Bank Pharmacy Technician

2 months ago

Norwich, United Kingdom Practice Plus Group Full time

Job summary

ADD TO LIFE. EVERY LIFE

Where the sense of fulfilment is as big as the challenge

Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If youre looking for a role where you can develop your existing pharmacy skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the opportunity for you.

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 be of a comprehensive healthcare package, based on the prison services 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.

Main duties of the job

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.

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 This is a bank role paying £ per hour

About us

The dedicated team in the Health in Justice division of Practice Plus Group make a real difference across over 45 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres.

Were the UKs leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 people in these secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their history.

Practice Plus Groups mission is Access to Excellence . Our core values are;

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 patients can only access excellence if we commit to living our values in everything we do when were at work

If you share these values and have transferable skills we want to meet you

Please note that offers of employment are subject to Practice Plus Group Terms & Conditions and receipt of satisfactory references, an enhanced DBS check and prison vetting. Practice Plus Group is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Asa GPHC registered pharmacy technician with Practice Plus Group you will;

Provide outstanding qualitybased patient centred care to our patients seeking out, listening to and actingon their feedback so that care is personalised and informed by what matters tothem. Focussing on providing a safe and secure medicines management service, ensuringpatient medical records are maintained to the agreed standard at all times andensuring standard operating procedures are followed to a high and orderlystandard.

Deliver non-judgemental carewithin the scope of professional standards. Involving anything from the timelyadministration of medicines through to analysing cost effective prescribing asdefined through our unique health in justice medicines policy. You will make areal difference by working as a key member of a multidisciplinary team ofhealthcare professionals.

Inspire excellenceby forging strong links within our teams, our partners and stakeholders andproviding a service that people can trust, feel safe within and feel proud of.Work together to make a difference to all the people we support, and make PracticePlus Group UK a place where each of us feels appreciated, challenged andsupported to do our best work fulfilling the lives of others.

Promote Best practice,evidence based care and continuous quality improvement embedding a culture ofshared learning. Communicate complex or sensitive information whilstdemonstrating empathy and understanding to patients.

Share Information relating to pharmaceutical products, medicines management,drug regimes, medicines legislation and general health education so that themultidisciplinary healthcare team are appropriately informed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential