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Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment? Do you want to work with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past?
This is an excellent opportunity for a pharmacy technician to join our team of diverse, talented healthcare professionals to deliver care that is not only efficient but deeply centred on the patient. Our healthcare team has a real impact on promoting health and well‑being to those in prison and we pride ourselves on using skills and strategies that instil hope for patients’ future resettlement back into the community. We directly deliver Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy and Clinical Substance Misuse in an integrated healthcare delivery model to provide effective and responsive care to improve wellbeing and support better outcomes in the future.
This position isn’t just a job; it’s a chance to blend your clinical knowledge, personal skills and a commitment to delivering the highest standards of care in an environment that is as rewarding as it is challenging.
Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.
Responsibilities
* Provide a medicines management service to patients within the prison with the professional support of a prison service pharmacist.
* Administer medicines to patients against a valid prescription, ensuring this is taken correctly.
* Provide advice to patients about the appropriate use of medicines and promote healthy lifestyles to aid their rehabilitation.
* Dispense prescriptions and stock items, whilst supervising assistants when in the dispensary.
* Engage in stock control activities such as stock top‑up services and reviewing expiry dates and storage facilities for all medicines.
* Report any deficiencies to the prison service pharmacist.
Quote from a current Pharmacy Technician
"I really enjoy working in the Pharmacy Service for Oxleas, my role is extremely varied and I work within a very supportive team. I find my role rewarding as it is all about enabling patients’ rehabilitation and I enjoy interacting with patients daily and building relationships with them. Oxleas are a good employer and there are plenty of opportunities to be supported through qualifications and training which then allows you to progress through different bands within the team." – Amanda, Pharmacy Tech.
Values
* We’re Kind
* We listen
* We care
Contact
Name: Aleksandra Karminska‑Kotlega (Ola)
Job Title: Senior Pharmacy Tech
Email: aleksandra.kaminska‑kotlega@nhs.net
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Full‑time
Job function
* Health Care Provider
Industries
* Hospitals and Health Care
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