About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician to join the Pharmacy Team at HMP Garth. HMP Garth is a category B Prison with a capacity of around 800 males located in Lancashire. The Pharmacy Technician will work mainly medicines management and wing based medicines administration. The pharmacy team is based within the Healthcare Department, but the majority of work will be wing based.
Hours
* Monday - Friday
* 37.5 hours over 4 days
* 7.30am - 5.30pm
* Weekend work will be starting in the near future which will be around 1 / 4 weekends
Salary
You will receive an annual salary of between £34,428 - £41,659 per annum depending on experience.
How 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
What you’ll be doing
* 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.
What we’ll look for in you
* 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
* Experience in a hospital, community or prison environment is ideal but not essential.
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
Job details
* Seniority level: Entry level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Health Care Provider
* Industries: Hospitals and Health Care
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