Medicine Optimisation Technician

Job responsibilities

Job Summary

We are seeking a dedicated Medicines Optimisation Technician to join our innovative pharmacy team. This is a non-patient facing roleyour primary focus will be on medicines optimisation, supporting safe, effective, and value-based use of medicines across urgent primary care settings. Please note while this role is currently non-patient facing, this arrangement may be subject to review in the future depending on service needs.

You will work closely with the Lead Clinical Pharmacist and multidisciplinary teams to shape and deliver our medicines optimisation strategy, ensuring the highest standards of patient care and safety.

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB:

Medicines Optimisation (core focus)

• Champion medicines optimisation initiatives, supporting the development and implementation of strategies that promote safe, effective, and cost-efficient prescribing across all NEMS services.
• Lead and support day-to-day medicines procurement and stock management, ensuring compliance with legal, professional, and financial policies.
• • Document and demonstrate achievements in medicines expenditure containment, efficient procurement, and waste reduction.
  • Review and update medicines management policies and procedures to ensure safety and effectiveness and support the roll-out of new processes.
  • Facilitate medicine safety incident reviews, ensuring learning is shared and embedded throughout clinical teams.
  • Provide expert advice and support to colleagues on medicines optimisation best practice, guidelines, and daily implementation.
  • Ensure compliance with MHRA regulations, formulary requirements, and all relevant local and national guidance.
  • Oversee risk assessment and documentation for unlicensed medicines, and ensure all medicines are labelled and presented to the highest standards.

  Communication & Collaboration

  • Act as a key liaison between pharmacy and clinical staff to ensure seamless medicines supply and promote a culture of medicines safety.
  • Communicate effectively and provide clear handover information to ensure continuity of care across shifts and teams.
  • Contribute to the development and maintenance of high standards through collaboration with senior staff and multidisciplinary teams.

  Training & Development

  • Design and deliver medicines optimisation training to clinical and non-clinical staff, ensuring up-to-date knowledge and best practice are embedded across the organisation.
  • Support the induction and ongoing development of new and external staff in medicines optimisation duties.

  Quality, Governance & Audit

  • Lead and support quality improvement projects directly linked to the medicines optimisation strategy and patient safety.
  • Conduct and support audits on medicines management, formulary adherence, antimicrobial stewardship, and controlled drug use.
  • Utilise quality improvement tools to drive continuous improvement and report outcomes to management.

  Controlled Drugs & Compliance

  • Ensure robust procedures for controlled drugs, including regular audits, discrepancy investigations, and waste management.

  Planning & Professionalism

  • Plan and review your own workload, demonstrate initiative, and ensure compliance with all governance, safety, and data protection standards.
  • Maintain professional registration with the GPhC and uphold the highest standards of professional conduct.

Additional

Essential

• Driver with ability to travel between sites (Full clean driving licence)

Experience

Essential

• Minimum 2 years post qualification experience working as a registered technician
• Experience of clinical audit
• Experience in procurement of medicines.
• Experienced in stock control, stock check, dispensing and managing stock waste.
• Experience of working with Summary Care Records
• Working in MDTs

Desirable

• Experience in delivering educational sessions/teaching.
• Hospital or community pharmacy experience
• Aware of electronic prescribing in primary care, retrieving prescription from NHS spine if needed.
• Experience of submission of FP10s to NHSBSA.

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge within a specialism
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical technical procedures
• Knowledge of legislation underpinning work of medicine management technician
• Knowledge of developing and marinating Risk register
• Keeps up to date professional knowledge by using updates

Desirable

• Datix review and supporting changes in processes
• Clinical speciality

Behaviours and Values

Essential

• Visible.
• Impactful.
• Innovative.
• Informative.
• Responsive.
• Works collaboratively with colleagues within own team and across the sectors within Nottinghamshire ICS.
• Self-motivated.
• Willing to learn new skills.
• Calm and effective under pressure.
• Willing to travel across the region as required.
• Uses plain language when carrying out duties.
• Aware of the impact of own behaviour on others.
• Challenges bias, prejudice and intolerance if appropriate or brings to the attention of a manager.
• Empowered and able to deliver.
• Maintains the highest standard of integrity in all interactions.
• Supports and challenges others in maintaining a healthy, safe and pleasant work environment.
• Works in a way that complies with legislation and organisational policy on health, safety and risk management.
• Driven by the needs of workforce priorities, patients and service users.
• Recognises that improved patient care is at the heart of all decision making

Qualifications

Essential

• Registration with GPhC
• BTEC/NVQ Level 3 in Pharmaceutical Sciences
• GCSE Grade C or equivalent in English, Maths and Science
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development

Desirable

• Clinical Qualification in Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Advanced medicines management accreditation
• Post-graduate certificate in primary care/ medicine optimisation or other.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).