Specialist Pharmacy Technician Med Safety, Governance and Informatics

Transformation Unit; Worthing; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension

Wellbeing support

Flexible working

Job summary

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is launching a brand-new Pharmacy Hub at Swandean, Worthing, and is looking for an exceptional Specialist Pharmacy Technician for medicines safety, governance and informatics. This role sits at the heart of medicines safety, assurance and data analysis across wards and community teams.

You will lead incident reviews, audits and reporting, support controlled drugs governance and contribute to informatics projects, training and service improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience in hospital pharmacy and medicines safety governance.
• Knowledge of medicines safety, governance and informatics.
• Professional registration with General Pharmaceutical Council.

Responsibilities

• Provide medicines safety and governance support through incident review, risk register updates, audits and assurance reporting.
• Support controlled drugs governance, including reports, audits and annual assurance requirements.
• Maintain and analyse medicine-related datasets to identify risks and opportunities for improvement.
• Promote medicines optimisation culture and safe pharmacy practice across the Trust.
• Line manage and supervise designated pharmacy staff within Trust processes.

Skills

Hospital Pharmacy experience

Medicines safety governance informics

Education

NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy Services

BTEC Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent

Registered Pharmacy Technician with GPhC

Job description

Main area Pharmacy Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours per week) Job ref 354-CO-22029

Employer Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Swandean Town Worthing Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 12/11/2026 23:59

Specialist Pharmacy Technician Med Safety, Governance and Informatics

NHS AfC: Band 6

Come and join us

We’re looking for people who share our values of compassion, accountability and optimism to help us provide high quality care for the patients, carers, families and communities we serve. We specialise in NHS mental health and learning disability services and we’re proud to make a difference every day.

At SPFT we put people first. We’ll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. You’ll have opportunities to learn, grow and gain new experiences to support your career, with access to lifelong learning and professional development.

We actively promote flexible working and understand how important work life balance is, especially in healthcare. Whether it’s part time hours, hybrid working or flexible start and finish times, we’ll explore what works for you and the role.

We recognise that tools like AI are becoming part of everyday life and you may choose to use them when preparing your application. We welcome this, as long as what you submit reflects your own experience, skills and voice. AI can be helpful for structuring or refining your answers, but it should not replace your own examples or create content that isn’t based on your real experience.

Our recruitment process is designed to get to know you, and we’ll explore your examples further at interview, so it’s important your application genuinely represents what you bring. You can read more about using AI in applications and interviews on our recruitment process page .

We’re shaping a workplace where ideas are encouraged, technology supports you and everyone has a voice in how we improve. If that sounds like the kind of organisation you want to be part of, we’d love to hear from you.

Job overview

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is launching a brand-new pharmacy supply and dispensing service to support our mental health and learning disability wards and community teams. At the heart of this transformation is a new dedicated Pharmacy Hub at our Swandean site in Worthing and we’re looking for an exceptional specialist pharmacy technician for medicines, safety, governance and informatics.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in in strengthening medicines safety, governance, assurance, service improvement and medicines informatics across the Trust.

You’ll be joining an award‑winning pharmacy team that values innovation, collaboration and professional development. You will play a pivotal role in supporting medicines safety activity, controlled drugs assurance, incident review, audit, reporting, risk management and medicines informatics, working with pharmacy, clinical, operational and digital teams to identify trends, support agreed mitigations and monitor improvement.

Main duties of the job

§ Provide medicines safety and governance support through incident review, risk register updates, audit, analysis and assurance reporting.

Support controlled drugs governance, including reports, audits, records and annual assurance requirements.

Maintain and analyse medicine-related datasets to identify risks, themes and opportunities for improvement.

Promote positive medicines optimisation culture and support safe, effective pharmacy practice across the Trust.

Line manage and supervise designated pharmacy staff within agreed Trust processes, supporting appraisal, development, performance and recruitment activity as required.

Act as a role model for professional standards, continuous improvement and effective team working.

Support an active learning environment, including training, supervision and competency development for medicines safety, governance, informatics and relevant pharmacy systems.

Produce and present clear analytical reports on medicines incidents, medicines use, spend, controlled drugs and workforce data to support assurance, escalation and improvement.

Contribute to medicines governance, informatics, service improvement and standard operating procedure development in line with Trust policy, legislation and the Medicines Code

Working for our organisation

As a mental health trust SPFT places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff, as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do.

Flexible working options to support work-life balance.

Competitive NHS benefits package (27 days’ annual leave + bank holidays, NHS pension).

Access to wellbeing support including counselling, mindfulness, and staff networks.

Work in a Trust that values innovation, diversity, and inclusivity.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Provide medicines safety and governance support through incident review, risk register updates, audit, analysis and assurance reporting.

Support controlled drugs governance, including reports, audits, records and annual assurance requirements.

Maintain and analyse medicine-related datasets to identify risks, themes and opportunities for improvement.

Promote positive medicines optimisation culture and support safe, effective pharmacy practice across the Trust.

Line manage and supervise designated pharmacy staff within agreed Trust processes, supporting appraisal, development, performance and recruitment activity as required.

Act as a role model for professional standards, continuous improvement and effective team working.

Support an active learning environment, including training, supervision and competency development for medicines safety, governance, informatics and relevant pharmacy systems.

Produce and present clear analytical reports on medicines incidents, medicines use, spend, controlled drugs and workforce data to support assurance, escalation and improvement.

Contribute to medicines governance, informatics, service improvement and standard operating procedure development in line with Trust policy, legislation and the Medicines Code

Person specification

Experience/Knowledge

• Significant Experience in Hospital Pharmacy
• Significant experience in the field of Medicines safety, Governance and Informatics

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy Services, BTEC Pharmaceutical Sciences or equivalent
• Registered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council

SPFT is committed to building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We particularly welcome applications from people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and from disabled candidates, as these groups are currently underrepresented.

Successful candidates are normally appointed to the bottom of the pay scale unless previous NHS experience in a similar role can be evidenced.

SPFT takes its responsibilities for safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk very seriously. We expect all staff and bank workers to share this commitment and complete the relevant safeguarding training for their role.

If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful. However, we’ll always do our best to keep you informed as we know how much time and care goes into applying for a role.

In the event of a high number of applications, we may close this vacancy early.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people 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.

Name Alexandra Hand Job title Lead Pharmacy Technician Email address [e-mail] Additional information Michelle Greer - Lead Pharmacy Technician [e-mail]