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Senior Pharmacy Technician

Employer
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Peterborough
Salary
£37,338 to £44,962 a year pa, pro rata
Closing date
27 Nov 2024
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Profession
Pharmacist, Pharmacy technician
Grade
Band 6
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
We have 2 exciting opportunities to work at HMP Peterborough as part of the Pharmacy team. We provide an integrated healthcare model working closely with primary care, the mental health, substance misuse and G.Ps to deliver a healthcare service to the residents of HMP Peterborough.

We are seeking to appoint 2 pharmacy technicians with a wide range of experience to join our pharmacy team, the successful candidates will demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of local/national pharmacy procedures.

HMP Peterborough is a local Category B prison. It is England's only dual purpose-built prison for men and women, including a mother and baby unit, who are kept separate at all times. The prison is located in the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, and accommodates up to 360 female and 868 adult male prisoners.

We are a warm and friendly team who pride ourselves on delivering a high standard of care. The successful candidate will benefit from an extensive supernumerary induction period, alongside regular supervision and appraisals and be encouraged to undertake training so why not drop us a line and come and have a look around.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as an active member of the healthcare team to ensure the delivery of a legal, safe, high quality pharmaceutical service, which includes physical health, mental health and substance misuse medications to patients within HMP Peterborough. The service will reflect National and Local Policies and Priorities, taking into account the level of security that must be maintained at all times.

The successful candidates will have responsibility for completing accurate medicines reconciliations, the safe and timely administration of medication and general responsibilities relating to medicine management, ensuring a complete medicines management service is provided to the patients.

The successful candidate will be innovative, forward thinking, diverse and can work autonomously, you will also need to demonstrate excellent communication skills both written and verbal.

About us

Our core strategy is to be anemployer of choice,a great place to workand be known for adiverse and inclusive culturewhose staff feelvalued.

As ahealth and wellbeing organisationhere atteam NHFTwe are dedicated to continuallyinnovateandstrive to make a differenceto our community and those working for our Trust.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

  • Have at least 4 GCSEs including Math and English or equivalent
  • Registered on the General Pharmaceutical Council or working towards this


Experience

Essential

  • Have experience in the efficient day to day running of pharmacy services
  • Be fully conversant of developments in local/national pharmacy procedures and assist the pharmacy provider in regular review and development of these


Desirable

  • Have experience in performing medicines reconciliation
  • Have experience in providing advice to patients on compliance and concordance.
  • Have experience in working within a secure environment
  • Have experience in identifying areas where the medicines management and pharmacy service can be developed


Employer details

Employer name

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Peterborough

Saville Road

Peterborough

PE3 7PD

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

270-TF169-MH-A

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