Senior Pharmacy Technician (Pharmacy Medicines Purchasing for Safety Lead)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 20/08/2026
- Closes
- 31/08/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Senior Pharmacy Technician at Barts Health, focusing on medicines purchasing for safety. Based at The Royal London Hospital, the post holder will lead on procurement governance, medicine shortages management, unlicensed medicines oversight, and safety-focused contract validation. The role involves working closely with senior pharmacy leaders and multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe, compliant, and resilient medicines procurement across the Trust. We are seeking an enthusiastic, proactive individual with excellent communication skills and a passion for patient safety.
Essential criteria
- BTEC level 3 Diploma in Principles and practice for pharmacy technicians or equivalent (2)
- Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification ILM3 or equivalent leadership / management qualification
Desirable criteria
- Practice Supervisor Train the trainer or equivalent qualification
- Significant, recent experience in direct patient-facing clinical pharmacy role
- Demonstrate experience of delivering safety initiatives and improved patient outcomes
- Evidence of basic teaching and tutoring in a hospital setting through training others e.g. pre-registration pharmacy technicians
- Experience of Medication Safety and governance
- Experience with organising and chairing meetings
- Use of Datix incident reporting system or equivalent
- Successful experience of managing & leading change projects
- Lead on in service development action plans
- Writing and presenting complex reports
- Experience in managing incident investigations
- Experience of working with senior healthcare professionals outside of Pharmacy
- Experience of leading or supervising practice research or audit
- Experience of identifying and managing risk
- Experience of protocol/guideline development
- Track record of successful team working
- Experience using pharmacy stock management systems (CMM)
- Evidence of successful design and implementation of new supply processes.
- Experience of successfully managing staff, performing appraisals and giving feedback
- Management of Medicine Shortages
- Understanding of GPhC Revalidation requirements
- Knowledge of medicines management systems at the ward level
- Up to date knowledge of legislation relevant to pharmacy practice, e.g. controlled drugs, Health and Safety at Work
- Understanding of stock control systems
- An awareness of current national standards, guidelines and service delivery issues relevant to area of practice
- Maintains a broad level of pharmacy practice
- Understanding of stock control systems
- Knowledge of Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines requirements
- Understanding of the importance of adherence to SOPs and legislation
- Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the medication safety and clinical governance agenda
- Understands national and local priorities
- Knowledge of regulations and legislation relevant to area of practice
- Demonstrates a good understanding of patient safety initiative
- Demonstrated knowledge of Quality systems
- Knowledge of interface issues relevant to different patient groups
- Knowledge of Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF)
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Be able to influence senior medical staff, the multidisciplinary team and management teams
- Able to motivate self and others
- Be able to implement and manage change
- Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail
- Able to accurately follow written procedures under pressure Demonstrates numeracy skills and ability to perform accurate, complex calculations
- Other
- Leads by example, promoting the Bart's health values
- Able to push heavy trolleys
- Able to lift heavy loads frequently of up to 15kg
- Membership of the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK)
- BTEC level 3 Diploma in Principles and practice for pharmacy technicians or equivalent (2)
- Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
- Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification ILM3 or equivalent leadership / management qualification
- Practice Supervisor Train the trainer or equivalent qualification
- Significant, recent experience in direct patient-facing clinical pharmacy role
- Demonstrate experience of delivering safety initiatives and improved patient outcomes
- Evidence of basic teaching and tutoring in a hospital setting through training others e.g. pre-registration pharmacy technicians
- Experience of Medication Safety and governance
- Experience with organising and chairing meetings
- Use of Datix incident reporting system or equivalent
- Successful experience of managing & leading change projects
- Lead on in service development action plans
- Writing and presenting complex reports
- Experience in manag
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Job summary
A great opportunity has arisen to join the Pharmacy Team at Barts Health as our Pharmacy Medicines Purchasing for Safety Lead, based at The Royal London Hospital with cross-site working. This role is central to ensuring safe, compliant and resilient medicines procurement across the Trust.
You will lead on procurement governance, medicine shortages management, unlicensed medicines oversight, and safety-focused contract validation, working closely with senior pharmacy leaders and multidisciplinary teams.
Key responsibilities include:
Leading safe, compliant procurement processes and supplier oversight
Managing Trust-wide medicine shortages and switch-back planning
Coordinating unlicensed medicines governance, audits and stock reviews
Conducting safety assessments, packaging checks and contract validation
Producing KPIs, dashboards and audit reports for governance forums
Supporting incident investigations, policy development and digital optimisation
We are looking for an enthusiastic, proactive pharmacy technician with excellent communication skills, strong attention to detail and a passion for patient safety.
For more information, please contact: [email removed] or [email removed]
Main duties of the job
o To provide expert leadership and governance oversight of procurement activities within the pharmacy department, ensuring
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