Pharmacy Technician

Practice Plus Group; Long Marston; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounts on shopping and leisure

24/7 employee assistance helpline

Financial assistance when you need it

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Practice Plus Group is recruiting a Pharmacy Technician to join the Health in Justice team at HMP Long Lartin. You will deliver patient-centred medicines management and work as part of a multidisciplinary healthcare team.

The role includes maintaining accurate patient records, following standard operating procedures, and contributing to cost-effective prescribing. A background in NHS services or prison healthcare is valued, with full right to work in the UK and suitability checks.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 or above, BTEC or equivalent required.
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Up-to-date CPD participation.Post-qualification pharmacy experience appreciated.
• General GCSE education or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient-centred care within medicines management.
• Maintain patient medical records to the standard expected.
• Follow SOPs and contribute to cost-effective prescribing.
• Work as a key member of a multidisciplinary healthcare team.

Skills

Patient-centred care

Team collaboration

Unsupervised work

Education

NVQ Level 3 or above

BTEC or equivalent

Registration with GPhC

CPD (Continual Professional Development)

GCSE or equivalent

Job description

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

About The Role

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician to join our Pharmacy team at HMP Long Lartin. HMP Long Lartin is a Category A male prison with a capacity of 620 inmates located in the village of South Littleton in the Wychavon district in Worcestershire. We offer a challenging, yet rewarding to learn and grow your career in healthcare, where you will be fully supported, and no two days are ever the same! Due to the location of HMP Long Lartin you will ideally be a car driver.

Hours

• Monday – Sunday
• 37.5 hours per week
• Weekdays & Weekend shift patters -7.30am – 8pm
• 1.5 week in a month

Salary

This position is full time, you'll receive an annual salary up to £29,264 - £33,510 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.

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

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
• 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.