Job Description

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.
In this role, you will:
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.
You'll need to be a GPhC-registered Pharmacy Technician with strong organisational, problem-solving, and communication skills.
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
Main duties of the job
You will play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred medicines management services across the Trust. Working closely with senior pharmacists and the wider multidisciplinary team, you will:
To work collaboratively with pharmacists and the wider medicines optimisation team to deliver safe, effective, and value-based use of medicines across the Trust.
To coordinate governance and documentation processes for biosimilar switches and other medicines optimisation initiatives.
To provide day-to-day operational leadership for the medicines value service, including managing patient support helplines, data systems, and audit activities.
To contribute to service development by identifying opportunities for efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and quality improvement in medicines use.
To line manage and develop a Band 5 Pharmacy Technician, ensuring high professional standards and personal growth.
This is a varied and rewarding post where you will combine your technical expertise with leadership, service improvement, and direct patient care.
About us
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:Compassionate,Aspirational,Resourceful,Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
Details
Date posted
05 December 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
38,682 to 46,580 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
193-7497039NCG-A
Job locations
Royal Berkshire Hospital
London Road
Reading
RG1 5AN
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached and Person Specification for further details of the role. Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached and Person Specification for further details of the role.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications & Training
Essential

• Professional registration as a Pharmacy Technician through Technician membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council
• NVQ level 3, BTEC, or recognised equivalent qualification which will comply with the General Pharmaceutical Council's requirements for Registered Pharmacy Technicians
• Educational Supervisor, Practice Supervisor, Internal Verifier, NVQ assessor qualification or equivalent.
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• Leadership or Management Experience
• Educational Supervisor, Practice Supervisor, Internal Verifier, NVQ assessor qualification or equivalent

Experience
Essential

• Significant post-registration experience in medicines management / optimisation roles
• Experience of leading / supporting medicines savings or switch programmes (e.g. biosimilar).
• Previous experience supervising or line-managing direct reports including appraisal
• Experience of implementing new services and procedures
• Experience of working with staff and organisations external to Pharmacy
• Handling non-routine/complex issues and applying judgement
• Experience in audit, KPI monitoring, performance reporting
• Experience in governance processes, policy/SOP maintenance, or audit

Desirable

• Experience of using the JAC Pharmacy computer system
• Experience in developing Pharmacy services
• Experience with homecare services
• Experience in policy development or implementation
• Experience in patient-facing roles, including helplines or counselling.

Person Specification
Education, Qualifications & Training
Essential

• Professional registration as a Pharmacy Technician through Technician membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council
• NVQ level 3, BTEC, or recognised equivalent qualification which will comply with the General Pharmaceutical Council's requirements for Registered Pharmacy Technicians
• Educational Supervisor, Practice Supervisor, Internal Verifier, NVQ assessor qualification or equivalent.
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• Leadership or Management Experience
• Educational Supervisor, Practice Supervisor, Internal Verifier, NVQ assessor qualification or equivalent

Experience
Essential

• Significant post-registration experience in medicines management / optimisation roles
• Experience of leading / supporting medicines savings or switch programmes (e.g. biosimilar).
• Previous experience supervising or line-managing direct reports including appraisal
• Experience of implementing new services and procedures
• Experience of working with staff and organisations external to Pharmacy
• Handling non-routine/complex issues and applying judgement
• Experience in audit, KPI monitoring, performance reporting
• Experience in governance processes, policy/SOP maintenance, or audit

Desirable

• Experience of using the JAC Pharmacy computer system
• Experience in developing Pharmacy services
• Experience with homecare services
• Experience in policy development or implementation
• Experience in patient-facing roles, including helplines or counselling.

Skills Required