Pharmacy Support Worker — Impactful Prison Healthcare

Practice Plus Group - Health in Justice; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounts on shopping and leisure

Professional development opportunities

24/7 employee assistance helpline and财

Job summary

Practice Plus Group - Health in Justice is seeking a Pharmacy Support Worker for HMP Lindholme in Doncaster. The role supports the pharmacy team with tasks like second checking, stock taking and assisting with medication administration in a category C/D prison environment.

Hours run Monday–Sunday (0730–1730) with weekend/bank holiday rotation; up to two weekends out of four. Salary £25,602 per year, with bespoke induction and career development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Medicines handling experience desirable not essential.
• Level 2 English and Maths or equivalent.
• A non-judgmental and compassionate approach.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Have the ability to recognise your own value and that of others.
• Good IT skills and IT literacy.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality support to the supply, preparation and assembly of medicines under the direction of the Responsible Pharmacist.
• Contributing to services such as medicines reconciliation, managing stock medicines, safe transportation of medicines, and provide support to a safe and secure medicines administration service whilst following polices, protocols and standard operating procedures.
• You will make a real difference as a key member of a multidisciplinary team of healthcare and pharmacy professionals supported through our bespoke Health in Justice Competency frameworks, policies and protocols, and always considering safeguarding.
• Promote Best practice, patient centred care by upholding professionalism in line with the GPhC standards.
• You will encourage patients to be actively involved in their own health and wellbeing, promoting a healthy life-style as guided through our overarching Wellbeing Approach.

Skills

Level 2 English and Maths

Good communication

Compassionate approach

IT literacy

Medicines handling experience

Job description

Practice Plus Group - Health in Justice is seeking a Pharmacy Support Worker for HMP Lindholme in Doncaster. The role supports the pharmacy team with tasks like second checking, stock taking and assisting with medication administration in a category C/D prison environment.

Hours run Monday–Sunday (0730–1730) with weekend/bank holiday rotation; up to two weekends out of four. Salary £25,602 per year, with bespoke induction and career development opportunities.