teams to resolve medicines supply or usage issues.

Contribute to audits, assurance returns, and governance reports.

Support the development of operational policies to improve efficiency and safety.

You'll need to be a GPhC-registered Pharmacy Technician with strong organisational, problem‑solving, and communication skills.

This is a fantastic opportunity to take on a leadership role in medicines management, combining technical expertise, data, governance, and patient support to improve outcomes and deliver value.

For an informal chat about the role, please get in touch with Grant Sugiura (Associate Chief Pharmacist) [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

You will play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred medicines management services across the Trust. Working closely with senior pharmacists and the wider multidisciplinary team, you will:

To work collaboratively with pharmacists and the wider medicines optimisation team to deliver safe, effective, and value-based use of medicines across the Trust.

To coordinate governance and documentation processes for biosimilar switches and other medicines optimisation initiatives.

To provide day-to-day operational leadership for the medicines value service, including managing patient support helplines, data systems, and audit activities.

To contribute to service development by identifying opportunities for efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and quality improvement in medicines use.

To line manage and develop a Band 5 Pharmacy Technician, ensuring high professional standards and personal growth.

This is a varied and rewarding post where you will combine your technical expertise with leadership, service improvement, and direct patient care.

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, 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, work, and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

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

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the role.

Person Specification

Education, Qualifications & Training

• Professional registration as a Pharmacy Technician through Technician membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council
• NVQ level 3, BTEC, or recognised equivalent qualification which will comply with the General Pharmaceutical Council's requirements for Registered Pharmacy Technicians
• Educational Supervisor, Practice Supervisor, Internal Verifier, NVQ assessor qualification or equivalent.
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Leadership or Management Experience
• Educational Supervisor, Practice Supervisor, Internal Verifier, NVQ assessor qualification or equivalent

Experience

• Significant post-registration experience in medicines management / optimisation roles
• Experience of leading / supporting medicines savings or switch programmes (e.g. biosimilar).
• Previous experience supervising or line-managing direct reports including appraisal
• Experience of implementing new services and procedures
• Experience of working with staff and organisations external to Pharmacy
• Handling non-routine/complex issues and applying judgement
• Experience in audit, KPI monitoring, performance reporting
• Experience in governance processes, policy/SOP maintenance, or audit
• Experience of using the JAC Pharmacy computer system
• Experience with homecare services
• Experience in policy development or implementation
• Experience in patient-facing roles, including helplines or counselling.

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.