Pharmacy Technician

Practice Plus Group Holdings Limited; England; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a full-time Pharmacy Technician. The role focuses on delivering patient-centered care and managing medication in secure environments. Candidates should have NVQ Level 3 or equivalent, registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council, and relevant pharmacy experience. The position offers a salary of up to £40,211 per annum, depending on experience, and opportunities for career development.

Benefits

Bespoke induction training

Employee assistance helpline

Discounts on shopping and leisure activities

Qualifications

• Must have relevant post-qualification pharmacy experience.
• Ability to work unsupervised while following policies and procedures.
• Experience in a hospital, community, or secure environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient centred care based on feedback.
• Maintain patient medical records and standard operating procedures.
• Administer medicines and analyze cost-effective prescribing.

Skills

Patient centred care

Medication management

CPD compliant

Education

NVQ Level 3, BTEC or equivalent

Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

General GCSE education or equivalent

Job description

37.5 hours a week - Shifts from 7.30am - 6.30pm, working 3-4 days a week. This is based on a 3 week rolling rota and working 1 in 3 weekends, 8am-6.30pm.

• 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

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.
• 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. 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

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
• 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.

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

This position is full time, you'll receive an annual salary up to £40,211 per annum FTE - depending on experience.