Pharmacy Technician

Practice Plus Group Holdings Limited; Uttoxeter; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to deliver high-quality care at HMP Dovegate in Uttoxeter, England. This role offers an annual salary of £29,264 - £33,510, depending on experience. Responsibilities include managing medications and providing patient-centered care. Ideal candidates require NVQ Level 3 or equivalent registration. Flexible hours may be available for part-time work.

Benefits

Discounts on shopping and leisure activities

Professional development support

24/7 employee assistance helpline

Qualifications

• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council is required.
• Must be up to date with Continual Professional Development (CPD).
• Relevant post-qualification pharmacy experience is needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide outstanding quality-based patient-centered care.
• Ensuring patient medical records are maintained to agreed standards.
• Administering medicines and analyzing cost-effective prescribing.

Skills

Patient-centered care

Medicines management

Communication

Pharmaceutical product knowledge

Education

NVQ Level 3, BTEC, or equivalent

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician to join our Pharmacy team at HMP Dovegate, a category B Prison located in Uttoxeter in Staffordshire. In this role, you will have the opportunity to provide the highest standards of healthcare to our patients, without having to compromise on efficiency and quality.

Hours: 37.5 hours a week - working 07:00 - 18:00 across 3 days on a rolling rota. One in 4 weekends working 07:45-18:15 weekends and some bank holidays. Part-time hours can be considered.

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

• Provide outstanding quality-based patient-centered care to our patients, seeking out, listening to, and acting on their feedback so that care is personalized and informed by what matters to them.
• Focusing 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.
• Administration of medicines through to analyzing cost-effective prescribing as defined through our unique health in justice medicines policy.
• Inspire excellence by forging strong links within our teams, our partners, and stakeholders.
• Promote best practice, evidence-based care, and continuous quality improvement, embedding a culture of shared learning.
• Share information relating to pharmaceutical products, medicines optimization, drug regimes, medicines legislation, and general health education so that the multidisciplinary healthcare team are appropriately informed.

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.

Requirements:

• 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.

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.

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders, and immigration removal centers. 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.

You'll receive an annual salary between £29,264 - £33,510 per annum - depending on experience.