Pharmacy Technician

Practice Plus Group; Wymott; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite parking

Access to onsite gym

Careers and development opportunities

Discounts on shopping and leisure

24/7 employee assistance helpline

Financial assistance when needed

Job summary

Practice Plus Group invites applications for a Pharmacy Technician to join the HMP Wymott pharmacy team. The role sits with the wing-based team, supporting medicines management and delivering patient-centred care within a secure environment.

The position requires registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council, CPD activity, and post-qualification pharmacy experience. Onsite parking, gym access, and career development opportunities are available.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 or above, BTEC or equivalent
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Up to date with CPD
• Post-qualification pharmacy experience
• General GCSE education or equivalent
• Able to work unsupervised whilst following policy and procedures

Responsibilities

• Provide patient-centred care to patients.
• Maintain medicines management records and follow SOPs to a high standard.
• Support cost-effective prescribing within Medicines Policy.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary healthcare team.

Education

NVQ Level 3 or above / BTEC or equivalent

Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Continual Professional Development (CPD)

Post-qualification pharmacy experience

General GCSE education or equivalent

Ability to work unsupervised while following policy and procedures

Job description

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting part time opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician to join our Pharmacy team at HMP Wymott, a Category C male prison located in Leyland. Ideally needs to be a car driver due to location of the prison

About The Role

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting part time opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician to join our Pharmacy team at HMP Wymott, a Category C male prison located in Leyland. Ideally needs to be a car driver due to location of the prison

HMP Wymott has capacity of around 1,100, and has a varied and complex population.

There are two separate pharmacy teams within the prison healthcare service: the dispensary team, which is based within the healthcare department, and the wing-based pharmacy technician team.

This role sits within the wing-based team, which consists of five members of staff and operates directly on the prison wings.

HMP Wymott Offers:

• Onsite parking
• Access to onsite gym
• Careers and development opportunities

Hours:

• 37.5 hours per week
• Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
• 07:30 - 5.30pm
• Potential weekends as and when required

Salary:

This position is full time, you’ll receive an annual salary up to £34,428 - £41,658per 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 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
• 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.