Lead Technician- Education, Training & Medicines Information
LocationWigan, England, United Kingdom
Posted At3/11/2026
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Occupation Type
IT operations technicians
Occupation Code Skill LevelMedium Skilled
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£41,700
(£21.38 per hour)
Standard minimum applies
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Description
Do you enjoy the challenges of meeting complex pharmaceutical care needs and putting evidence-based medicine to practice and where you have the capacity to make changes to improve patient care? Do you want the opportunity to be involved in the teaching and development of students and junior staff?
We are looking for an enthusiastic, innovative and self-motivated pharmacy technician to work within our Medicines Information service.
Are you a committed, motivated, and enthusiastic technician with a passion to teach? If so, would you like to join our pharmacy team, based at Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, providing trust wide teaching across Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The post will encompass both Medicines Information and Training, working in collaboration with pharmacy colleagues and clinicians whilst expanding the Medicines Information service.
You will manage the training of technicians and pre-registration trainee technicians, senior assistant technical officers, including clinical supervisions of staff.
You will also support the training of medicine management roles such as; patient medicines reconciliation, patient counselling, ordering of leave medication, accuracy checking of prescriptions and participate in dispensary duties.
Training and support will be given as appropriate to maximise your potential! The successful candidate will be enrolled onto the next UKMi training Course if you haven’t already completed this.
To manage and develop training needs of the technical staff within the pharmacy department.
To supply medicines, relevant advice or information to patients or Healthcare staff in a professional manner
Assist with the provision of a high quality pharmacy service to patients of the Trust
To undertake general management along with HR concerns.
To support the Senior Managers Group (SMG) deliver the highest possible professional standards within the department. In conjunction with others to ensure that standards are equitable throughout the Trust.
To ensure staff have an understanding of and implement relevant departmental procedures. To ensure that all aspects of technical dispensary work are covered by appropriate policies or procedures.
Ensuring that technicians, Senior assistants and assistants involved in training are competent and appropriately supported so as to provide a high level of service to the patients in their area.
Choose Well – Choose WWL
We are looking for an enthusiastic, innovative and self-motivated pharmacy technician to work within our Medicines Information service.
Are you a committed, motivated, and enthusiastic technician with a passion to teach? If so, would you like to join our pharmacy team, based at Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, providing trust wide teaching across Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The post will encompass both Medicines Information and Training, working in collaboration with pharmacy colleagues and clinicians whilst expanding the Medicines Information service.
You will manage the training of technicians and pre-registration trainee technicians, senior assistant technical officers, including clinical supervisions of staff.
You will also support the training of medicine management roles such as; patient medicines reconciliation, patient counselling, ordering of leave medication, accuracy checking of prescriptions and participate in dispensary duties.
Training and support will be given as appropriate to maximise your potential! The successful candidate will be enrolled onto the next UKMi training Course if you haven’t already completed this.
To manage and develop training needs of the technical staff within the pharmacy department.
To supply medicines, relevant advice or information to patients or Healthcare staff in a professional manner
Assist with the provision of a high quality pharmacy service to patients of the Trust
To undertake general management along with HR concerns.
To support the Senior Managers Group (SMG) deliver the highest possible professional standards within the department. In conjunction with others to ensure that standards are equitable throughout the Trust.
To ensure staff have an understanding of and implement relevant departmental procedures. To ensure that all aspects of technical dispensary work are covered by appropriate policies or procedures.
Ensuring that technicians, Senior assistants and assistants involved in training are competent and appropriately supported so as to provide a high level of service to the patients in their area.
Choose Well – Choose WWL
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Claire Warburton Job title: Team Leader Email address: claire.warburton@wwl.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01942822488
Cheryl Abernethy
Cheryl.abernethy@wwl.nhs.uk
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Claire Warburton Job title: Team Leader Email address: claire.warburton@wwl.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01942822488
Cheryl Abernethy
Cheryl.abernethy@wwl.nhs.uk