Pharmacy Technician

Practice Plus Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 38,000 - GBP 46,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider in Greater London is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to provide patient-centered care in a secure environment. The role involves managing medications, maintaining patient records, and sharing pharmaceutical information with the healthcare team. The ideal candidate will possess NVQ Level 3 qualifications, registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council, and a dedication to continual professional development. The position offers competitive salary and opportunities for growth in a dynamic work environment.

Benefits

On-site parking

Well-being days

Employee assistance helpline

Discounts on shopping and leisure activities

Qualifications

• Candidates must have NVQ Level 3 in Pharmacy or higher.
• Active registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council is required.
• Experience in pharmacy and ongoing CPD is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient-centered care and manage medications safely.
• Maintain patient records and follow standard operating procedures.
• Share information on pharmaceutical products with the healthcare team.

Skills

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Good IT skills and IT literacy

Non-judgmental and compassionate approach

Ability to work unsupervised

Education

NVQ Level 3 or above, BTEC or equivalent

Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

General GCSE education or equivalent

Job description

About The Role

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician to join our Pharmacy team at HMP Pentonville, a category Brend remand prison located in Central London. Opportunity to gain additional ACT training supported by the site and anything you are interested to learn and develop in, they can look at supporting you.

Parking on-site, on-site canteen, monthly well-being days.

Pentonville has a large pharmacy where the medications are dispensed on the wings.

Hours

37.5 hours week, working 4 long days 07:30 - 5:30pm with 1 hour lunch and on 5th week by working 5 days.

If you want to work additional hours, you can work longer days during the weekdays and weekends as bank.

The Pharmacy team operate from Monday through to Sunday 07.30am - 8.30pm at night, 7 days a week.

Salary

This position is full time, you’ll receive an annual salary up to £45,331 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.
• Focussing 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.

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.

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

What we’ll look for in you

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

• 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.