Pharmacy Technician

NHS; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is looking for a Pharmacy Technician to join a new healthcare team at a men's prison near York. The role involves delivering a high-quality pharmaceutical service in a secure environment, focusing on patient-centered care and medicines management. Ideal candidates will have pharmacy experience and be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council. This full-time position offers a salary up to £40,211 per annum and extensive support for professional development.

Benefits

Bespoke induction training

Career development opportunities

Employee assistance helpline

Discounts on shopping and leisure activities

Qualifications

• Up to date with Continual Professional Development (CPD).
• Able to work unsupervised whilst following policy and procedures.
• Experience in a hospital, community or prison environment is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the provision of a safe, legal, high-quality pharmaceutical service.
• Hold direct patient contact as part of comprehensive healthcare.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Clinical judgement

Patient care

Communication skills

Education

Relevant post-qualification pharmacy experience

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician to be one of the first to join our team at HMP Millsike, a Category C men's prison, located in Full Sutton near York.

HMP Millsike is a newly built prison with an operational capacity of 1500 places. As part of the Government's drive to cut reoffending, prisoners spend their sentences learning the skills they need to find work on release.

This role is to be part of a new healthcare team from the inception of a brand new prison site. There is lots of opportunity for development within this role, including ACT training upon successful completion of probation.

Job summary

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

Hours 37.5 hours a week, working 3 long days in week 1 and 2 long days plus weekend in week 2. This will run on a 10 week rolling rota. Weekday hours are 6.45 - 19.15 (11.5 hrs) and weekend hours are 8.00-17.45 (8.75 hrs).

Salary This position is full time and you’ll receive an annual salary up to £40,211 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

Requirements

• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Up to date with Continual Professional Development (CPD)
• Relevant post-qualification pharmacy experience
• Able to work unsupervised whilst following policy and procedures

Although not essential, ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment.

Main duties of the job

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

• Assist with the provision and delivery of an integrated, safe, legal, high-quality prison pharmaceutical service, taking into consideration, at all times, the need to maintain a high level of security.
• Hold direct patient contact, which will be part of a comprehensive healthcare package, based on the prison services needs
• Share information relating to pharmaceutical products, medicines management, drug regimes, medicines
• 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, including 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

About us

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.

Requirements

• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Up to date with Continual Professional Development (CPD)
• Relevant post-qualification pharmacy experience
• Able to work unsupervised whilst following policy and procedures

Although not essential, ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment.

Job responsibilities

As a GPHC registered pharmacy technician with Practice Plus Group you will become an integral member of the pharmacy team and a valued member of the multidisciplinary clinical healthcare team. You will:

• Provide outstanding, 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.
• Focus 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-judgmental care within the scope of professional standards, including timely administration of medicines and contributing to cost-effective prescribing as defined through our health in justice medicines policy.
• Inspire excellence by forging strong links within our teams, partners and stakeholders, providing a service that people can trust and feel safe within.
• Promote best practice, evidence-based care and continuous quality improvement, embedding a culture of shared learning; communicate complex or sensitive information with empathy.
• Share information relating to pharmaceutical products, medicines optimisation, drug regimes, medicines legislation and general health education so that the multidisciplinary healthcare team is appropriately informed.

Person Specification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Practice Plus Group

Address: Moor Lane, Full Sutton, York, Yorkshire, YO41 1FZ

Employer's website

https://practiceplusgroup.com/our-jobs/join-our-team/