About The Role
As a Pharmacy Technician in the Medicines Management team, you will assist with the provision and delivery of an integrated, safe, legal, high-quality prison pharmaceutical service, taking into consideration, at all times, the need to maintain a high level of security.
You will be required to work within the healthcare department and hold direct patient contact, which will be part of a comprehensive healthcare package, based on the prison service’s needs.
Within this role, you will be an integral member of the Medicines Management team, which forms part of the wider cluster of Healthcare Services. Practice Plus Group policies and procedures and statutory frameworks governing patient care in a prison setting will be used in order to deliver the highest standard of care to clients in line with National Guidelines.
HMP New Hall is a Closed Category prison for female adults located in Flockton, West Yorkshire. The site consists of departments offering healthcare support across primary care, mental health, substance misuse, pharmacy, psychology & psychiatry, opticians, podiatry, physiotherapy, dental services, and a management and admin function. Within your role, you will be joining a large pharmacy team that is motivated to achieving the very best in health in justice. The team is integrated and works closely as an MDT to achieve the best outcomes for their patient group. HMP New Hall prides itself on supporting the workforce to develop their skillset. Staff members receive regular supervision and an annual appraisal to explore their existing skillset and look at how the site can support them further within their role to develop. The site is accessible via a bus route from surrounding towns and has secure free staff parking available 24 hours a day. We operate 7 days a week and offer a flexible rolling rota for our pharmacy technicians, with a weekend commitment of one weekend in four weeks.
This is a bank role with a salary of £20.22 per hour.
What you'll be doing
You will hold NVQ Level 3, BTEC, or equivalent qualifications and have current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPHC) to be considered for this role. You will also have relevant post-qualification experience working within a pharmacy environment and multi-disciplinary team.
You’ll be able to demonstrate assessment skills, including the undertaking of risk assessments and have sound patient counselling skills, treating patients with respect and dignity at all times, adopting a culturally sensitive approach.
If you are self-motivated and able to work autonomously as well as showing plenty of initiative when it comes to handling a wide range of situations, then this could be the right role for you!
What we’ll look for in you
When you’re part of the Practice Plus Group team, you don’t just have a job. You have a career. We work with you to help you grow in your role and take your career in the direction you want to go. If you want to move up the ladder, we’ll support you. If you just want to stay in your role, that’s fine too. We’ll help you be the best you can be.
We are passionate about what we do and our core values are:
1. We treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
2. We act with integrity
3. We embrace diversity
4. We strive to do things better together
If this resonates with you then we’d like to hear from you!
Please note that this role is subject to Practice Plus Group Terms & Conditions and offers of employment are subject to satisfactory receipt of references, enhanced DBS check, and prison vetting. At Practice Plus Group, we actively promote diversity and equal opportunities and we are committed to this in both the running of our prison healthcare service and how we recruit our staff. We actively encourage applications from everyone with the essential requirements of the job, regardless of any protected characteristics.
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