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The role of Bank Wing Pharmacy Technician with HCRG Care Group in Norwich involves the administration and management of medication for patients within a prison setting. Key responsibilities include conducting medication audits and stock checks, working autonomously under the direction of the Clinical Lead and Pharmacist Manager, and ensuring compliance with guidelines and pharmaceutical policy. The technician will play an active role in delivering a safe and legal pharmaceutical service, supporting clinical practitioners, and promoting effective prescribing and medication management throughout the facility.
In addition to competitive hourly rates, the position offers flexible self-booking of shifts and a variety of staff benefits, including access to well-being services, training opportunities, and professional development support. Ideal candidates should be registered Pharmacy Technicians with experience in a relevant healthcare environment and possess strong IT skills. The role emphasises teamwork, innovative practices, and maintaining high clinical quality standards.
In addition to competitive hourly rates, the position offers flexible self-booking of shifts and a variety of staff benefits, including access to well-being services, training opportunities, and professional development support. Ideal candidates should be registered Pharmacy Technicians with experience in a relevant healthcare environment and possess strong IT skills. The role emphasises teamwork, innovative practices, and maintaining high clinical quality standards.
As a Bank WingPharmacy Technician, your days will be rewarding and varied, you will work on a wing 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.
Within this role, 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.
- Work autonomously within guidelines, standard operating procedures and Medicine Policy and:
- 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
As a Bank Wing Pharmacy Technician,you'll be working as part of the HCRG Care Group Teamin Norwich where we deliver services 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 prior to the creation of a roster up to six weeks in advance. This helps promote a better work life balance and allows for personal commitments to be met
- HCRG Care Group is pleased to offer access toWagestream- which lets you track your pay throughout the month and stream your earned wages into your bank account if you need them. No more high-interest loans or overdraft fees - simply get paid as you go.
- Working in an environment focused on thehighest clinical and quality standards
- Opportunitiesto work indifferent areas and various different servicesto gain new knowledge and experience
- Access to ourStrive for Better networks, a national support and professional network made up of NHS professionals like you, giving you the chance to constantly develop industry-leading care and quality
- Access to ourfree well-being serviceavailable 24/7/365 online and by telephone including; counsellors, post trauma incident support, legal, debt and practical life management helpline, 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 opportunitiescontinuing your professional development
- Innovative forward-thinking culturewith 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 and taking part in our new virtual Ask our Executives event, where you can submit questions to the board and hear updates regularly on company strategy and objectives
- Working in an environment focused on the highest clinical and quality standards with100%of our services being rated overall good or outstanding by theCare Quality Commission The Ideal Candidate
You will need to be 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.
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