Bank Prison Services Pharmacy Technician - HMP Portland

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; England; Presencial; GBP 28.000 - 36.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a bank Pharmacy Technician for its prison healthcare service at HMP Portland, with flexible coverage to build a pool of workers. The post covers dispensing, stock management and medicines administration to prisoners, on a seven-day rota, supervising dispensary assistants.

GPhC registration as a pharmacy technician is required, with National Security Vetting and proof of right to work in the UK. Prior prison or mental health pharmacy experience is desirable.

Formación

• NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent.

Responsabilidades

• Provide medicines management and optimisation services to the prison, with pharmacist support
• Administer medicines against valid prescriptions and check they are taken correctly
• Advise patients on the appropriate use of medicines and promote healthy lifestyles
• Dispense prescriptions and stock items
• Supervise dispensary assistants
• Carry out stock control, including top-ups, checking expiry dates and storage, and reporting deficiencies to the prison pharmacist
• Provide medicines administration at scheduled times as part of a seven-day rota
• Undertake medicines reconciliation for prisoners admitted to the prison
• Act as an accredited checking technician providing final dispensing checks
• Maintain high standards in the dispensary, clinics and on the wings, following all SOPs
• Assist the Senior Prisons Technician to write, update and monitor medicines optimisation SOPs

Conocimientos

SOP knowledge

Pharmacy software knowledge

Microsoft packages

Educación

NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent

Herramientas

Pharmacy Manager/JAC

Microsoft Office

Descripción del empleo

A bank pharmacy technician post with Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust's prison healthcare service at HMP Portland, filled on a flexible basis to build a pool of workers. The work covers dispensing prescriptions and stock items, administering medicines to prisoners, reconciling medicines on admission and keeping dispensary stock in order. The setting is offender healthcare, with medicines administration covered on a seven-day rota and the post supervising dispensary assistants. Fit depends on GPhC pharmacy technician registration and passing National Security Vetting.

What the job involves

• Provide medicines management and optimisation services to the prison, with pharmacist support
• Administer medicines against valid prescriptions and check they are taken correctly
• Advise patients on the appropriate use of medicines and promote healthy lifestyles
• Dispense prescriptions and stock items
• Supervise assistants when working in the dispensary
• Carry out stock control, including top-ups, checking expiry dates and storage, and reporting deficiencies to the prison pharmacist
• Provide medicines administration at scheduled times as part of a seven-day rota
• Undertake medicines reconciliation for prisoners admitted to the prison
• Act as an accredited checking technician providing final dispensing checks
• Maintain high standards in the dispensary, clinics and on the wings, following all SOPs
• Assist the Senior Prisons Technician to write, update and monitor medicines optimisation SOPs

Qualifications

• NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent

Registration & licences

• GPhC registration as a pharmacy technician

Experience

• Previous experience of working in a pharmacy

Skills & knowledge

• Good working knowledge of a set of SOPs
• Use of, or willingness to learn, Pharmacy Manager/JAC and Microsoft packages

Checks & eligibility

• Willingness to undergo National Security Vetting
• Proof of right to work in the UK, with a Home Office share code for non-UK passport holders
• Photographic proof of ID and proof of address
• Five years' address history, with police or overseas conduct certificates where required

Nice to have

• Previous prison or mental health pharmacy experience

What's offered

• Support with qualifications and training, and progression through bands