Pharmacy Technician

Practice Plus Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job description

About The Role
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We have an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician to join our Pharmacy team at HMP Pentonville, a category B remand prison located in London. Pentonville has a large pharmacy where the medications are dispensed on the wings.

Hours
Shifts covering 7 days Monday to Sunday 07:30 - 20:30

Salary
This position is full time, you'll receive an annual salary up to £43,756 per 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.
• 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.
• Share information relating to pharmaceutical products, medicines management, drug regimes, medicines legislation and general health education so that the multidisciplinary healthcare team are appropriately informed.

Requirements

• 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 whilst following policy and procedures
• Good IT skills and IT literacy
• A non-judgmental and compassionate approach

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.