Senior Pharmacy Technician

To organise and manage the day-to-day running of the medication management service at HMP Erlestok, reporting any immediate issues to the responsible pharmacist and any significant issues to the Regional Superintendent Prison Services Pharmacist. To supervise, mentor and train pharmacy technicians and assistants using specialist knowledge and experience. To label and dispense prescriptions and stock items when in the pharmacy if required. To be an accredited checking technician (ACT) providing final accuracy checks. To ensure, on a daily basis, that all pharmacy operations are within the requirements of the Wholesale Dealers License. Oversee the use of JAC in the pharmacy and ensure a high standard of ordering and stock management. To administer prescribed and stock medicines on the wings against valid prescriptions or policies (e.g, Homely Remedies Policy). To hold a medicines optimisation accreditation (or be working towards this). Please see Job Description for further information. IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ: All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team. You will need to provide: Proof of right to work documentation Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographicID Proof of address documentation Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code. Address History: 5 years address history will be needed. Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously. Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited. In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en). Job description Job responsibilities To organise and manage the day-to-day running of the medication management service at HMP Erlestok, reporting any immediate issues to the responsible pharmacist and any significant issues to the Regional Superintendent Prison Services Pharmacist. To supervise, mentor and train pharmacy technicians and assistants using specialist knowledge and experience. To label and dispense prescriptions and stock items when in the pharmacy if required. To be an accredited checking technician (ACT) providing final accuracy checks. To ensure, on a daily basis, that all pharmacy operations are within the requirements of the Wholesale Dealers License. Oversee the use of JAC in the pharmacy and ensure a high standard of ordering and stock management. To administer prescribed and stock medicines on the wings against valid prescriptions or policies (e.g, Homely Remedies Policy). To hold a medicines optimisation accreditation (or be working towards this). Please see Job Description for further information. IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ: All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team. You will need to provide: Proof of right to work documentation Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographicID Proof of address documentation Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code. Address History: 5 years address history will be needed. Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously. Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited. In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en).