Lead Pharmacy Technician - Medicines Efficiency
| Posting date: | 12 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £40,617.00 to £48,778.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £40617.00 - £48778.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 December 2025 |
| Location: | Slough, SL2 4HL |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9151-25-1461 |
Summary
As the Lead Pharmacy Technician Medicines Efficiency, you will have a Trust-wide remit to lead and coordinate the Medicines Efficiency Programme, ensuring delivery of cost-saving initiatives, governance compliance, and operational efficiency. You will manage a small team, act as the technical lead for medicines efficiency projects, and work closely with pharmacists, clinicians, finance, and procurement teams to embed medicines optimisation strategies. Key Responsibilities: Line manage and develop the medicines efficiency team, including recruitment, appraisals, and training. Allocate and monitor workload to meet operational and financial deadlines. Lead planning, implementation, and monitoring of medicines efficiency initiatives such as medicines switches and homecare optimisation. Analyse prescribing and financial data to identify opportunities for cost savings and report progress to senior leadership. Provide strategic oversight of homecare processes related to medicines efficiency, ensuring compliance with Trust policies and national guidance. Resolve complex queries and monitor KPIs. Ensure adherence to Trust policies, participate in audits, and contribute to service improvement initiatives. Maintain accurate records and ensure compliance with GDPR and information governance standards. Provide expert technical advice to pharmacy and clinical teams. Maintain ACPT accreditation and support dispensary workflow when required. Deliver training sessions on medicines efficiency processes, support induction and competency assessments, and identify training needs within the team. Participate in late duty, weekend, and bank holiday rotas and work across Trust sites as required.