Pharmacy Technician Medicines Optimisation

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 5 Pharmacy Technician for the HMP Wandsworth in London. The role offers full-time hours with responsibilities such as medicines management and administration within a prison setting, alongside opportunities for professional development within the NHS.

Qualifications

• 2+ years work experience required.
• Prison/mental health experience preferred.
• Working towards ACPT is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Provide medicines management services to the prison house blocks.
• Work in dispensaries performing dispensing tasks.
• Undertake medicines reconciliation for prisoners.

Skills

Ability to work independently

Takes responsibility

Ability to work under pressure

Understanding of substance misuse

Education

NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services

Registered with GPhC

Job description

Band 5

Main area Offender Healthcare Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 277-7167802-WANDS-A

Site HMP Wandsworth Town Wandsworth Salary £35,964 - £43,780 pa inc Salary period Yearly Closing 16/06/2025 23:59

Job overview

As part of our pharmacy service (OPS), you will enjoy all the benefits of NHS AfC employment (inc pension) with the opportunity to work within a forward-thinking service, who encourage career and personal development to all staff to increase their clinical and interpersonal skills.

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is a mental health and community trust that provides a wide and growing range of services across the boroughs of Bexley, Greenwich and Bromley and also services in Kent. Oxleas Prison Services Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and provides the pharmacy services to the prison pharmacy contracts. Due to the recent contract award from NHS England we are now providing pharmacy services to the Wandsworth Prison and are recruiting to newly established posts.

The pharmacy department has a long history of innovation, with established prescribing guidelines, excellent relationships with medical staff, a strong culture of leading clinical audit and research projects and an excellent publication record. All of these attributes we wish to extend to the prison pharmacy services.

Main duties of the job

If you are a pharmacy technician wishing to gain experience in medicines management and administration work in a prison setting, this post could be for you. The post-holder will provide medicines management services to the prison house blocks on rotation. You will also work in the dispensaries. You will be an integral part of the pharmacy team.

We are looking for Candidates with either of the following qualifications:

Those with an Accredited Checking Technician(ACT)qualifications

The post-holder will be based at the pharmacy department at HMP Wandsworth.

We believe in supporting our staff to develop to their full potential.

Working for our organisation

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 and 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:

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• To provide a medicines optimisation service to HMP Wandsworth with the professional support of a prison services pharmacist.
• To undertake medicines reconciliation for prisoners admitted to GMP Wandsworth. To dispense prescriptions and stock items when in the dispensary.
• To work towards accreditation as a checking technician and/or medicines optimisation to provide final dispensing checks and medicines administration services.
• To ensure high standards of work in the dispensary, in clinics and when out on the wings and to ensure all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are read and adhered to.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ:

All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.

You will need to provide:

Proof of right to work documentation

Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographicID

Proof of address documentation

Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code.

Address History:

5 years address history will be needed.

Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously.

Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited.

If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en ).

Person specification

Qualifications

• NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services
• Registered with GPhC
• Working towards ACPT

Experience

• 2 years+ work experience
• Prison/ mental health experience

Skills/Knowledge

• Work independently
• Takes responsibility
• Ability to work under pressure
• Understanding of substance misuse/mental health

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.

If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.

We encourage applicants to contact the hiring manager before their interview, if they have any questions about the role or the process. This is a great way to get clarity and prepare effectively for the interview.

Please note that the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is prohibited during the interview process. We also discourage overuse of AI during the application process because this can negatively impact the quality of your application and may hinder your chances of being shortlisted. Thank you.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.