Senior Pharmacy Technician - Clinical Governance/Medicines Management

NHS; King's Lynn; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A National Health Service Trust is seeking a Senior Pharmacy Technician to lead the development of guidelines for medicines management and work on quality improvement initiatives. The ideal candidate should have extensive hospital experience, strong leadership skills, and qualifications in pharmaceutical science. This role offers a salary between £38,682 and £46,580 per annum, promoting a community atmosphere and a commitment to continuous development at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

Qualifications

• Extensive post-qualification experience within a hospital.
• Leadership and management experience.
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and implementation of guidelines for medicines management.
• Collaborate on quality improvement and medication safety initiatives.

Skills

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Supervisory skills

Ability to work on own initiative

Flexibility within the working environment

Education

NVQ Level 3 in pharmaceutical science

BTEC in pharmacy services

Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

NVQ Assessor

Job description

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn NHSFT

Senior Pharmacy Technician - Clinical Governance/Medicines Management

The closing date is 10 December 2025

Main Duties

• Lead development and implementation of national and local guidelines and initiatives to support medicines management and clinical governance across the trust.
• Collaborate with the Highly Specialist Medicines Management Pharmacist to drive quality improvement and medication safety initiatives.

About us

There’s never been a more exciting time to join Team QEH. We’re working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state‑of‑the‑art hospital due to open in 2031/32 and are also carrying out one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we’ve ever undertaken.

Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper‑based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined‑up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.

At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community‑based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.

We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.

We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, pride ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award‑winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Training and Professional Development

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical science and BTEC in pharmacy services
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• NVQ Assessor

Experience

• Extensive post‑qualification experience within hospital
• Experience of working in a multi‑disciplinary team
• Leadership and management experience
• Keen to increase knowledge/personal development
• Ability to demonstrate an understanding of hospital pharmacy and its staff skill mix

Skills, abilities and knowledge

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to demonstrate supervisory skills
• Ability to demonstrate working on own initiative and common sense
• Ability to demonstrate flexibility within the working environment

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.

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum pro rata