Prison Pharmacy Technician - Medicines Optimisation & Rota

Oxleas Nhs Foundation Trust

Shaftesbury

On-site

GBP 31,000 - 38,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to work within the prison service on a bank, flexible basis at HMP Guys Marsh, Shaftesbury. The role involves medicines management, dispensing, and supervising dispensary staff to support rehabilitation and patient care.

You will work under the supervision of a prison service pharmacist, ensuring safe medicines administration, stock control, and compliance with SOPs.

Qualifications

NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent.
Registration with GPhC as a pharmacy technician.
Previous experience of working in a pharmacy.

Responsibilities

To provide a medicines optimisation services to the prison.
To provide a medicines administration service to offenders at the medicines administration times as part of a 7 day per week rota.
To undertake medicines reconciliation for prisoners admitted to the prison.
To supervise assistants, when in the dispensary in providing dispensing services.
To be an accredited checking technician providing final dispensing checks or medicines optimisation qualification.
To ensure high standards of work in the dispensary, in clinics and for when out on the wings and to ensure all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are read and adhered to.
To assist the Senior Prisons Technician with writing, updating and monitoring the use of medicines optimisation SOPs.