Pharmacist - HMP Liverpool

Integrated Care System; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An expanding Pharmacy and Medicines Management Team is seeking a Pharmacist to join its Prison Based team at HMP Liverpool. The role involves overseeing medication management, responding to queries, and ensuring quality pharmacy services. Ideal candidates will have a strong educational background in Pharmacy and excellent communication skills to support vulnerable populations. The position offers career development opportunities with access to CPD courses.

Benefits

Access to NHS Pension

Annual leave on your Birthday

Training and Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor or Masters Degree in Pharmacy and further relevant post graduate qualifications.
• Pharmacist, registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Comprehensive clinical knowledge and knowledge of NHS policies.

Responsibilities

• Overall daily organization, planning, and co-ordination of all pharmacy services on-site.
• Support the team in medication reconciliations and ensuring medication management.
• Implement policy and procedures while upholding care standards.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Dynamic work practices

Education

Bachelor or Masters Degree in Pharmacy

Registered with the GPhC

Job description

We are looking for a Pharmacist to come and join our expanding Pharmacy and Medicines Management Team. You would be joining our Prison Based team at HMP Liverpool consisting of 1x Senior Pharmacist, 1x Pharmacist, 1x Lead Pharmacy Technician, 5x Pharmacy Technicians and 2x Pharmacy Assistants.

The team work alongside the Primary Care, Substance Misuse and Inpatient Team to meet patient needs whilst they reside in HMP Liverpool. You will support the team to ensure the completion of Medication Reconciliations, respond to medication queries, screen prescriptions, ensure the provision of prescribed and stock medications to the prison population including TTO medications. You will oversee the meds related practices and processes such as the management of controlled drugs and critical medications. You will play a key role in leading the team ensuring that safe staffing numbers are achieved and responding to any reported incidents that relate to medicines. You will also support the senior pharmacist in establishing pathways for Pharmacy First and Structured Medication Reviews.

This is a fantastic place to develop in your career with access to CPD courses and new learning experiences.

Main duties of the job

The role will involve the overall daily organisation, planning and co-ordination of all pharmacy services on-site. The post holder will work with the Medicines Management Pharmacist, other Spectrum Specialist Prison Pharmacists, Lead GP, other GPs, and pharmacy staff on site, our partners and the prisons to ensure prison pharmacy services are of the highest quality.

Experience of offender health is helpful however we would welcome an individual who is passionate about working with this vulnerable client group but yet to do so. The role requires excellent communication skills and dynamic work practices. We are looking for somebody who can deliver at least equivalent care to that of the community. The successful candidate will be responsible for implementing policy and procedure and will need to be able to support the nursing team to ensure care of the highest standard. The post holder will work to uphold Spectrum Community Health's Values.

About us

BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE

Join our team

Job summary

We are looking for a Pharmacist to come and join our expanding Pharmacy and Medicines Management Team. You would be joining our Prison Based team at HMP Liverpool consisting of 1x Senior Pharmacist, 1x Pharmacist, 1x Lead Pharmacy Technician, 5x Pharmacy Technicians and 2x Pharmacy Assistants.

The team work alongside the Primary Care, Substance Misuse and Inpatient Team to meet patient needs whilst they reside in HMP Liverpool. You will support the team to ensure the completion of Medication Reconciliations, respond to medication queries, screen prescriptions, ensure the provision of prescribed and stock medications to the prison population including TTO medications. You will oversee the meds related practices and processes such as the management of controlled drugs and critical medications. You will play a key role in leading the team ensuring that safe staffing numbers are achieved and responding to any reported incidents that relate to medicines. You will also support the senior pharmacist in establishing pathways for Pharmacy First and Structured Medication Reviews.

This is a fantastic place to develop in your career with access to CPD courses and new learning experiences.

Main duties of the job

The role will involve the overall daily organisation, planning and co-ordination of all pharmacy services on-site. The post holder will work with the Medicines Management Pharmacist, other Spectrum Specialist Prison Pharmacists, Lead GP, other GPs, and pharmacy staff on site, our partners and the prisons to ensure prison pharmacy services are of the highest quality.

Experience of offender health is helpful however we would welcome an individual who is passionate about working with this vulnerable client group but yet to do so. The role requires excellent communication skills and dynamic work practices. We are looking for somebody who can deliver at least equivalent care to that of the community. The successful candidate will be responsible for implementing policy and procedure and will need to be able to support the nursing team to ensure care of the highest standard. The post holder will work to uphold Spectrum Community Health's Values.

About us

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Minimum Bachelor or Masters Degree in Pharmacy and further relevant post graduate qualifications
• Pharmacist, registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Desirable

• Non-medical prescribing qualification
• Experience of non-medical prescribing
• RCGP Part 1 and 2 in Substance Misuse

Experience

Essential

• Comprehensive clinical knowledge
• Knowledge of pharmacy computer systems
• Knowledge of current NHS policies, processes and structures
• Knowledge of medicines management in community or hospital pharmacy

Desirable

• Knowledge of medicines management in prison

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please seeNHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Spectrum Community Health CIC

Address

HMP Liverpool

Liverpool

L9 3DF

Employer's website

https://spectrum-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)