Pharmacy Assistant
Practice Plus Group - Health in Justice
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Job summary
Practice Plus Group - Health in Justice is recruiting a Pharmacy Assistant to join the Primary Care team at HMP Wakefield, a Category A men’s prison in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
The role involves general dispensary duties, stock management, and delivering pharmaceutical services across prison wings. You will work Monday to Friday, 8am-4pm, with a full-time salary up to £29,723 per annum FTE depending on experience.
Qualifications
- NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Service Skills or Assistant/equivalent or working towards.
- Medicines handling experience desirable, not essential.
- Level 2 English and Maths or equivalent.
- A non-judgmental and compassionate approach.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Good IT skills and IT literacy.
- Ability to work within a busy environment.
- Ability to work unsupervised whilst following policy and procedures.
Responsibilities
- Complete general dispensary duties and stock management.
- Be an active member of the Pharmaceutical team to ensure delivery of the pharmaceutical service.
- Provide timely and efficient service to the prison wings.
- Receive prescriptions and stick returns from wing-based clinical areas.
- Collect orders from suppliers via Main Gate and arrange return collection.
- Participate in dispensing of prescriptions.
Skills
Education
Job description
UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE + MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Pharmacy Assistant to join the Primary Care team at HMP Wakefield. A Category A men's prison in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
The site currently has a capacity of around 630 people. We offer a challenging, yet rewarding to learn and grow your career in healthcare, where you will be fully supported, and no two days are ever the same!
UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE + MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Pharmacy Assistant to join the Primary Care team at HMP Wakefield. A Category A men's prison in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
The site currently has a capacity of around 630 people. We offer a challenging, yet rewarding to learn and grow your career in healthcare, where you will be fully supported, and no two days are ever the same!
Hours Monday - Friday: 8am - 4pm
Salary This position is full time,youll receive an annual salary up to £297,23per annum FTE - depending on experience.
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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
As a Pharmacy Assistant, your responsibilities will vary. You will
- Complete general dispensary duties and stock management
- Be working as an active member of the Pharmaceutical team to ensure delivery of the pharmaceutical service
- Provide a timely and efficient service to the prison wings
- Receive prescriptions and stick returns from wing based clinical areas
- Collect orders from suppliers from the Main Gate and arrange collection of return
- Participate in dispensing of prescriptions.
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 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
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.
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 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.
- 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
- NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Service Skills or Assistant/equivalent or working towards
- Medicines handing experience desirable not essential
- Level 2 English and Maths or equivalent
- A non-judgmental and compassionate approach
- Excellent communication skills
- Good IT skills and IT literacy
- Ability to work within a busy environment
- Ability to work unsupervised whilst following policy and procedures
UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE + MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Pharmacy Assistant to join the Primary Care team at HMP Wakefield. A Category A men's prison in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
The site currently has a capacity of around 630 people. We offer a challenging, yet rewarding to learn and grow your career in healthcare, where you will be fully supported, and no two days are ever the same!
Hours Monday - Friday: 8am - 4pm
Salary This position is full time,youll receive an annual salary up to £297,23per annum FTE - depending on experience.
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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
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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.
Practice Plus Group - Health in Justice
5 Love Ln
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF2 9AG
United Kingdom
https://practiceplushij.com/ (Opens in a new tab)
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