Overview
Band 6 Senior Medicines Value Pharmacy Technician
Are you a Pharmacy Technician with a passion for medicines optimisation and making every pound count for patients and the NHS?
We’re looking for a Band 6 Senior Medicines Management and Medicines Value Pharmacy Technician to support our medicines value programme, focusing on high-cost drugs, biosimilars, and cost-effective prescribing. This is a new post that will help deliver value for money in medicines prescribing.
Responsibilities
* Provide technical expertise to medicines optimisation and switch projects.
* Monitor adherence to pathways, protocols, and formulary choices.
* Maintain accurate switch tracking systems and ensure robust data reporting.
* Act as the first point of contact for the biosimilar patient helpline.
* Work with prescribers and pharmacy teams to resolve medicines supply or usage issues.
* Contribute to audits, assurance returns, and governance reports.
* Support the development of operational policies to improve efficiency and safety.
Requirements
You’ll need to be a GPhC-registered Pharmacy Technician with strong organisational, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Opportunity
This is a fantastic opportunity to take on a leadership role in medicines management, combining technical expertise, data, governance, and patient support to improve outcomes and deliver value.
For an informal chat about the role, please get in touch with Grant Sugiura (Associate Chief Pharmacist) grant.sugiura@royalberkshire.nhs.uk
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