Pharmacy Technician

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician to join our Pharmacy team at HMP Oakwood, a category C prison located in Wolverhampton.

HMP Oakwood is one of the largest prisons in the UK, housing over 1,500 men. The Pharmacy Team consists of 10 Pharmacy Technicians and 2 Pharmacy Assistants. There are 3 main houseblocks, each with two dispensaries, and three smaller units with one dispensary each.

• Free Parking
• Gym Access
• Development and Training opportunities

• Monday – Sunday service
• 37.5 hours per week
• 4‑week rolling rota

• WK1 – Tues and Fri 07:00‑18:00, Wed & Thu 07:00‑17:30
• WK2 – Tue 07:00‑18:00, Wed 07:00‑17:30, Sat & Sun 07:30‑17:30
• WK3 – Wed, Thu & Fri 07:00‑18:00
• WK4 – Mon & Tue 07:00‑18:00, Sat & Sun 07:30‑17:30

This is a full‑time position; the annual salary ranges from £29,264 to £33,510 per annum (furlough‑equivalent), and will be pro‑rota.

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

• Provide outstanding quality, patient‑centred care, seeking out, listening to, and acting on patients’ feedback so care is personalised and informed by what matters to them.
• Ensure a safe and secure medicines management service, maintaining patient medical records to the agreed standard and following standard operating procedures to a high and orderly standard.
• Deliver non‑judgemental care within the scope of professional standards, from the timely administration of medicines to analysing cost‑effective prescribing as defined through our unique Health in Justice medicines policy.
• Work 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.

• 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

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

• 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 while following policy and procedures

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

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A Disclosure and Barring Service check is required to assess any previous criminal convictions.

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

Practice Plus Group

Oak Road

Featherstone

West Midlands

WV10 7QD

£29,264 to £33,510 a year