Pharmacy Technician

Practice Plus Group; Purston Jaglin; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is looking for a Pharmacy Technician to join their team at HMP Featherstone. The role includes providing patient-centered care, maintaining medical records, and working as part of a multidisciplinary team. Candidates should have relevant pharmacy experience and communication skills. This position is full-time with a salary ranging from £27,247 to £32,346 annually.

Benefits

Bespoke induction training

Career development opportunities

Support from the wider team

Qualifications

• Candidates must have relevant post-qualification pharmacy experience.
• Experience in a hospital, community, or prison environment is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Provide outstanding quality based patient-centred care.
• Maintain patient medical records to the agreed standard.
• Work as a key member of a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Ability to work unsupervised

Education

General GCSE education or equivalent

Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Up to date Continual Professional Development (CPD)

Job description

Featherstone, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England WV10

Pay up to £27,247 - £32,346 - Depending on experience

Hours Full time

Contract Permanent

Role Other Qualified Professional

Posted 4 Sep 2025

Closes 4 Oct 2025

Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician to join our Pharmacy team at HMP Featherstone, a category C prison located in Wolverhampton. HMP Featherstone is a male prison with a population of 678 males; this is a training prison with a layout of 7 wings. You will be based in a team of 4 consisting of Pharmacist, Pharmacy Technician and Pharmacy Assistants, with the pharmacy hatches based in the central area and on the wings.

Hours: This role is a permanent 37.5 hours per week covering shifts Monday – Sunday:

• Monday – Friday 7.30am - 5.30pm
• Weekends 8.30am - 5.30pm

Salary: This position is full time, with an annual salary between £27,247.00 - £32,346.00 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, 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, maintaining patient medical records 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, including timely administration of medicines and analysing cost effective prescribing as defined through our health in justice medicines policy.
• Work as a key member of a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals to make a real difference.

• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Up to date 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 challenging but rewarding for healthcare professionals seeking development in a dynamic setting.

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