Pharmacist - HMP Forest Bank £1500 welcome payment | Spectrum Community Health CIC

Spectrum Community Health CIC; Salford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider is seeking a committed Pharmacist to join their team at HMP Forest Bank. The role involves ensuring high-quality pharmacy services, managing the dispensary, and participating in medicines management. Flexible work options are available, and a welcome payment is offered for new candidates. Candidates should have the necessary pharmacy qualifications and a collaborative approach to patient care.

Benefits

Access to NHS Pension

Annual leave on your Birthday

Welcome payment for some posts

Refer a friend scheme

Training and Development opportunities

Flexible Working

Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes

Up to 33 days annual leave

Qualifications

• Relevant pharmacy qualification and registration.
• Experience in managing pharmacy services.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver pharmacy service at HMP Forest Bank per GPhC standards.
• Lead and manage the pharmacy services on-site.
• Work collaboratively with healthcare professionals and prisoners.

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a committed Pharmacist to join our team at HMP Forest Bank. If successful you will be working with a multi-disciplinary team of healthcare professionals and leading our existing technician workforce. The role will involve the overall daily organisation, planning and co-ordination of all pharmacy services on-site. You will be leading our onsite dispensary and focusing on medicines management over our whole establishment. If you are looking for a different pharmacy role which is challenging and rewarding, joining our health and justice pharmacy workforce may be the answer.

We aim to be flexible in matching your availability with our work patterns and the needs of the service and therefore we are also able to offer part time and flexible working options.

The welcome payment is payable to new candidates joining Spectrum Community Health CIC.

Responsibilities

• As a member of Spectrum Community Health you will be responsible for delivering a pharmacy service at HMP Forest Bank in line with GPhC standards and recommendations outlined in "A pharmacy service for prisoners" and 'Safer Prescribing in Prisons'.
• This will involve the overall organisation, planning and co-ordination of all pharmacy services on-site.
• You will work with the Medicines Management Pharmacist, other Spectrum Specialist Prison Pharmacists, Lead GP, other GPs and the prisons to ensure prison pharmacy services are of the highest quality and successfully integrated into Spectrum Community Health.
• In line with the well-being model of healthcare at HMP Forest Bank you, through a partnership approach, will also help patients to optimise their medicines by tailoring medicines and support to the individual patient needs.
• They will also identify unmet pharmaceutical need and assist in improving access and service efficiency including a reduction in wasted medicines.
• You will be responsible for encouraging the development of better medicines management understanding throughout the wider healthcare team and Prison Team and promote good practice in line with therapeutic developments in all prescribing decisions.
• This will involve assisting the Prison Health Care team in achieving NSF targets, NICE implementation, medicines management initiatives and the introduction of electronic prescribing.
• The post holder will work to uphold Spectrum Community Health’s Values.

Benefits and culture

• BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE
• Join our team
• We’re looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative team.
• Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge we’ve got a role for you!
• Access to NHS Pension
• Annual leave on your Birthday
• Welcome payment for some posts
• Refer a friend scheme
• Training and Development opportunities
• Flexible Working
• Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes
• Up to 33 days annual leave

Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award-winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners across substance misuse, sexual health, and health and justice settings. As a not-for-profit social enterprise and Community Interest Company our focus is centred on people – our patients, service users, staff and partners.

We are building on our ambition to deliver the best in health and wellbeing on a values-driven ethos and to maintain the highest standards of patient care and service. We are an expanding organisation, but we aim to grow without compromising on quality and social value.

Our Mission

Holistic interventions delivered with compassion for the stigmatised and marginalised in our communities

Our Vision

Quality healthcare that makes a difference to people’s lives, regardless of circumstances.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details on the advertised role.

This advert closes on Wednesday 24 Sep 2025