Job requirements
Essential
11 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Significant post-registration experience within hospital pharmacy
- Experience
Experience of working with electronic prescribing or digital medicines systems, including supporting implementation, testing or service optimisation.
- Experience
Experience of coordinating or undertaking clinical audits, service evaluations or quality improvement activities.
- Experience
Experience of delivering training, providing guidance and supporting colleagues in the implementation of new systems or processes.
- Experience
Experience of managing competing priorities, coordinating activities and delivering agreed outcomes within required timescales.
- Skills, knowledge & abilities
Excellent organisational and project coordination skills, with the ability to plan, prioritise and deliver work across multiple services.
- Skills, knowledge & abilities
Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret complex information, identify trends and translate findings into practical recommendations.
- Skills, knowledge & abilities
Ability to develop and deliver training, guidance and supporting materials for different professional groups. (A/I
- Skills, knowledge & abilities
Ability to establish effective working relationships and influence colleagues across professional and organisational boundaries.
- Education, qualifications & training
Registered as a pharmacist or Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) (A) • BTEC level 3 Diploma in Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians or equivalent (A)
- Education, qualifications & training
BTEC level 3 Diploma in Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians or equivalent
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of leading a digital implementation project.
- Skills, knowledge & abilities
Understanding of NHS medicines funding, prescribing costs and the Drug Tariff.
- Skills, knowledge & abilities
Experience of using performance dashboards and reporting tools.
- Education, qualifications & training
ILM3 or equivalent leadership/management qualification
- Education, qualifications & training
Practice Supervisor Train the Trainer or equivalent qualification
Job overview
Are you an ambitious, forward-thinking pharmacy technician with a passion for digital innovation, medicines optimisation and improving patient care?
We have an exciting opportunity to lead the implementation, delivery and optimisation of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) across the Trust, transforming how patients access their medicines while improving efficiency and financial sustainability.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, GPhC-registered pharmacy technician with experience in hospital pharmacy, digital systems and service improvement. Someone who enjoys leading change, working collaboratively and turning ideas into practical improvements.
This is more than a job opportunity. It is your chance to lead meaningful change, influence how medicines are delivered and help shape the future of pharmacy at Royal Berkshire.
Main duties of the job
You will play a key role in:
- EPS transformation: Leading the rollout and optimisation of EPS, redesigning prescribing and medicines supply pathways.
- Formulary and medicines optimisation: Supporting digital formulary development and promoting safe, effective and cost-efficient prescribing.
- Financial sustainability: Using prescribing data to identify efficiencies, deliver savings and demonstrate the benefits of EPS.
- Medicines safety: Supporting medicines governance, incident learning and controlled drugs assurance.
- Digital innovation: Supporting the future integration of EPS with Cerner and wider digital pharmacy developments.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As our Lead Pharmacy Technician, you will play a key role in delivering the Trust-wide implementation and ongoing development of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS), helping us improve patient access to medicines, streamline prescribing pathways and deliver safer, more efficient services.
Working closely with our Pharmacy Clinical Informatics Team, clinical pharmacy colleagues and wider multidisciplinary teams, you will lead EPS implementation, support system optimisation and training, and help us realise the benefits of digital transformation for our patients and staff.
You will also work closely with our Medicines Safety Pharmacist and Medication Safety Officer, supporting the delivery of our medicines safety priorities. This will include reviewing and analysing medicines-related incidents reported through Datix, identifying trends and opportunities for learning, coordinating audits and supporting improvement initiatives.
A further part of your role will involve supporting controlled drugs governance across our wards and clinical areas, coordinating audits, monitoring compliance and working with clinical teams to address identified risks and improve practice.
This is a varied role that brings together digital transformation, medicines safety, governance and quality improvement, offering the opportunity to work across different clinical services and make a meaningful contribution to patient care.
Want to find out more before applying? Contact Melanie Richards - melanie.richardson15@nhs.net to arrange an informal conversation with the team.
If you have the ambition, ideas and drive to make a difference, we want to hear from you. Apply today and be part of our transformation journey!
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties 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.
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This advert is for Lead Pharmacy Technician – Digital, Medicines Safety and Governance with Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust in Reading, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Pharmacy technician role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 03 Nov 2026.
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