Senior Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician

Job overview

If you’re a GPhC registered Pharmacy Technician who thrives in a fast paced clinical environment and enjoys contributing to real time clinical decision making, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

We are seeking a motivated and experienced Senior Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician (MMPT) to join our expanding clinical pharmacy team within one of the UK’s leading NHS Trusts. This role is based across St Mary’s Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital, where you will play a key role in delivering high quality clinical pharmacy services at the frontline of patient care.

You will work closely with Emergency Medicine, Acute Medical Unit (AMU) and Elderly Medicine wards, supporting medicines optimisation and safe use of medicines in a demanding and rewarding clinical setting.

As part of a forward thinking, multidisciplinary team (MDT), you will collaborate with pharmacists, doctors, nurses, occupational therapists and other allied health professionals to ensure the safe, effective and efficient use of medicines. You will have a strong focus on patient education, medicines adherence, discharge planning and service development initiatives, helping to improve patient outcomes and overall hospital journeys. Please note: Interviews for this position are expected to take place on 07 october 2026. Candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted with further details closer to the date.

Main duties of the job

• Supporting medicines reconciliation on admission
• Conducting patient consultations and adherence assessment
• Educating patients and staff on medicines optimisation and safe practice
• Acting as a role model and mentor to junior staff and trainee pharmacy technicians
• Participating in audit, service evaluation and quality improvement initiative

We are proud to have one of the largest pharmacy departments in the UK, with approximately 300 pharmacy professionals working across our three London sites: St Mary’s, Charing Cross and Hammersmith Hospitals. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, supportive and developmental working environment where staff are encouraged to reach their full potential. In return, we offer: •Experience in delivering medicines management services within acute and high demand clinical environments •Access to comprehensive in house training and relevant external education •Ongoing career development through mentorship, structured appraisals and personalised development plans •A thorough induction programme and continuous professional development •A friendly, collaborative and supportive team culture •Excellent support from experienced pharmacy and clinical leadership

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

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.