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Job overview Band 6 Specialist Pharmacy Technician – Medicines Value & Formulary Support We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Specialist Pharmacy Technician (Band 6) – Medicines Value & Formulary Support to join our team and help improve how medicines are used across the Trust. This is a varied and dynamic role that combines flexible, desk-based work with ward-level involvement, giving you the opportunity to work both behind the scenes and directly with clinical teams. You will support the safe, effective, and cost-efficient use of medicines, helping to ensure patients receive the best treatment while making the best use of NHS resources. You will play a key role in formulary management and medicines optimisation, including supporting work on high-cost medicines and cost-saving initiatives. The role also involves using data to track medicines use, supporting audits and reports, and helping to ensure prescribing follows agreed guidelines. As a senior technician, you will also support the day-to-day running of the service, contribute to improvements, and help develop other pharmacy staff. You will play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred medicines management services across the Trust. This is a great opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician who wants a flexible, hands-on role with variety, and the chance to make a real difference to patient care and how medicines are used across the Trust. Advert Working closely with senior pharmacists and the wider multidisciplinary team, you will: • Work collaboratively within the medicines value team to deliver safe, effective, and value-based use of medicines, with a strong focus on medicines optimisation. • Support and coordinate medicines value initiatives, including high-cost drugs, cost-effective prescribing, and optimisation programmes. • Monitor and report on medicines usage, expenditure, and savings opportunities, using data to support decision-making and improvement. • Maintain and manage data systems, tracking tools, and reporting processes to support medicines value and performance monitoring. • Support and coordinate formulary processes, ensuring medicines use aligns with Trust guidance, policies, and national recommendations. • Provide day-to-day support to the medicines value and formulary service, helping to manage workloads, priorities, and operational processes. • Support governance and documentation, including audits, reports, SOPs, and assurance activities. • Work with clinical teams at ward level and across the Trust to resolve medicines-related queries and support best practice. • Contribute to service improvement and quality improvement projects, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, value, and patient care. • Line manage and support the development of pharmacy staff, maintaining high professional standards. Working for our organisation The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country. The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006. It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority. The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high-quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is Reading's biggest employer. Reading sits on the River Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford, and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work, and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK. The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good. Our "CARE" values: C ompassionate, A spirational, R esourceful, E xcellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the job role. We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website. Staff Benefits Flexible working opportunities and a strong emphasis on your work, life balance Annual leave – 27 days for new starters, plus bank holidays. Increasing to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years NHS service. Pro rata for part time staff NHS pension scheme Employee Assistance Programme Money Advice Service Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave for eligible staff On-site nursery (based at RBH) Full educational library services Cycle to work scheme, lockable storage for cycles Bus to work scheme Excellent rail and bus links A huge range of Health Service Discounts at hundreds of big brands from holidays to gadgets and restaurants to retail. After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system (TRAC). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and furthermore, that as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. 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