Pharmacy Technician

Practice Plus Group; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On site secure car parking

On site gym

Career development opportunities

Discounts on shopping and leisure

24/7 employee assistance helpline

Financial assistance

Job summary

Practice Plus Group seeks a Pharmacy Technician for its Health in Justice team at HMP Hewell in Worcestershire. The role focuses on safe medicines management, patient-centred care, and adherence to nursing and clinical standards in a secure environment.

You will join a multidisciplinary team, contributing to ongoing professional development and a robust induction programme. The position is full-time with career progression opportunities.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Provide patient-centred care and respond to feedback to tailor care.
• Maintain medicines management records and follow SOPs.
• Deliver non-judgemental care within professional standards, supporting cost-effective prescribing.
• Work as a key member of a multidisciplinary healthcare team.

Skills

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Unsupervised work

Education

NVQ Level 3 or above

GCSEs or equivalent

General Pharmacy Council registration

Job description

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician to join our Pharmacy team at HMP Hewell which is a category B remand prison based in the village of Tardebigge in Worcestershire and home for up to 1200 males.

About The Role

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician to join our Pharmacy team at HMP Hewell which is a category B remand prison based in the village of Tardebigge in Worcestershire and home for up to 1200 males.

HMP Hewell offer's:

• On site secure car parking
• On site gym
• Career development opportunities.

Hours

The site currently offers a 37.5 hour working week with shifts covering weekdays and every other weekends.

Salary

This position is full time, you'll receive an annual salary up to £33,510 per annum.

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

• 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 they 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
• 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.