Pharmacy Technician

Job summary

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE + MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacy Technician to join our Pharmacy team at Heathrow IRC, an Immigration Removal Centre located in West Drayton.

Heathrow IRC combines Colnbrook and Harmondsworth removals centres under one management structure making it the largest immigration removal centre in Europe, with a capacity of 965 residents. We are looking for a Pharmacy Technician who can dispense and who is ACT qualified. You will be working alongside 8 other Pharmacy Technicians, based within the healthcare department.

Hours

• Monday - Sunday service
• 37.5 hours per week
• 8.30am - 4.30pm / 7am - 7.30pm
• Rotas are done 4 weeks in advance

Salary

This position is full time, you'll receive an annual salary between £37,296 - £45,331 per annum depending on experience.

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

Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks

Main duties of the job

• Provide outstanding quality based patient centred care to our patients, seeking out, listening to and acting on their feedback so that care is personalised and informed by what matters to them.
• Focus on providing a safe and secure medicines management service, ensuring patient medical records are maintained to the agreed standard at all times and ensuring standard operating procedures are followed to a high and orderly standard.
• Deliver non-judgemental care within the scope of professional standards, involving anything from the timely administration of medicines through to analysing cost effective prescribing as defined through our unique health in justice medicines policy.
• You will make a real difference by working as a key member of a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals.

About us

The Health in Justice team at [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We're the UK's leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Group's purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values: 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3, or above, BTEC or equivalent
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Up to date with Continual Professional Development (CPD)

Experience

• Relevant post-qualification pharmacy experience
• General GCSE education or equivalent
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Able to work unsupervised whilst following policy and procedures

Although not essential, ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment.

Employer details

Employer name: [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Group

Address: Colnbrook By-Pass, Harmondsworth, West Drayton, UB7 0HB

Employer's website: https://practiceplusgroup.com/our-jobs/join-our-team/

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact: Recruiter Zayd Fahimuddin at [contact hidden]