Pharmacy Technician

Job summary

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a part time Pharmacy Technician to join our Pharmacy Team at HMP Drake Hall, a women’s closed prison, located near the town of Eccleshall in Staffordshire with around 340 female inmates. The Pharmacy is a centralised dispensary based within the healthcare department.

• Onsite parking
• Career and Development opportunities

• Monday - Sunday service
• 33 hours per week
• 7.15am - 7.15pm
• 12 week rolling rota

This position is part-time; you’ll receive an annual salary between £29,264 and £33,510 per annum FTE, pro rata depending on experience.

• 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. Offer of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

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.
• 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‑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.

• 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

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
• 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.

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.

Essential & desirable criteria are listed in the application, but the key qualifications are summarised above.

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.

Eccleshal, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST21 6LQ

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Salary: £29,264 to £33,510 a year, depending on experience.