# Lead Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Technician > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-medicines-optimisation-pharmacy-technician/bde15e7f-6a01-4432-90d7-498f1408dbc5 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-medicines-optimisation-pharmacy-technician/bde15e7f-6a01-4432-90d7-498f1408dbc5.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Swindon - **Region:** South West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Pharmacy technician - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 18 months (Can be offered as a secondment) - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, Compressed hours, 37.5 hours per week (Weekend, bank holiday and late night rotas) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-17T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-03T09:30:24.106Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Wiltshire/Swindon/Great_Western_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Pharmacy/Pharmacy-v8009110 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8009110?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.gwh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview ### 18-month fixed term contract ending 31st December 2027 We are seeking an experienced, motivated, and forward-thinking Pharmacy Technician to join our Acute Hospital Pharmacy Team as a Lead Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Technician. This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled pharmacy professional to play a key leadership role in delivering high-quality medicines optimisation services across the Trust. Working closely with pharmacists, multidisciplinary teams, and operational pharmacy services, you will lead on initiatives that improve patient outcomes, medicines safety, and the effective use of medicines throughout the patient journey. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to influence service development, support implementation of digital systems including EPR and electronic prescribing, and contribute to strategic medicines optimisation projects across organisational boundaries. ### Main duties of the job To provide professional and operational leadership for the Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Technician team, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation services across the Trust. You will be joining  a supportive and innovative pharmacy team, with opportunities for leadership and career development and access to further education and training. The Great Western Hospital is based close to the M4 with good transport links.  Situated in the South West you have easy access to both the surrounding countryside as well as fast links to Bristol, London and Oxford. The trust is moving to a new electronic patient record in 2027 which aims to improve the delivery of patient care. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Lead and coordinate medicines optimisation pharmacy technician services across inpatient and clinical areas - Support safe, effective, and cost-efficient use of medicines within the Trust - Work collaboratively with pharmacists, nursing teams, medical staff, and wider MDT colleagues - Lead on medicines reconciliation, transfer of care, and discharge optimisation initiatives - Contribute to the implementation and ongoing development of electronic prescribing and EPR systems - Support governance, audit, quality improvement, and medicines safety programmes - Line manage and mentor pharmacy technicians and support staffDevelop and deliver training and competency assessments for pharmacy staff - Participate in service improvement and transformation projectsSupport operational pharmacy services where require See attached job description for full details. ## Job Details We are seeking an experienced, motivated, and forward-thinking Pharmacy Technician to join our Acute Hospital Pharmacy Team as a Lead Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Technician. This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled pharmacy professional to play a key leadership role in delivering high-quality medicines optimisation services across the Trust. Working closely with pharmacists, multidisciplinary teams, and operational pharmacy services, you will lead on initiatives that improve patient outcomes, medicines safety, and the effective use of medicines throughout the patient journey. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to influence service development, support implementation of digital systems including EPR and electronic prescribing, and contribute to strategic medicines optimisation projects across organisational boundaries. ## Job Description To provide professional and operational leadership for the Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Technician team, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation services across the Trust. You will be joining a supportive and innovative pharmacy team, with opportunities for leadership and career development and access to further education and training. The Great Western Hospital is based close to the M4 with good transport links. Situated in the South West you have easy access to both the surrounding countryside as well as fast links to Bristol, London and Oxford. The trust is moving to a new electronic patient record in 2027 which aims to improve the delivery of patient care. ## Responsibilities Lead and coordinate medicines optimisation pharmacy technician services across inpatient and clinical areas Support safe, effective, and cost-efficient use of medicines within the Trust Work collaboratively with pharmacists, nursing teams, medical staff, and wider MDT colleagues Lead on medicines reconciliation, transfer of care, and discharge optimisation initiatives Contribute to the implementation and ongoing development of electronic prescribing and EPR systems Support governance, audit, quality improvement, and medicines safety programmes Line manage and mentor pharmacy technicians and support staffDevelop and deliver training and competency assessments for pharmacy staff Participate in service improvement and transformation projectsSupport operational pharmacy services where require See attached job description for full details. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Significant broad experience in a hospital pharmacy with experience of leading and managing teams - Experience working within a role involving multi-disciplinary communication - Experience of staff appraisal and objective setting - Experience of developing and training staff - Experience of recruitment and selection - Evidence of Policy and procedure development - Managing own workload to meet the needs of a service - Successful project or change management - Good knowledge of the legal requirements (Law and Ethics) for dispensing and supplying medicines, including CDs - Aware of risk and Health and Safety issues and their implications for staff - Knowledge of statutory regulations, including Medicines Act and the Misuse of Drugs Act and Regulations - Managing meetings - Knowledge and clear understanding of Good Distribution Practice (EU GDP 2013/C 343/01), and other relevant regulations, guidance and quality standards - Regular formal refresher training on EU GDP at least annually if no changes in legislation have occurred **Desirable** - Evidence of Audit and/or research experience and implementation of findings - Knowledge of national reports on development of pharmacy services ### Education, Qualifications and Training **Essential** - Currently Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council - Knowledge of pharmaceutical technical procedures acquired through training, NVQ3, BTEC in pharmaceutical science or equivalent - Accredited to clinical prioritisation module or equivalent clinical qualification or be eligible or willing to work towards - Additional training for checking dispensed prescriptions, supervising a technical area within the pharmacy to degree or equivalent level - Knowledge of medicines management, including relevant legislation and policies acquired through NVQ3 or BTEC equivalent level qualification plus specialist training and experience to degree or equivalent level **Desirable** - Evidence of Leadership and Management training equivalent to post-graduate diploma or equivalent level or equivalent experience ## Documents - [jd band 7 mmt lead (pdf, 192.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10294736) - [recruitment jobs pack (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2726) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.