Specialist Clinical Pharmacy Technician - Specialist Medicine

NHS; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Gillingham is seeking a Specialist Clinical Pharmacy Technician. This role involves collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, providing leadership and enhancing patient outcomes through medicines optimisation. The ideal candidate will have extensive clinical knowledge and experience, excellent leadership skills, and a commitment to delivering exceptional patient care. The position offers a salary range of £38,682 - £46,580 per annum, with benefits including potential sponsorship for skilled workers.

Qualifications

• Extensive medicines optimisation experience in a clinical setting.
• Expert in completing patient consultations, counselling and documenting medicines reconciliations accurately.
• Experience managing staff and demonstrating leadership.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient outcomes through medicines optimisation.
• Provide operational leadership to clinical pharmacy technicians.
• Educate, train, and develop materials to support medicines governance.

Skills

Line management and supervisory skills

Ability to advise, instruct, train, assess and appraisal of staff

Education

Registrant of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science or NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services

Higher level Leadership/Clinical qualification or relevant experience

National Accredited Checking Technician qualification

Job description

Overview

Specialist Clinical Pharmacy Technician - Specialist Medicine

Division: Cancer and Core Clinical Services

Care Group: Diagnostics and Therapies

Band: 6

Salary: £38,682 - £46,580 per annum/pro rata

Interview Date: Tuesday 3rd March 2026

We are recruiting for a Specialist Clinical Pharmacy Technician who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Responsibilities

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a forward-thinking Specialist Clinical Pharmacy Technician with extensive clinical knowledge and experience to join our specialist medicine team. Candidates should be highly motivated, a team player and able to work under pressure. This is a unique opportunity for a pharmacy technician who is clinically experienced and has excellent leadership skills.

In this pivotal role, you will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient outcomes through medicines optimisation to ensure patient safety, and contribute to the development of innovative pharmacy services within the care group.

This is an innovative role to utilise and further develop skills in leadership, team management and drive improvement and service delivery to support the clinical strategy for the department and trust.

Provide operational leadership to clinical pharmacy technicians, ensuring effective ward cover and service delivery. Be a leading clinical pharmacy technician expert in a defined area of speciality, collaboratively developing protocols and delivering the service (e.g. antimicrobial prescription review or Medical Infusion Suite (MIS) prescriptions).

Line manage and contribute to the education and training of pharmacy staff, being an educational and practice supervisor where required. Proactively provide patient-facing services, including the counselling of patients.

Work with the multidisciplinary team to educate, train and develop materials to support medicines governance, optimisation, formulary, safety and pathways. Review and present medicines use and expenditure data to drive change. Identify and implement efficiencies in operational processes and medicines use to reduce medicines expenditure and system wastage. Contribute to the department and Trust's audit and research agenda.

Qualifications and Requirements

Qualifications (Essential)

• Registrant of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science or NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy Services, or a GPHC recognised equivalent qualification
• Higher level Leadership/Clinical qualification or relevant experience
• National Accredited Checking Technician qualification

Knowledge (Essential)

• Understanding and knowledge of NHS and how the integrated care systems work
• Understanding and knowledge of high-cost drugs and Blueteq process
• Knowledge of clinical practice at an advanced level or working towards it

Experience (Essential)

• Extensive medicines optimisation experience in a clinical setting
• Expert in completing patient consultations, counselling and documenting medicines reconciliations accurately
• Experience of managing staff, leadership

Skills (Essential)

• Line management and supervisory skills
• Ability to advise, instruct, train, assess and appraisal of staff

Values Based Question (Essential)

• Give an example of a time when you have gone the extra mile to help someone

Other information

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.

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

Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

Employer details: Medway NHS Foundation Trust, Windmill Road, Gillingham, ME7 5NY. Employer's website: https://www.medway.nhs.uk/