Lead Pharmacy Technician for Transformation & High Cost Drugs
| Posting date: | 24 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £50,008.00 to £58,785.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £50008.00 - £58785.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 April 2026 |
| Location: | Guildford, GU2 7XX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9384-26-0226 |
Summary
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust spent circa £54m on medicines in 2021/22, of which approximately £48m was on PBR excluded medicines (i.e. high cost drugs excluded from tariff) and £6.7m on PBR medicines (i.e. medicines included in the tariff). The pharmacy co-ordinates the medicines management cost improvement and transformation programme, which has consistently delivered over £1.5m for the last few years. In addition, the Trust works closely with Surrey Heartlands CCG to support delivery of the QIPP programme and there is a joint medicines transformation programme to support the Guildford & Waverley ICP. The Lead Pharmacy Technician for Transformation & High Cost drugs, will work as part of the Pharmacy Business & Transformation Team, and will play a pivotal role in: Identifying, developing and implementing a range of cost improvement, transformation and quality improvement projects both within the Trust and across the local healthcare system Improving and maintaining systems and processes for high quality data and maximising the pass through of PBR excluded drug spend to commissioners; ensuring close working with the informatics, contracts and finance teams to ensure accurate SLAM reporting