Bank Senior Prison Services Technician - HMP Elmley

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS healthcare provider in London is looking for a dedicated Pharmacy Technician. This role involves managing the Medicines Management Service in a prison setting, overseeing the administration of medicines, and supervising junior staff. The ideal candidate will have experience in healthcare and be committed to providing quality care. This position offers a chance to make a significant impact within high-security environments.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing medicines administration and repeat prescription processes.
• Ability to administer medicines against a valid prescription.
• Supervisory experience over junior staff in a healthcare or prison environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily Medicines Management Service at the allocated prison.
• Administer medicines to offenders as per veterinary guidelines.
• Supervise junior medicine-management staff.

Job description

We are looking for a dedicated Pharmacy Technician to (1) manage on a daily basis the Medicines Management Service at the allocated prison, (2) manage the medicines administration as well as the printing and coordination of the repeat prescription process, (3) administer medicines to offenders against a valid prescription on the house blocks, and (4) supervise the junior medicine‑management staff.

Bank Staff

We are looking for bank staff who will be able to pick up regular shifts at HMP Elmley Isle of Sheppey 'B' Remand 1,200 (male) 24/7. Our healthcare departments operate across seven prisons, each of which requires a bespoke service responding to the prisoner and prison needs:

• HMP Elmley Isle of Sheppey 'B' Remand 1,200 (male) 24/7
• HMP Swaleside 'B' High Security 1,200 (male) Inc. Inpatient Unit
• HMP Standford Hill 'D' Open 500 (male) Standard
• HMP Rochester / HMP Cookham Wood Rochester 'C' 650 (male) 24/7
• HMP Maidstone Maidstone 'C' 500 (male) 24/7
• HMP E Sutton Park 'D' Open 100 (female) Standard

The seven prisons are located across three estates – Isle of Sheppey, Rochester and Maidstone. The Isle of Sheppey prisons are within a few minutes' walk of each other, and East Sutton Park is approximately 7 miles from Maidstone.

About Oxleas

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services, providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

Our Values

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care