Pharmacy Technician

Practice Plus Group; Coventry; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare services provider in the UK is seeking a Pharmacy Technician for their team at Heathrow IRC. This permanent position offers a competitive salary of £34,125 to £41,475 per annum. Candidates should possess NVQ Level 3 or above and be ACT qualified, with excellent communication skills. This role involves providing patient-centered care and ensuring secure medication management within a multidisciplinary team.

Benefits

Bespoke induction training

Career development opportunities

24/7 employee assistance helpline

Discounts on shopping and leisure activities

Qualifications

• Relevant post-qualification pharmacy experience.
• Experience in hospital, community or prison environment is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient centered care and listen to feedback.
• Maintain patient medical records and ensure standard operating procedures.
• Deliver non-judgemental care and timely medicinal administration.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Ability to work unsupervised

Education

NVQ Level 3 or above, BTEC or equivalent

Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

ACT Qualified

Up to date with Continual Professional Development (CPD)

Job description

Job summary

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician to join our Pharmacy team at Heathrow IRC, a Immigration Removal Centre located in West Drayton. Heathrow IRC combines Colnbrook and Harmondsworth removal centres under one management structure, making it the largest immigration removal centre in Europe, with a capacity of 965 residents. We are looking for a Pharmacy Technician who can dispense and is ACT qualified; you will be working alongside 8 other Pharmacy Technicians, and you will be based within the healthcare department.

Hours:

This is a permanent full time role:

• Monday - Sunday service
• 37.5 hours per week
• 8.30am - 4.30pm / 7am - 7.30pm
• Rota's are done 4 weeks in advance

Salary:

This position is full time, you’ll receive an annual salary between £34,125 - £41,475 per annum 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

• Provide outstanding quality based patient centred care to our patients seeking out, 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 ensuring standard operating procedures are followed to a high and orderly standard.
• Deliver non- judgemental care within the scope of professional standards, involving anything from the timely administration of medicines through to analysing cost effective prescribing as defined through our Health in Justice medicines policy.
• You will make a real difference by working as a key member of a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals.

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 doesn’t 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

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.

• NVQ Level 3, or above, BTEC or equivalent
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• ACT Qualified
• Up to date with Continual Professional Development (CPD)
• Relevant post-qualification pharmacy experience
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Able to work unsupervised whilst following policy and procedures

Although not essential, ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment.

Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you’re 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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician to join our Pharmacy team at Heathrow IRC, a Immigration Removal Centre located in West Drayton. Heathrow IRC combines Colnbrook and Harmondsworth removal centres under one management structure making it the largest immigration removal centre in Europe, with a capacity of 965 residents. We are looking for a Pharmacy Technician who can dispense and an ACT qualified; you will be working alongside 8 other Pharmacy Technicians, you will be based within the healthcare department.

Hours:

This is a permanent full time role:

• Monday - Sunday service
• 37.5 hours per week
• 8.30am - 4.30pm / 7am - 7.30pm
• Rota's are done 4 weeks in advance

Salary:

This position is full time, you’ll receive an annual salary between £34,125 - £41,475 per annum 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

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Practice Plus Group

Address: Colnbrook By-Pass, Harmondsworth, West Drayton, UB7 0HB

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

Salary: £34,125 to £41,475 a year