Pharmacy Technician

Practice Plus Group; City Of London; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare company in London is looking for a Pharmacy Technician to join their team at HMP Wormwood Scrubs. The role includes providing high-quality pharmaceutical services, ensuring patient care standards, and maintaining the highest level of documentation. Candidates should hold an NVQ Level 3 or equivalent and have current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council. The position offers an annual salary of up to £43,756 for full-time work.

Benefits

Discounts on shopping and leisure activities

24/7 employee assistance helpline

Support for professional development

Qualifications

• Must have current UK professional registration.
• Up to date with Continual Professional Development (CPD).
• Relevant post-qualification pharmacy experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide outstanding quality based patient-centred care.
• Focus on providing a safe and secure medicines management service.
• Deliver non-judgemental care within professional standards.
• Communicate complex or sensitive information with empathy.
• Promote best practice and continuous quality improvement.

Skills

Patient-centred care

Medications management

Pharmaceutical expertise

Empathy

Education

NVQ Level 3 or above

Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Job description

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician to join our Pharmacy team at HMP Wormwood Scrubs, a category B Prison located in London. In this role you will have the opportunity to provide the highest standards of healthcare to our patients, without compromising on efficiency.

Hours

Monday to Friday: 07:30 – 17:30
Weekends & Bank Holidays: 08:30 – 17:30

Job summary

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

This position is full time working 37.5 hrs per week and you’ll receive an annual salary up to £43,756 per annum FTE – depending on experience.

Salary

Up to £43,756 per annum (FTE) depending on experience.

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.

Main duties of the job

As a Pharmacy Technician, your responsibilities will vary. You will:

• Assist with the provision and delivery of an integrated, safe, legal, high-quality prison pharmaceutical service.
• Work within the healthcare department and hold direct patient contact, which will be part of a comprehensive healthcare package, based on the prison services needs.
• Deliver the highest standard of care to clients in line with National Guidelines.

Career development If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, including internal and external options for development and learning.

Benefits

• 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

About us

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 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 fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3, or above, BTEC or equivalent
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Up to date with Continual Professional Development (CPD)
• Relevant post-qualification pharmacy experience

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a GPHC registered pharmacy technician with Practice Plus Group you will become an integral member of the pharmacy team, as well as a valued member of the multidisciplinary clinical healthcare team. You will:

• Provide outstanding quality based patient-centred care to our patients, listening to and acting on their feedback so that care is personalised and informed by what matters to them.
• Focus on providing a safe and secure medicines management service, ensuring patient medical records are maintained to the agreed standard at all times and that standard operating procedures are followed to a high and orderly standard.
• Deliver non-judgemental care within the scope of professional standards, including timely administration of medicines and analysing cost-effective prescribing as defined through our health in justice medicines policy. You will be a key member of a multidisciplinary team.
• Inspire excellence by forging strong links within our teams, our partners and stakeholders and providing a service that people can trust, feel safe within and feel proud of.
• Promote best practice, evidence-based care and continuous quality improvement, embedding a culture of shared learning. Communicate complex or sensitive information with empathy.
• Share information relating to pharmaceutical products, medicines optimisation, drug regimes, medicines legislation and general health education so that the multidisciplinary team are appropriately informed.

Person Specification

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Employer details

Employer name: Practice Plus Group

Address: 160 Du Cane Road, London, W12 0AN

Employer's website: https://practiceplusgroup.com/our-jobs/join-our-team/