Specialist Pharmacy Technician ESM / E&T | University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

University Hospitals of Leicester; Leicester; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is seeking a Specialist Pharmacy Technician – MMT / Training to join the training team across the trust's main hospital sites in Leicester. The role focuses on training, assessment and ensuring high-quality medicines management to support patient care.

The post involves clinical and ward services under the CMG Lead Pharmacist, maintaining CPD, and contributing to training across pharmacy technicians and support staff, with dispensary duties as required.

Qualifications

• Contribute to training and assessment of pharmacy technicians, assistants and support staff to meet GPhC standards.
• Support clinical and ward services under the direction of the CMG Lead Pharmacist.
• Improve medicines management quality through patient counselling, drug history taking, one-stop dispensing and discharge coordination.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to all aspects of pharmacy technician, assistants and support staff training and assessment.
• Provide a range of clinical and ward services under the CMG Lead Pharmacist.
• Improve the quality of care of patients in a clinical area via medicines management services including drug history taking and discharge coordination.
• Undertake dispensary based duties according to service need.
• Monitor training, CPD, registration and appraisals for all staff.

Job description

Specialist Pharmacy Technician ESM / E&T | University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Specialist Pharmacy Technician – MMT / Training team

Band:

5

Base:

You may be required to work in other designated locations of the Trust as well as your primary base. In particular, flexibility is required across the three main hospital sites (Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester General Hospital and Glenfield Hospital). If your initial location is one of these sites excess travel reimbursement would not apply for a permanent or temporary change of base.

Reports to:

Accountable to:

• To contribute to all aspects of pharmacy technician, assistants and support staff training and assessment. Ensuring sufficient skills, knowledge and competence to meet the professional and service standards required by General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) to ensure the delivery of high quality patient care.
• In addition to also support the technical aspects of pharmacist training, ensuring sufficient skills, knowledge and competence to meet the professional and service standards required by General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Provide a range of clinical and ward services under the direction of the CMG Lead Pharmacist
• To improve the quality of care of patients in a clinical area by the provision of an efficient medicines management service. To include drug history taking, facilitation of the use of patient’s own drugs, one stop dispensing, counselling patients about their medicines and discharge co-ordination
• Support the system for monitoring training, appraisal, registration and CPD for all staff
• Undertake dispensary based duties according to service need

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We have four primary goals:

• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact,
• research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive,
• we are one team

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:

Please see attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details.

This is a generic job description some CMG’s may have specific requirements including: - attendance at pre-admission clinics, costing of drugs and regimens, additional record keeping of specialist drugs, setting up computerised systems to assist in this. Involvement in audit of practice, setting up and invoicing of clinical trials and reclaiming money for drugs subsidised for non-commercial clinical trials.

This advert closes on Monday 26 Oct 2026