Lead Pharmacy Technician Governance & Medicines Safety

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Pharmacy Technician to join the Medicines Governance & Safety Team within the Pharmacy Department.

The successful post holder will support the development and delivery of medicines safety initiatives within pharmacy and across the Trust, helping to ensure safe, effective, and high-quality use of medicines for patients.

You will work closely with pharmacists, nursing staff, ward teams, governance leads, and the Medication Safety Officer to investigate incidents, support audits, develop standard operating procedures (SOPs), and contribute to quality improvement projects.

This role is ideal for an experienced pharmacy technician with a strong interest in governance, patient safety, medicines optimisation, and service improvement.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will:

• Support the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality services by supporting and co-ordinating governance and risk management activities within the department
• Support the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality services by supporting and co-ordinating governance and risk management activities within the department
• Assist in the investigation and reporting of medication incidents and near misses
• Analyse trends from incident reporting systems and identify areas for improvement
• Participate in medicines safety audits and quality improvement projects
• Monitor compliance with medicines management policies and national guidance
• Support the implementation of medicines related alert actions
• Assist in the development and review of SOPs and medicines policies
• Promote safe and secure handling of medicines across clinical areas
• Deliver medicines safety training and education to pharmacy and ward staff
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to improve patient outcomes
• Support controlled drug governance activities where required
• Maintain accurate governance documentation and audit records
• Produce routine and ad hoc reports for reporting within pharmacy, to the Trust and for external organisations such as CQC.

Job responsibilities

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.