Pharmacy Technician

Practice Plus Group; Lewes; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime pay at bank rate

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Practice Plus Group is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to join the team at HMP Lewes in Lewes, East Sussex. This role operates within a combined pharmacy and dispensing setting and offers opportunities for ACPT training and career progression. Overtime is paid at bank rate.

The position requires GPHC registration, NVQ/BTEC level qualifications, and a commitment to patient-centered care within a multidisciplinary team. 37.5 hours over a 4-day rota includes some weekend work.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 or above, BTEC or equivalent.
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Continual Professional Development (CPD) up to date.
• Relevant post-qualification pharmacy experience.
• General GCSE education or equivalent.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Able to work unsupervised whilst following policy and procedures.
• Experience in hospital, community or prison environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Be a GPHC registered pharmacy technician and integral member of the pharmacy team within a multidisciplinary clinical healthcare setting.
• Provide patient-centred, high-quality care by listening to feedback and ensuring care is personalised.
• Maintain safe medicines management and keep patient records up to date per standard operating procedures.
• Contribute to cost-effective prescribing and support the health in justice medicines policy.
• Collaborate with colleagues and external partners to deliver a trusted, safe service.

Skills

GPHC registered

Pharmacy experience

CPD

Communication skills

Education

NVQ Level 3 or above

GPhC registration

GCSEs

Job description

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician role to join our team at

About The Role

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician role to join our team at HMP Lewes, a category B men's prison located in Lewes, East Sussex.

This site has both a pharmacy and dispenser with a really strong, integrated team and due to growth looking for more Technicians. This site offers fantastic opportunity for learning and development and career progression including ACPT training. Great opportunity for overtime which is paid at the bank rate. They are always happy to invite anyone in for a look around the department and a cup of tea!

Hours: 37.5hrs over 4 days, on a 2-weekly fixed rota. It includes 1 weekend in 2.

Monday-Thursday 07:30-17:00 / Friday-Sunday 08:00-17:00

Salary

Ranges between £29,838 - £34,658 - 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

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

• As a GPHC registered pharmacy technician with Practice Plus Group you will become an integral member of pharmacy team, as well as a valued member of the multidisciplinary clinical healthcare team.
• 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.
• Focusing on 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.
• 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. Work together to make a difference to all the people we support, and make Practice Plus Group, a place where each of us feels appreciated, challenged and supported to do our best work – fulfilling the lives of others.

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.

Qualifications Required

• 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.