Bank Pharmacy Technician - HMP Liverpool

Spectrum Community Health CIC; Liverpool; Sur place; GBP 24 000 - 28 000; Temps partiel

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Access to NHS Pension

Time for you (additional day off)

Refer a friend scheme

Training and Development opportunities

Flexible Working

Employee Assistance and Health & Well‑

Up to 33 days annual leave

Résumé du poste

Spectrum Community Health CIC is seeking a Bank Pharmacy Technician to join the HMP Liverpool prison healthcare team. You will support the provision and delivery of the prison pharmaceutical service, ensuring safety, legality and quality in medicines management.

The role requires assisting with medicines administration, medicines optimisation, and advice to staff and prisoners. Bank holidays and weekends are expected, with duties based on the house blocks.

Qualifications

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

Responsabilités

• Support the delivery of a prison pharmacy service, including administration and supply of medications to prisoners.
• Provide medicines optimisation and advice to colleagues and prisoners within your competency.
• Work on bank holidays and weekends; role based on the house blocks.

Connaissances

Clinical pharmacy knowledge

Communication skills

Data privacy

Literacy & numeracy

Prescribing information interpretation

Patient counselling

Report writing

Immunisation

Capillary blood testing

Formation

BTEC/NVQ level 3 in pharmaceutical sciences

Accredited technician checking qualification

Outils

Pharmacy computer systems

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Outlook

Description du poste

Employer Spectrum Community Health CIC Employer type Public (Non NHS) Site HMP Liverpool Town Liverpool Salary £17.13 - £20 +enhancements for weekends, nights and bank holiday +WTD Salary period Hourly Closing 08/11/2026 23:59

Bank Pharmacy Technician - HMP Liverpool

NHS AfC: Band 5

Job overview

Are you looking for a challenging and rewarding Bank Pharmacy Technician role and want to develop your skills in a new environment?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and focused Pharmacy Technician to join our prison healthcare team in HMP Liverpool.

As a Pharmacy Technician, you will assist with the provision and delivery of an integrated, safe, legal, high quality prison pharmaceutical service, taking into consideration, at all times, the need to maintain a high level of security.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be an integral member of the Pharmacy Team, who form part of the wider healthcare. You will be required to work bank holidays and weekends and the role is based on the house blocks.

You will be required to support the delivery of Pharmacy Services which will include the administration and supply of medication to prisoners, medicines optimisation and providing advice to other colleagues and prisoners within your competency.

Working for our organisation

BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE

Join our team

We’re looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative team.

Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge we’ve got a role for you!

• Access to NHS Pension
• Time for you (additional day off)
• 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

Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award-winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners across substance misuse, sexual health, and health and justice settings. As a not-for-profit social enterprise and Community Interest Company our focus is centred on people – our patients, service users, staff and partners.

We are building on our ambition to deliver the best in health and wellbeing on a values-driven ethos and to maintain the highest standards of patient care and service. We are an expanding organisation, but we aim to grow without compromising on quality and social value.

Our Mission

Holistic interventions delivered with compassion for the stigmatised and marginalised in our communities

Our Vision

Quality healthcare that makes a difference to people’s lives, regardless of circumstances.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information regarding the advertised role, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

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

Knowledge

• Knowledge of medicines optimisation issues
• Pharmacy legal requirements and controlled drug legislation
• Knowledge of pharmacy computer systems.
• Has a good understanding of security issues in relation to the prison environment
• Substance misuse knowledge

Skills

• Good clinical pharmacy knowledge including terminology
• Computer literate- able to use Word and Excel.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to prepare reports and bulletins
• Able to use Microsoft PowerPoint and Outlook (or competent to complete) Patient counselling skills
• Has a good understanding of data protection and confidentiality issues
• Ability to work in a complex and challenging environment
• Able to demonstrate a good standard of literacy and numeracy
• Able to interpret and understand prescribing information
• Medicines supply / administration direct to the patient
• Experience of Immunisation and vaccinations
• Experience of capillary blood testing procedures

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.