Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in offender healthcare is seeking compassionate and motivated Medicine Management Pharmacy Technicians to join their team at HMP Bristol. This role offers a unique opportunity to work in a challenging and rewarding environment, providing essential medicines management services to patients. You will collaborate closely with a prison service pharmacist, ensuring the safe and effective use of medications while promoting healthy lifestyles among offenders. With a commitment to career development and a supportive workplace culture, this position is perfect for those looking to make a meaningful impact in the healthcare sector.

Benefits

NHS pension

Career development opportunities

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• NVQ level 3 in Pharmacy Services or equivalent is required.
• 2 years of pharmacy experience is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide a medicines management service to patients in prison.
• Administer medicines and provide advice on their use.

Skills

Knowledge of SOPs

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Computer skills (Pharmacy Manager/JAC, Microsoft)

Education

NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services

Registration with GPhC as a pharmacy technician

Evidence of CPD

Accredited Checking or MM Technician Certificate

Tools

Pharmacy Manager

JAC

Microsoft Office

Job description

Band 5

Main area: Prisons

Grade: Band 5

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time or part time (18.75 hours per week available)

Job ref: 277-5865113-BRIS-O

Site: HMP Bristol Pharmacy

Town: Bristol

Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 p.a.

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 04/02/2025 23:59

Job overview

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, whatever 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 able to expand recruitment and are looking for compassionate, knowledgeable and motivated Medicine Management Pharmacy Technicians to join our friendly team at HMP Bristol.

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 all staff to increase their 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 with the professional support of a prison service pharmacist. Responsibilities include:

• Administering medicines to patients against a valid prescription, ensuring correct usage.
• Providing advice to patients about the appropriate use of medicines and promoting healthy lifestyles to aid their rehabilitation.
• Dispensing prescriptions and stock items while supervising assistants in the dispensary.
• Undertaking stock control, such as top-up services and reviewing expiry dates of medicines.

Working for our organisation

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our multidisciplinary teams work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils, and the voluntary sector. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital and the Bracton Centre, and we are the largest NHS provider of prison health services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Provide a Medicines Management service to the allocated prison(s) on a weekly basis with the professional support of a prison services pharmacist.
• Oversee the ordering/supply of repeat prescriptions.
• Supervise assistants in the dispensary.
• Dispense prescriptions and stock items when in the dispensary.
• Work towards accreditation as a checking technician and/or medicines administration.
• Ensure high standards of work in the dispensary and during prison visits.
• Manage own workload when providing medicines management services.
• Provide weekly clinical visits to the allocated prison(s), including stock top-up services and reviewing medicines storage.
• Promote healthy lifestyles for offenders in line with local and national guidelines.
• Administer medicines to offenders against a valid prescription.
• Demonstrate ongoing continual professional development (CPD).
• Participate in clinical and departmental audits as required.
• Adhere to all prison procedures as necessary.
• Undertake any other tasks at the request of the Lead Prison Services Pharmacist.

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

• 2 years’ experience of working in a pharmacy.
• Previous prison or mental health pharmacy experience.

Skills and Abilities

• Good knowledge of working within a set of SOPs.
• Ability to use (or learn to use) computer packages including Pharmacy Manager/ JAC and Microsoft.
• Some understanding of mental illness and substance misuse and their treatment.
• Ability to use initiative to problem solve.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. If you meet the minimum criteria for this role and have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme.

If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know. We encourage applicants to contact the hiring manager before their interview if they have any questions about the role or the process.