Bank Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician - HMP Bristol

NHS; Bristol; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Medicine Management Pharmacy Technician to join their team at HMP Bristol. This role involves providing medicines management services, dispensing prescriptions, and supervising assistants, all while promoting rehabilitation among offenders. Candidates should have NVQ level 3 in Pharmacy Services and at least 2 years of pharmacy experience. The position offers opportunities for professional development within the NHS framework.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years' pharmacy experience required.
• Previous prison or mental health pharmacy experience preferred.
• Evidence of CPD is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Provide medicines management services to patients within the prison.
• Dispense prescriptions and supervise dispensary assistants.
• Conduct weekly clinical visits to prisons and promote healthy lifestyles.

Skills

Knowledge of SOPs

Problem-solving skills

Proficiency with pharmacy management software

Understanding of mental health treatments

Education

NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent

Registration with GPhC as a pharmacy technician

Working towards Accredited Checking or MM Technician Certificate

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

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Job summary

Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast-paced work environment? Do you want to escape your current job role and work with people to build positive and productive lives, regardless of their past? Now is the time to break into offender healthcare and develop your career.

As part of the South West Prison Healthcare contract awarded to Oxleas NHS Trust in 2022, we are expanding our recruitment and looking for compassionate, knowledgeable, and motivated Medicine Management Pharmacy Technicians to join our friendly team at HMP Bristol on bank.

As part of our pharmacy service (OPS), you will enjoy all the benefits of NHS AfC employment (including pension) with the opportunity to work within a forward-thinking service that encourages career and personal development to enhance your clinical and interpersonal skills.

Main duties of the job

As a Pharmacy Technician, you will provide a medicines management service to patients within the prison, supported professionally by a prison service pharmacist. Your responsibilities include administering medicines against valid prescriptions, advising patients on medication use, and promoting healthy lifestyles to aid rehabilitation.

You will dispense prescriptions and stock items, supervise assistants in the dispensary, and handle stock control tasks such as stock top-ups, expiry date reviews, and storage management, reporting deficiencies to the pharmacist.

Interested in working within offender healthcare?

Amanda, a Pharmacy Tech, shares, "I really enjoy working in the Pharmacy Service for Oxleas. My role is varied and supportive, rewarding as it enables patient rehabilitation. I interact daily with patients and build relationships. Oxleas supports staff development through qualifications and training, allowing progression within the team."

About us

Oxleas offers NHS healthcare services in community and secure settings, including community health, mental health, and learning disability care. Our multidisciplinary teams serve people of all ages across over 125 sites in the South of England, including hospitals, clinics, prisons, and community centers. We are committed to improving lives through high-quality care guided by our values:

• We're Kind
• We're Listening
• We Care

Job responsibilities

• Provide medicines management services weekly, supported by a pharmacist
• Oversee ordering and supply of repeat prescriptions
• Supervise dispensary assistants
• Dispense prescriptions and stock items
• Work towards accreditation as a checking technician and/or medicines administration
• Maintain high standards and adhere to SOPs in all tasks
• Manage own workload effectively
• Conduct weekly clinical visits to prisons, including stock checks, expiry reviews, and providing advice on medication use
• Promote healthy lifestyles among offenders
• Administer medicines on house blocks as prescribed
• Engage in CPD and self-development
• Participate in audits and adhere to prison procedures
• Perform additional tasks as directed by the Lead Pharmacist

Oxleas Prison Services Ltd is a subsidiary of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, providing pharmacy services to various prisons. Due to recent contracts, we are establishing new posts to extend our innovative clinical practices and research.

Important information:

All applicants must be willing to undergo National Security Vetting as part of pre-employment checks.

You will need to provide:

• Proof of right to work
• Proof of ID (including a photographic ID)
• Proof of address
• For non-UK passport holders: valid right-to-work documentation and a Home Office Share code
• Five years of address history; if less than five years, a police certificate from previous residencies
• UK passport holders who have lived abroad over six months in the last three years need a police check from those countries

Guidance for obtaining police certificates is available at: Overseas criminal record checks.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

• NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent
• Registration with GPhC as a pharmacy technician
• Evidence of CPD
• Working towards Accredited Checking or MM Technician Certificate

Experience

• At least 2 years' pharmacy experience
• Previous prison or mental health pharmacy experience preferred

Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of SOPs
• Proficiency with pharmacy management software and Microsoft Office
• Understanding of mental health and substance misuse treatments
• Problem-solving skills and initiative

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This role requires a DBS check due to working in a secure environment, and applicants must declare any criminal convictions as per the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1975 (Exceptions Order) 1975.