Pharmacy Second Checker-HMP YOI Moorland Doncaster, England
Job description
About The Role
Have you thought about working within prison healthcare?
Prisons are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work - if you’re looking for a role where you can develop your existing skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this is it!
As a Pharmacy Checker, you will be responsible for the second checking of all controlled drugs under the direct supervision of the Pharmacy Technician. The role will involve making accurate entries into controlled drug registers. You'll be required to support and provide a timely and efficient pharmaceutical service to the prison wings. As an integral member of the Pharmacy Team, you'll contribute to the development of and support implementation of medicine management strategy and associated services and projects You may be required to take on a role of working across multiple Pharmacy Services if and when required.
About You
It goes without saying that you'll be highly organised, have excellent attention to detail and have good communication skills - both verbal and written. Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team would be beneficial, as is experience within a Pharmacy service.
How will we support you?
- Bespoke induction
- Competency framework
- Regional and national career development opportunities
- Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
- Support from the wider team
You’ll receive an annual salary up to £21,361 per annum - depending on experience. We offer a whole host of additional benefits such as: cycle to work scheme, free DBS check, free uniform, an extensive training and development structure for all employees along with an employee recognition scheme.
It doesn’t stop there… we also offer a company pension scheme which we as Practice Plus Group also pay into, 25 days annual leave increasing with service up to 28 days per year, plus 8 public bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time), NHS blue light card, discounted Costco memberships, access to Boundless memberships for attractions and parks, shopping discounts, free eye tests for computer screen users, an 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it.
About Us
Practice Plus Group is a specialist provider of NHS services into prison healthcare across over 45 different prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We believe in putting the patient first, regardless of the environment or their history. The prison population is one of the most vulnerable and challenged patient groups in society and the delivery of their health care is conducted within often difficult and demanding environments.
HMP YOI Moorland is a category C men's prison and Young Offenders Institution based in Hatfield South Yorkshire. The site offer a range of healthcare services comprising of a Physical Health team, Mental Health Team, Pharmacy Team and Substance Misuse Team
Practice Plus Group’s mission is Access to Excellence. Our core values are;
- 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.
- Patients can only access excellence if we commit to living our values in everything we do when we’re at work.
If you share these values and have transferable skills we want to meet you!
