Job summary
A brilliant opportunity has arisen for a talented, experienced and pro-active pharmacy technician to develop and lead the provision of high-quality pharmacy services at HMP & YOI Parc, within Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.
Are you an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated leader with extensive pharmacy experience? Have you ever considered working in a prison environment? This post could be for you. The secure environment is a unique setting that combines elements of Primary Care, Hospital and Community pharmacy. This is a new post which will work closely with the senior pharmacy team, both within HMP & YOI Parc and more widely across CTMUHB, as well as the multidisciplinary healthcare team to ensure safe and efficient delivery of pharmacy services to patients at HMP & YOI Parc.
This is a hugely exciting time for an individual with drive, passion and vision to join the team with various projects ongoing including delivery of a wide-scale training programme to the pharmacy team and planning for service delivery to an increased patient population in line with the proposed HMP & YOI Parc expansion plans. This is your chance to make a real difference in a senior role with autonomy and support.
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply
Main duties of the job
As Chief Pharmacy Technician, you will be responsible for the effective management and delivery of pharmacy services at HMP & YOI Parc, ensuring the safe administration of medication to patients in line with national and organisational standards. This includes leading and managing the Pharmacy team, consisting of pharmacy technicians and pharmacy support staff, and planning, auditing, monitoring and developing the services in liaison with the management team.
This is a rewarding role for an individual who has strong leadership skills, is an excellent communicator, confident and able to deliver a pharmacy service across Primary Care, Substance Misuse & Mental Health Services. You will be responsible for all aspects of strategic management of the medicines management service, in conjunction with other senior team members, whilst fostering effective working relationships with operational 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. To support this, you will be responsible for ensuring recruitment, training programmes, induction plans, and competency assessments are developed and maintained within the pharmacy service and for all grades of pharmacy technician and assistant staff.
About us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
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.
Please note, interviews for this role will take place in a 2-stage process comprising of a stakeholder panel and an interview. To find out more, if you have any questions about the recruitment process, or to arrange a visit for a look around, please contact Rebecca Hunter, Principal Pharmacist for Prisons (rebecca.hunter5@wales.nhs.uk).
This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesnt mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isnt fluency, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.
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.
Please note, interviews for this role will take place in a 2-stage process comprising of a stakeholder panel and an interview. To find out more, if you have any questions about the recruitment process, or to arrange a visit for a look around, please contact Rebecca Hunter, Principal Pharmacist for Prisons (rebecca.hunter5@wales.nhs.uk).
This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesnt mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isnt fluency, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with GPhC.
- National Accreditation for Checking Technicians.
- Medicines Management accreditation.
- Demonstrable considerable expertise and knowledge of dispensing and checking practices equivalent to pharmacy Degree level
Desirable
- Management qualification.
- NVQ Level 4 qualification in an appropriate discipline.
Experience
Essential
- Significant post qualification pharmacy experience including working as a Pharmacy Technician at a Higher Level.
- Experience of training and mentoring staff.
- Experience of service development and change management processes.
Desirable
- Experience of working in secure environment pharmacy services
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B2) are Desirable for this Role.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Registered as a Pharmacy Technician with GPhC.
- National Accreditation for Checking Technicians.
- Medicines Management accreditation.
- Demonstrable considerable expertise and knowledge of dispensing and checking practices equivalent to pharmacy Degree level
Desirable
- Management qualification.
- NVQ Level 4 qualification in an appropriate discipline.
Experience
Essential
- Significant post qualification pharmacy experience including working as a Pharmacy Technician at a Higher Level.
- Experience of training and mentoring staff.
- Experience of service development and change management processes.
Desirable
- Experience of working in secure environment pharmacy services
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B2) are Desirable for this Role.
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.
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.
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).
