Bank Pharmacy Technician - HMP Liverpool

The Methodist Church in Britain; Grimsby; Sur place; GBP 24 000 - 34 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Access to NHS Pension

Flexible working

Training and development opportunities

Up to 33 days annual leave

Welcome payment for some posts

Refer a friend scheme

Résumé du poste

Spectrum Community Health CIC is recruiting a Pharmacy Technician for the prison healthcare team at HMP Liverpool. The role focuses on supplying and administering medications to prisoners, medicines optimisation, and advising staff and prisoners within competency. Based on the house blocks, weekend and bank holiday work are required.

Essential qualifications include a level 3 pharmaceutical sciences qualification and an accredited technician checking qualification. GPhC registration is required.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of medicines optimisation issues.
• Knowledge of pharmacy legal requirements and controlled drug legislation.
• Good clinical pharmacy knowledge including terminology.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsabilités

• Assist with a safe, legal, high-quality prison pharmaceutical service.
• Support delivery of pharmacy services, including administration and supply of medication to prisoners.
• Contribute to medicines optimisation.
• Provide advice to colleagues and prisoners within your competency.
• Work as part of the Pharmacy Team within the wider healthcare service.
• Work bank holidays and weekends; based on house blocks.

Connaissances

Medicines optimisation

Pharmacy law

Clinical pharmacy knowledge

Communication skills

Patient counselling

Data protection

Formation

BTEC/NVQ level 3 in pharmaceutical sciences

Accredited technician checking qualification

Description du poste

Bank Pharmacy Technician post in the prison healthcare team at HMP Liverpool, with Spectrum Community Health CIC as employer. The work centres on supplying and administering medication to prisoners, medicines optimisation, and advising colleagues and prisoners within competency. The post is based on the house blocks and requires weekend and bank holiday working, with security kept high throughout. Fit depends on a level 3 pharmaceutical sciences qualification and an accredited technician checking qualification.

What the job involves

• Assist with a safe, legal, high-quality prison pharmaceutical service, keeping security at a high level
• Support delivery of pharmacy services, including administration and supply of medication to prisoners
• Contribute to medicines optimisation
• Provide advice to colleagues and prisoners within your competency
• Work as an integral member of the Pharmacy Team within the wider healthcare service
• Work bank holidays and weekends
• Work from the house blocks

Qualifications

• BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences
• Appropriate accredited technician checking qualification

Registration & licences

• GPhC registration as a pharmacy technician

Skills & knowledge

• Knowledge of medicines optimisation issues
• Knowledge of pharmacy legal requirements and controlled drug legislation
• Good clinical pharmacy knowledge including terminology
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Patient counselling skills
• Understanding of data protection and confidentiality issues

Other

• Computer literacy, including Word and Excel
• Ability to prepare reports and bulletins
• Influencing skills
• Able to use PowerPoint and Outlook, or competent to learn them
• Ability to work in a complex and challenging environment
• Good standard of literacy and numeracy

Nice to have

• Knowledge of pharmacy computer systems
• Understanding of security issues in the prison environment
• Substance misuse knowledge
• Able to interpret and understand prescribing information
• Experience of medicines supply or administration direct to the patient
• Smoking cessation advisor
• Experience of immunisation and vaccinations
• Experience of capillary blood testing procedures

What's offered

• Access to NHS Pension
• Additional day off
• Welcome payment for some posts
• Refer a friend scheme
• Training and development opportunities
• Flexible working
• Access to employee assistance and health and wellbeing programmes
• Up to 33 days annual leave