BANK Pharmacy Technician

Practice Plus Group; Onley; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite parking

Access to gym

Health and Wellness Benefits

Training and Development opportunities

Job summary

Practice Plus Group is recruiting a BANK Pharmacy Technician for HMP Onley, a male category C prison near Rugby. You will deliver safe and high-quality pharmacy services at multiple housing blocks, with ACT qualification as desirable.

The role offers weekend, bank holiday shifts and competitive hourly pay. You’ll be part of a multidisciplinary team, contributing to medicines management, patient care and cost-effective prescribing while adhering to policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• GPhC registration is required to practise as a pharmacist technician.
• Continual Professional Development (CPD) commitment is expected.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills for a prison healthcare setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, patient-centred pharmacy services within the prison setting.
• Maintain accurate medicines records and comply with standard operating procedures.
• Manage medicines dispensation and cost-effective prescribing within policy.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary healthcare team.

Skills

GPhC registration

CPD awareness

Communication skills

Independent worker

Hospital/prison healthcare experience

Education

ACT Qualification (desirable)

Job description

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a BANK Pharmacy Technician to join our Pharmacy Team at HMP Onley, a category C Prison located in Rugby.

About The Role

As a BANK Pharmacy Technician, you will deliver safe, effective and high-quality pharmacy services within the prison setting. You will be primarily based at the pharmacy hatches located across the house blocks. You will hold an ACT qualification, although this is not essential.

HMP Onley is a male prison with a current population of approx 980 men. The establishment is undergoing expansion, with three new house blocks planned to accommodate an additional 150 men.

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

HMP Onley Offers

• Onsite parking
• Access to gym
• Health and Wellness Benefits
• Training and Development opportunities

BANK Hours

• Weekdays - 7.30am - 6.30pm
• Weekends and BH - 8am - 6pm

Bank Hourly Rate

• Weekdays - £24.62
• Weekends - £26.53
• Bank Holidays - £31.84

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 they 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.

• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• ACT Qualification - desirable
• Up to date with Continual Professional Development (CPD)
• Relevant post-qualification pharmacy experience
• 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 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.