BANK Pharmacy Technician

Practice Plus Group - Health in Justice; Leyland; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite parking

Access to onsite gym

Careers and development opportunities

Job summary

Practice Plus Group - Health in Justice is seeking a part-time Bank Pharmacy Technician for HMP Wymott in Leyland. The role operates within the wing-based pharmacy team on site, requiring a driver due to location.

It offers learning, induction, and career development within a secure environment. You will join a multidisciplinary healthcare team, maintain medicines records, and contribute to a safe medicines management service.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 or above, BTEC or equivalent.
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Continual Professional Development (CPD) is expected.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient-centred care and listen to feedback to inform care.
• Maintain medicines management records and follow SOPs.
• Support cost-effective prescribing within health in justice policies.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver care.

Skills

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Work unsupervised

Education

NVQ3 or equivalent

GPhC registration

CPD awareness

Job description

We have an exciting part time opportunity for a BANK Pharmacy Technician to join our Pharmacy team at HMP Wymott, a Category C male prison located in Leyland. Ideally needs to be a car driver due to location of the prison

HMP Wymott has capacity of around 1,100, and has a varied and complex population.

There are two separate pharmacy teams within the prison healthcare service: the dispensary team, which is based within the healthcare department, and the wing-based pharmacy technician team.

This role sits within the wing-based team, which consists of five members of staff and operates directly on the prison wings.

HMP Wymott Offers:

• Onsite parking
• Access to onsite gym
• Careers and development opportunities

BANK Hours:

• Monday - Friday
• 7.30am - 6pm

BANK Hourly Rate:

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 due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

Main duties of the job

As aPharmacy Technician,your responsibilities will vary. You will

• 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 incareer development,we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include bothinternal and external optionsfor development and learning.

It doesnt 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

About us

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. Were the UKs 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 Groups purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• we treat patients and each other as they would like to be treated
• we act with integrity
• 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)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• 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 youre 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.

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Job responsibilities

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting part time opportunity for a BANK Pharmacy Technician to join our Pharmacy team at HMP Wymott, a Category C male prison located in Leyland. Ideally needs to be a car driver due to location of the prison

HMP Wymott has capacity of around 1,100, and has a varied and complex population.

There are two separate pharmacy teams within the prison healthcare service: the dispensary team, which is based within the healthcare department, and the wing-based pharmacy technician team.

This role sits within the wing-based team, which consists of five members of staff and operates directly on the prison wings.

HMP Wymott Offers:

• Onsite parking
• Access to onsite gym
• Careers and development opportunities

BANK Hours:

• Monday - Friday
• 7.30am - 6pm

BANK Hourly Rate:

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 due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

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.