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Bank Pharmacy Technician

Practice Plus Group
Leicester
6 days ago
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About The Role
UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

  • MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE
    We have an exciting opportunity for a Bank Pharmacy Technician to join our Pharmacy team at HMP Fosse Way, a Category C resettlement prison in Leicester.
    HMP Fosse Way opened in May 2023. Its state of the art design and facilities offer a secure environment to provide skills and qualifications to the men, enabling them to secure meaningful employment on release with the aim of reducing reoffending rates.
    This position is bank and yo u’ll receive an hourly rate of £23.
    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 and 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.
    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.
    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.
    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

    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.

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