Senior Pharmacy Technician - Hmp Northumberland

Spectrum Community Health Cic; Morpeth; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Access to NHS Pension

Time for you day (additional day off)

Welcome payment for some posts

Refer a friend scheme

Training and Development opportunities

Flexible Working

Access to Employee Assistance and Life

Up to 33 days annual leave

Job summary

Spectrum Community Health CIC is recruiting for an internal post. As lead Pharmacy Technician you will, under the guidance of Spectrum Lead Pharmacist and senior management team at HMP Northumberland, lead the Pharmacy team in the provision of a safe, efficient, and cost-effective pharmaceutical service to prisoners (service users).

You will mentor and develop the wider pharmacy team, manage day-to-day operations of the in-house dispensary, ensuring efficiency and consistency in service delivery.

Qualifications

• Good clinical pharmacy knowledge including terminology.
• Computer literacy with Word and Excel.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to prepare reports, bulletins and run prescribing audits.

Skills

Clinical knowledge

Word/Excel

Communication skills

Prescribing audits

Education

BTEC/NVQ Level 3 in pharmaceutical sciences

Accredited technician checking qualification

Higher degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Job summary

This is an internal post.
As lead Pharmacy Technician you will, under the guidance of Spectrum Lead Pharmacist and senior management team at HMP Northumberland, lead the Pharmacy team in the provision of a safe, efficient, and cost-effective pharmaceutical service to prisoners (hereafter known as service users).

Main duties of the job

This role will involve mentoring and developing the skillset of the wider pharmacy team by improving patient safety in line with the national strategy for medicines optimisation and pharmacy services. You will be responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the in-house dispensary ensuring efficiency and consistency.

About us

BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE

Join our team

We're looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative team.
Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge we've got a role for you!

• Access to NHS Pension
• Time for you day (additional day off)
• Welcome payment for some posts
• Refer a friend scheme
• Training and Development opportunities
• Flexible Working
• Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes
• Up to 33 days annual leave

We have an ambition to become a truly lived experience inclusive employer, changing how we approach staff experience and value personal stories our colleagues bring with them.
We welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who belong to LGBTQIA+ Community and are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and Asexual, people with a disability, neurodivergent applicants and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.
Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award-winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners across substance misuse, sexual health, and health and justice settings. As a not-for-profit social enterprise and Community Interest Company our focus is centred on people - our patients, service users, staff and partners.

Job responsibilities

For further information regarding the advertised role, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

• BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmaceutical sciences
• Appropriate accredited technician checking qualification.
• Higher degree-based qualification or equivalent experience

Desirable

• Management or additional clinical qualifications relevant to prison healthcare

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of medicines optimisation issues
• Pharmacy legal requirements and controlled drug legislation
• At least 3 years post-qualification experience of working in community/hospital pharmacy.
• Experience of working with potentially aggressive people
• Experience of working within challenging and complex situations
• Able to provide examples of diversity in practice

Desirable

• Knowledge of pharmacy computer systems
• Has a good understanding of security issues in relation to the prison environment
• Substance misuse knowledge
• Experience of working with substance misusers/services
• Experience of working in a prison environment or similar setting

Skills

Essential

• Good clinical pharmacy knowledge including terminology
• Computer literate- able to use Word and Excel.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to prepare reports, bulletins and run prescribing audits.

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.