Package Description
As a Pharmacy Technician, you will be part of our valued team in our Pharmacy Service, HMP Chelmsford. You will receive exclusive rewards and benefits including:
* Salary of £33,000 - £35,000 depending on experience, and Group Pension.
* Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases such as grocery shopping, cashback and voucher offers for you and your loved ones.
* Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates.
* Online and face‑to‑face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post‑trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well as career coaching and counselling.
* Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise.
* An open, just culture that encourages ideas to help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed by at least £100,000 of ring‑fenced innovation funding each year.
* The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards, with the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission.
Job Introduction
We are seeking a dedicated and reliable Pharmacy Technician to join our healthcare team within the HMP Chelmsford prison. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to the delivery of pharmaceutical services in a secure and structured environment. You will play a key role in supporting the prison healthcare team, managing medication administration, and ensuring the effective delivery of pharmaceutical services.
Working pattern: 40 hours per week, spread over four days (7:00 AM – 6:00 PM), following a rolling schedule over an eight‑week period. The working pattern will vary each week and will include weekend coverage. Part‑time option may also be considered.
Main Responsibilities
* Provide medication administration to patients as part of the Pharmacy team.
* Assist in delivering a high quality pharmacy service, providing medicines management services to address inequalities within the prison.
* Provide pharmacy‑related information to patients, prison officers and other healthcare professionals, ensuring advice is appropriate to the need.
* Operate autonomously within the scope of competency, while supporting less experienced staff.
* Assist with the implementation and development of pharmacy support across all residential wings, advising patients on correct medication use.
* Maintain clear, comprehensive, signed and contemporaneous records (both written and electronic).
* Recognise signs and symptoms of drug and alcohol withdrawal and support patients with substance misuse problems, both distressed and at risk of suicide.
* Communicate effectively with other team members, prison staff and external agencies, verbally and in writing.
* Undertake mandatory and additional training as required.
* Use and promote familiarity with the prison’s security systems.
* Perform all duties required of a pharmaceutical professional in HMP Chelmsford and comply with the competencies, knowledge and skills framework of the Department of Health.
Person Specification and Qualifications
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
* Ability to build and develop relationships.
* Confidence and capability for autonomous practice; can work independently.
* Qualified with an NVQ Level 3, BTEC or equivalent.
* Registered Pharmacy Technician with current General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) membership.
* All candidates are subject to prison vetting checks.
* Ability to work effectively as part of a multi‑professional team within a fast‑paced environment.
Desirable Experience
* Experience in a prison environment.
* Experience working as part of a multi‑disciplinary team.
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK’s leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services, as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people. We are a Disability Confident company and provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive as possible.
Finally, the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited. By applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. For more information about how we use your personal data, please see our privacy policy.
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