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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
164-7861334
Employer
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
National Rehabilitation Centre
Town
Loughborough
Salary
£32,073 - £39,043 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
26/07/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust logo

Senior Medicine Management Technician - National Rehabilitation Centre

Band 5

Job overview

Do you have a passion for transforming the lives of people who have experienced severe injury or illness? Here at the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) you will join an innovative, forward-thinking team with the collective objective of providing first class rehabilitation to our patients.

Please come and join us as a Medicines Management Technician (MMT)- National Rehabilitation Centre if you wish to become part of our journey to creating a better future for rehabilitation patients. 

We are looking for a registered pharmacy technician with a recognised accuracy checking qualification and if you were successful you would become a key part of setting up and shaping the pharmacy service to this area going forwards and paving the future of rehabilitation in the UK. 

You will work with our pharmacists, medicines management assistant and other members of the multidisciplinary team to optimise the use of medicines at the NRC, making a real difference to patient safety, patient experience and satisfaction.

Your contribution will be vital but not only that, you will be supported to grow and learn through our many developmental programmes at the NRC as well as to engaging in research and innovation.

Planning for the NRC is in its advanced stages, and the building should be ready in  2026. This role will be temporarily based at Queens Medical Centre before moving over to the NRC. For more details of the centre please visit the NRC website www.nationalrehabilitationcentre.nhs.uk 

Main duties of the job

To improve and support the quality of patient care on admission and at discharge within the NRC, through the provision of a professional and effective medicines management service.

This will include the assessment, and where suitable, re-use of patient’s own medications, accurate and meticulous drug histories, thorough patient counselling, timely preparation of discharge prescriptions, one-stop dispensing and authorised self-checking, as well as supporting the ward teams with storage and security issues.

The role involves the supporting dispensary when required and performing weekend duties.  The shifted and bank holiday duties are as follows:

To participate in departmental weekends, bank holidays and late duty working as required. At the time of advertising, the weekend rota encompasses 2 half-day shifts every 4/5 weeks at the City campus or 1 full day shift every 4 weeks at the QMC campus. 

Working for our organisation

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

The NRC programme is being led by NUH and is part of the National New Hospital Programme, transforming rehabilitation services for the future. This will be a ground-breaking 70 bed facility for NHS patients based alongside and closely connected to the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre at Stanford Hall. The ‘Defence’ element is complete and has been treating patients since autumn 2018.

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for more information about the job roles and responsibilities. 

 

Person specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • BTEC/NVQ level 3 in pharmaceutical sciences or equivalent
  • General Pharmaceutical Council registered Pharmacy Technician
  • Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician (Accredited scheme or evidence of in-house validations)
Desirable criteria
  • Medicine Management Assessments or Validations (accredited or proof of in-house training)

Physical skills

Essential criteria
  • Good level of computer literacy and word processing /keyboard skills
Desirable criteria
  • Experience using electronic prescribing and medicines administration systems

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience in the admission/discharge processes within hospital pharmacy
  • Experience of management and coordination of staff within hospital pharmacy
  • Proven knowledge and experience in using computer labelling and stock control systems within hospital pharmacy
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of undertaking incident investigations
  • Experience of delivering staff training

Communiocation and relationship skills

Essential criteria
  • Good interpersonal skills with the ability to liaise with a wide range of staff and patients
  • To communicate effectively, clearly and concisely complex or sensitive information relative to medicine management back to patients, staff and colleagues
  • Able to work well in a team

Analytical and judgement skills

Essential criteria
  • Proven evidence of judgement and prioritisation skills with regards to targets, deadlines and stock management
  • Demonstrates competency under pressure
  • Accurate with good attention to detail
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of project work

Planning and Organisation skills

Essential criteria
  • Experience in organising workload to meet pharmacy services and patients’ needs
  • Demonstrate ability to multitask
Desirable criteria
  • Leadership skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Lucy Donnell
Job title
Specialist Clinical Pharmacist - NRC
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07483111798
Additional information

Caroline Cramp

Directorate Lead Pharmacist - Surgery 

[email protected]

 

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