Bank Prison Services Pharmacy Technician - HMP Channings Wood

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Denbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is looking for Pharmacy Technicians to join their team. The role involves providing a medicines management service within a prison setting, administering medicines, and overseeing stock control. Candidates should have experience in a healthcare environment and be able to work within a multidisciplinary team, promoting healthy lifestyles for inmates.

Qualifications

• Experience in medicines management and dispensing in a healthcare setting.
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.
• Strong communication skills to advise on appropriate use of medicines.

Responsibilities

• Provide a medicines management service to patients in prison.
• Administer and dispense medicines against valid prescriptions.
• Ensure proper stock control and storage of medicines.

Job description

Overview

Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment? Oxleas NHS trust were awarded the South West prison contract in 2022 and currently have a portfolio of 19 prisons across the South of England. We are expanding our pool of bank workers by recruiting Pharmacy Technicians to work within the Prison service on a flexible basis.

Our healthcare team aims to promote health and well-being to those in prison, delivering Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy and Clinical Substance Misuse in an integrated healthcare delivery model to improve wellbeing and support better outcomes for the future.

Responsibilities

• Provide a medicines management service to patients within the prison with the professional support of a prison service pharmacist.
• Administer medicines to patients against a valid prescription, ensuring correct administration and providing advice on appropriate use of medicines; promote healthy lifestyles to aid rehabilitation.
• Dispense prescriptions and stock items, supervise assistants in the dispensary, undertake stock top-up services and review expiry dates and storage facilities for all medicines; report any deficiencies to the prison service pharmacist.

Working environment

There will be elements of stock control involved in your role, including stock top-up and ensuring quality storage facilities. You will work within an offender healthcare setting as part of a multidisciplinary team within the prison health service.

About Oxleas

Oxleas offers NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care and mental health services. Our multidisciplinary teams work with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector. We employ over 4,300 staff across various sites including hospitals, clinics, prisons and community settings.