Pharmacy Technician

Practice Plus Group; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounts on shopping and leisure

Career development opportunities

24/7 Employee assistance helpline

Job summary

Practice Plus Group at HMP Doncaster invites applications for a Pharmacy Technician to join our Pharmacy Team in a category B prison in Doncaster. You will work a 37.5 hour week on a shift rota covering early to late shifts, including weekends and bank holidays.

You will deliver a safe medicines management service, maintain patient medication records, and ensure SOPs are followed. You’ll collaborate with a multidisciplinary healthcare team to provide patient-centred care and support service

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualification in Pharmacy.
• GPhC registration and CPD commitment.
• GCSE qualifications or equivalent.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work unsupervised following policy.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality patient-centered care to prisoners.
• Deliver safe medicines management and maintain records.
• Follow SOPs and work within a multidisciplinary team.
• Contribute to service development and learning opportunities.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Patient-centered care

Education

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent

GCSEs

Registration with GPhC

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician to join our Pharmacy Team at HMP Doncaster, a category B Prison located in Doncaster.

Hours

You will work a 37.5 hour week on a shift rota covering Monday - Sunday 7am - 5.30pm, alternate weekends, and bank holidays.

Salary

This position is full time, you’ll receive an annual salary up to £41,658 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.

What you’ll be doing

• 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.
• Focussing 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 unique 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.

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

What we’ll look for in you

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 a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

• 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
• General GCSE education or equivalent
• 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.