Bank Wing Pharmacy Technician - HMP Norwich

As a Bank Wing Pharmacy Technician, your days will be rewarding and varied, working in a wing/ward environment where you will be responsible for the administration of medication to patients and the associated medication management activities, including audits and stock checks under the direction of the Clinical Lead and the Pharmacist Manager. You will be expected to work autonomously within guidelines, standard operating procedures and Medicine Policy.

Main duties of the job

• Be responsible for the administration of medication to patients and the associated medication management activities, including audits and stock checks under the direction of the Clinical Lead and the Pharmacist Manager.
• Work autonomously within guidelines, standard operating procedures and Medicine Policy.
• Work as an active member of the Pharmaceutical team to assist in ensuring the delivery of a legal, safe, high quality specialist prison pharmaceutical service which reflects National and local policy and priorities, taking into account the high level of security that must be maintained at all times.
• Undertake provision of a medicines administration service to the patients.
• Provide, in conjunction with the appropriate Clinical practitioners, a wing technician medicine management service on allocated wings.
• Support implementation of medicine management strategy and associated services and projects across the prison.
• Assist in the delivery of cost‑effective prescribing, the medicines optimisation strategy and management of medication budget.
• Promote safe pharmacy practice within the prison including providing advice and training to patients and staff.

About us

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 health and care 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 – guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

Job responsibilities

As a Bank Wing Pharmacy Technician, you will be working as part of the HCRG Care Group Team at HMP Norwich. As well as the attractive hourly rates of pay, you’ll benefit from:

• Self‑booking and access to all bank shifts!
• Staff are given access to all Bank shifts within their Business Unit and can self‑book providing they meet the shift requirements.
• Request a Duty – Staff can make shifts or Day Off requests up to six weeks in advance.
• HCRG Care Group offers access to Wagestream, which lets you track your pay throughout the month and stream your earned wages into your bank account if you need them.
• Working in an environment focused on the highest clinical and quality standards.
• Opportunities to work in different areas and various different services to gain new knowledge and experience.
• Access to Strive for Better networks, a national support and professional network made up of NHS professionals, giving you the chance to constantly develop industry‑leading care and quality.
• Access to a free well‑being service available 24/7/365 online and by telephone, including counsellors, post‑trauma incident support, legal, debt and practical life management helplines, guided self‑help, telephonic career coaching and monthly well‑being newsletters.
• Free statutory and mandatory training, as well as access to a range of courses and e‑learning to develop further skills and in‑house opportunities for continuing professional development.
• Innovative forward‑thinking culture with the opportunity to put forward your ideas to contribute to the way we work.
• You will be encouraged to apply for national funding to drive your initiatives locally to benefit our patients and service users.
• Rewarding and supportive teams, you will be recognised and have opportunities to recognise others by nominating for local and national awards annually.
• Working in an environment focused on the highest clinical and quality standards with majority of our services being rated overall good or outstanding by the Care Quality Commission.

Ideal Candidate

You will need to be a Pharmacy Technician who is currently registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and has experience within a hospital, primary care or community background. You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages – i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.