Lead Technician- Education, Training & Medicines Information
| Posting date: | 10 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 - £46,580 pa pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 April 2026 |
| Location: | Wigan, WN1 2NN |
| Company: | Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7798009/302-26-7798009M |
Summary
A Vacancy at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Do you enjoy the challenges of meeting complex pharmaceutical care needs and putting evidence-based medicine to practice and where you have the capacity to make changes to improve patient care? Do you want the opportunity to be involved in the teaching anddevelopment of students and junior staff?
We are looking for an enthusiastic, innovative and self-motivatedpharmacy technicianto work within our Medicines Information service.
Are you a committed, motivated, and enthusiastic technician with a passion to teach? If so, would you like to join our pharmacy team,based at Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, providing trust wide teaching across Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS FoundationTrust.
The post will encompass both Medicines Information and Training, working in collaboration with pharmacy colleagues and clinicians whilstexpanding the Medicines Information service.
You will manage the training of technicians and pre-registration trainee technicians, senior assistant technical officers, including clinical supervisions of staff.
You will alsosupport the training of medicine management roles such as; patient medicines reconciliation, patient counselling, ordering of leavemedication, accuracy checking of prescriptions and participate in dispensary duties.
Training and support will be given as appropriate to maximise your potential! The successful candidate will be enrolled onto the next UKMi trainingCourse if you haven’t already completed this.
To manage and develop training needs of the technical staff within the pharmacy department.
To supply medicines,relevant advice or information to patients or Healthcare staff in a professional manner
Assistwith the provision of a high quality pharmacy service to patients of the Trust
To undertake general management along with HR concerns.
To support the Senior Managers Group (SMG) deliver the highest possible professional standards within the department. In conjunctionwith others to ensure that standards are equitable throughout the Trust.
To ensure staff have an understanding of and implement relevant departmental procedures. To ensure that all aspects of technicaldispensary work are covered by appropriate policies or procedures.
Ensuring that technicians, Senior assistants and assistants involved in training are competent and appropriately supported so as toprovide a high level of service to the patients in their area.
Choose Well – Choose WWL
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
Key results from the job holder
· To provide & develop a Medicines information service to the Trust.
· To mentor and train pre-registration pharmacy technicians
· To be responsible for the co-ordination of training and on-going training and education of Medicines Management Technicians.
· To manage, develop and co-ordinate safe and effective training and education packages ensuring they are kept in line with best practice and current professional guidance.
· Ensure all pharmacy technical staff are aware of training and education opportunities.
· To ensure compliance with Medicines Law, CQC requirements and internal audit.
· To ensure compliance with medicines managementguidanceissued by the Trust, GMMMG or national bodies.
· To ensure Medicines Management Technicians are up to date with training and reaccreditation.
· Work within patient services undertaking medicines optimisation/discharge duties on the wards, improving the quality of care to patients in a clinical area by means of an efficient medicines optimisation system. This will include undertaking medicines reconciliation, assessing patients own medicines ensuring they are suitable for use in hospital, one-stop dispensing to wards in preparation for patients discharge, maintaining and ordering non-stock medicines for patients and counselling patients on use of their medicines and provide information where required.
· Work in the dispensary, final accuracy checking prescriptions and provide support to the dispensary leads and lead technician in the co-ordination of the day to day running of the dispensary.
· All Pharmacy staff involved in all aspects of the Pharmacy supply chain have a personal responsibility to ensure that all activities undertaken within our hospital Pharmacy are compliant with Good Distribution Practice (GDP) and all relevant department procedures are followed effectively.
This advert closes on Sunday 22 Mar 2026
Do you enjoy the challenges of meeting complex pharmaceutical care needs and putting evidence-based medicine to practice and where you have the capacity to make changes to improve patient care? Do you want the opportunity to be involved in the teaching anddevelopment of students and junior staff?
We are looking for an enthusiastic, innovative and self-motivatedpharmacy technicianto work within our Medicines Information service.
Are you a committed, motivated, and enthusiastic technician with a passion to teach? If so, would you like to join our pharmacy team,based at Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, providing trust wide teaching across Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS FoundationTrust.
The post will encompass both Medicines Information and Training, working in collaboration with pharmacy colleagues and clinicians whilstexpanding the Medicines Information service.
You will manage the training of technicians and pre-registration trainee technicians, senior assistant technical officers, including clinical supervisions of staff.
You will alsosupport the training of medicine management roles such as; patient medicines reconciliation, patient counselling, ordering of leavemedication, accuracy checking of prescriptions and participate in dispensary duties.
Training and support will be given as appropriate to maximise your potential! The successful candidate will be enrolled onto the next UKMi trainingCourse if you haven’t already completed this.
To manage and develop training needs of the technical staff within the pharmacy department.
To supply medicines,relevant advice or information to patients or Healthcare staff in a professional manner
Assistwith the provision of a high quality pharmacy service to patients of the Trust
To undertake general management along with HR concerns.
To support the Senior Managers Group (SMG) deliver the highest possible professional standards within the department. In conjunctionwith others to ensure that standards are equitable throughout the Trust.
To ensure staff have an understanding of and implement relevant departmental procedures. To ensure that all aspects of technicaldispensary work are covered by appropriate policies or procedures.
Ensuring that technicians, Senior assistants and assistants involved in training are competent and appropriately supported so as toprovide a high level of service to the patients in their area.
Choose Well – Choose WWL
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
Key results from the job holder
· To provide & develop a Medicines information service to the Trust.
· To mentor and train pre-registration pharmacy technicians
· To be responsible for the co-ordination of training and on-going training and education of Medicines Management Technicians.
· To manage, develop and co-ordinate safe and effective training and education packages ensuring they are kept in line with best practice and current professional guidance.
· Ensure all pharmacy technical staff are aware of training and education opportunities.
· To ensure compliance with Medicines Law, CQC requirements and internal audit.
· To ensure compliance with medicines managementguidanceissued by the Trust, GMMMG or national bodies.
· To ensure Medicines Management Technicians are up to date with training and reaccreditation.
· Work within patient services undertaking medicines optimisation/discharge duties on the wards, improving the quality of care to patients in a clinical area by means of an efficient medicines optimisation system. This will include undertaking medicines reconciliation, assessing patients own medicines ensuring they are suitable for use in hospital, one-stop dispensing to wards in preparation for patients discharge, maintaining and ordering non-stock medicines for patients and counselling patients on use of their medicines and provide information where required.
· Work in the dispensary, final accuracy checking prescriptions and provide support to the dispensary leads and lead technician in the co-ordination of the day to day running of the dispensary.
· All Pharmacy staff involved in all aspects of the Pharmacy supply chain have a personal responsibility to ensure that all activities undertaken within our hospital Pharmacy are compliant with Good Distribution Practice (GDP) and all relevant department procedures are followed effectively.
This advert closes on Sunday 22 Mar 2026