BANK Pharmacy Technician

Practice Plus Group; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK seeks a Bank Pharmacy Technician for their Pharmacy team at HMP Leicester. The role involves delivering patient-centered care, managing medicines, and contributing to a multidisciplinary team. Candidates should have NVQ Level 3 or above in Pharmacy and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council. This position offers a rewarding opportunity to work in a secure environment, with competitive hourly rates and career development options.

Benefits

Discounts on shopping and leisure activities

24/7 employee assistance helpline

Financial assistance when needed

Qualifications

• Ability to provide quality patient-centered care.
• Experience with medicines management standards.
• Up-to-date with Continual Professional Development (CPD).

Responsibilities

• Deliver patient-centered care with focus on feedback.
• Maintain patient medical records to agreed standards.
• Administer medicines following professional standards.

Skills

Patient care

Medicines management

Cost-effective prescribing

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

NVQ Level 3 or above, BTEC or equivalent

Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

General GCSE education or equivalent

Job description

About The Role

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Bank Pharmacy Technician to join our Pharmacy team at HMP Leicester, a category B Prison located in Leicester.

HMP Leicester is a local prison holding men who are on remand as well as sentenced. It has an operational capacity of around 400. The prison is located in the City Centre and is a 15-minute walk from the station.

Hours

• Monday - Sunday
• Apply OR Apply

Hourly rate:

• Weekdays £23.83
• Weekends £25.68
• Bank Holidays £30.82

How will we support you?
Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
Competency framework
Regional and national career development opportunities
Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
Support from the wider team

Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

What you'll be doing

• Provide outstanding quality based patient centred care to our patients seeking out, listening to and acting on their feedback so that care is personalised and informed by what matters to them.
• Focussing on providing a safe and secure medicines management service, ensuring patient medical records are maintained to the agreed standard at all times and ensuring standard operating procedures are followed to a high and orderly standard.
• Deliver non-judgemental care within the scope of professional standards. Involving anything from the timely administration of medicines through to analysing cost effective prescribing as defined through our unique health in justice medicines policy.
• You will make a real difference by working as a key member of a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals.

If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.

It doesn't stop there... we also offer:

• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

What we'll look for in you

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We're the UK's leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

Practice Plus Group's purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
• we act with integrity
• we embrace diversity
• we strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

• NVQ Level 3, or above, BTEC or equivalent
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Up to date with Continual Professional Development (CPD)
• Relevant post-qualification pharmacy experience
• General GCSE education or equivalent
• Able to work unsupervised whilst following policy and procedures

Although not essential ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment.

Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you're looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.