Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

Pharmacy Technician - HMP Berwyn

The closing date is 22 December 2025

Job summary

As a Band 5 Pharmacy Technician your role will be to work within the Pharmacy team whilst working with a multi-disciplinary team of health and wellbeing professionals to deliver high quality services to patients.

A key role for this post will be to manage the effective running of the house block dispensaries, and ensure the safe administration of medication to the men, and so will require either early starts or late finishes to cover medication administration rounds.

Please note if your application is successful and you are invited to interview, they will be held on site at HMP Berwyn to ensure candidates have an understanding of the environment. Requests for virtual interviews will not be accepted.

Main duties of the job

This is a rewarding role for an individual who is an excellent communicator, confident and able to deliver a pharmacy service across Primary Care, Integrated Substance Misuse & Mental Health Services.

You will partake in an on-going programme of development to ensure high standards of patient care are maintained, whilst fostering effective working relationships with HMPPS, prison colleagues and other stakeholders.

This post is key to the development and delivery of high quality, evidence based health and wellbeing services to give prisoners access to interventions and support equitable to those provided by the NHS in the community. Safer prescribing and medicines optimisation are at the centre of everything we do, and this post will contribute to the safe and effective delivery of pharmacy services to patients in our care. You will be responsible for carrying out accurate drug histories and counselling patients to support the safe prescribing of medications.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

HMP Berwyn was developed with a strong rehabilitative culture at its heart. The key values being built into all areas are to value each other and celebrate achievements, act with integrity and always speak the truth, look to the future with ambition and hope, uphold fairness and justice in all we do, embrace welsh language and culture and to stick at it!

Details

Date posted

08 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,516 to £38,364 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

050-HMP-PST001-1225

Job locations

HMP Berwyn

Bridge Road

Wrexham

LL13 9QE


Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Meets all essential criteria

Experience

Essential

  • Meets all essential criteria

Skills

Essential

  • Meets all essential criteria
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Meets all essential criteria

Experience

Essential

  • Meets all essential criteria

Skills

Essential

  • Meets all essential criteria

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

Address

HMP Berwyn

Bridge Road

Wrexham

LL13 9QE


Employer's website

https://bcuhb.nhs.wales/train-work-live/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

Address

HMP Berwyn

Bridge Road

Wrexham

LL13 9QE


Employer's website

https://bcuhb.nhs.wales/train-work-live/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Chief Pharmacy Technician

Amy Jones

Amy.Jones40@wales.nhs.uk

01978523260

Details

Date posted

08 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,516 to £38,364 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

050-HMP-PST001-1225

Job locations

HMP Berwyn

Bridge Road

Wrexham

LL13 9QE


Supporting documents

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