Senior Pharmacy Technician - Homecare & Infection Services

Job summary

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Pharmacy Technician - Homecare & Infection Services to join our dynamic pharmacy team. This specialist role is pivotal in managing HIV homecare medicines and supporting the delivery of high-quality medicines management across infection services and other specialist areas.

You will provide expert advice on homecare medicines and processes to patients, carers, and homecare contractors, ensuring safe, efficient, and cost-effective use of medicines. The postholder will lead on training and development for HIV homecare, support medicines management across multiple clinical areas, and contribute to audits and governance activities within the Trust.

This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive pharmacy technician with strong leadership skills and a passion for improving patient care through innovative medicines management.

Main duties of the job

Key responsibilities include:

• End-to-end oversight of HIV homecare medicine management and processing.
• Supporting homecare services in other specialist areas alongside the Lead Technician - Homecare.
• Delivering specialist advice and training to pharmacy staff and healthcare professionals.
• Providing medicines management support to infection services and a range of wards.
• Support the Principal Pharmacist Infection Services in expenditure and reports for infection services.
• Line management of staff, including appraisals and one-to-one meetings.
• Developing training packs, policies, and audits to improve medicines management.
• Maintaining ACPT accreditation and providing technical support to dispensary and satellite pharmacies.

What We're Looking For:

You will need excellent communication skills and enjoy working as part of a large multi-disciplinary team. We are looking for someone who is:

• Friendly, approachable, and adaptable
• Flexible and willing to learn new skills
• Committed to continuous professional development

You must be a pharmacy technician registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and have experience of line managing other members of staff.

Additional Information:

This is a full-time post, and the postholder will be required to participate in weekend working and late duties as per rota. You may also be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.