Prison Services Pharmacist | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; West of England; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust in Bristol is seeking a Band 7 Prison Services Clinical Pharmacist to lead medicines optimisation for prisoners at HM Prison Bristol, delivering structured reviews and minor ailment clinics.

You will work with GPs, nurses and pharmacy colleagues to ensure safe, effective medicines in a secure environment, with opportunities to drive governance, audits and service improvement.

Qualifications

• Must be a registered Pharmacist with the GPhC.
• Experience in medicines optimisation and clinical governance.
• Experience in prison, GP, hospital, community, mental health or substance misuse services would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and deliver structured medication reviews and minor ailment clinics.
• Manage repeat prescribing and reauthorisation through SystmOne.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy

Medicines optimisation

Clinical governance

Education

Master’s degree in Pharmacy

GPhC registration

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

Prison Services Pharmacist | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Are you an experienced clinical pharmacist looking for a rewarding role where your expertise can make a real difference? We are seeking a motivatedBand 7 Prison Services Clinical Pharmacistto join our integrated healthcare team atHMP Bristol

You will lead medicines optimisation for patients with long-term and acute conditions, manage repeat prescribing, and deliver structured medication reviews and minor ailment clinics. Working closely with GPs, nurses, pharmacy colleagues, mental health and substance misuse teams, you will support the safe, effective and patient-centred use of medicines within a secure environment.

This is an excellent opportunity to use your clinical knowledge, leadership skills and commitment to service improvement while helping patients achieve better health outcomes.

Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.

• Coordinate and deliver structured medication review and minor ailment clinics.
• Manage repeat prescribing and reauthorisation through SystmOne.
• Provide medicines advice, adherence support and clinical reviews.
• Support patients with long-term conditions and high-risk medicines.
• Make evidence-based recommendations to prescribers.
• Support medicines governance, formulary management and clinical audits.
• Analyse medicines data and identify risks and areas for improvement.
• Provide education and training to pharmacy and healthcare colleagues.
• Undertake clinical screening and final accuracy checks when working in the dispensary.

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:

You will work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team to identify patients at risk of medicine-related harm, optimise treatment and reduce avoidable hospital admissions. You will develop and maintain repeat prescribing procedures and searches within SystmOne, support long-term condition clinics and provide specialist pharmaceutical advice to healthcare professionals and patients.

The role includes contributing to clinical governance and medicines management committees, developing policies and procedures, completing audits, supporting public health initiatives and implementing improvements arising from national guidance and medicines safety alerts.

You must hold aMaster’s degree in Pharmacy or equivalentand be registered with theGeneral Pharmaceutical Council. You will have relevant clinical pharmacy experience, strong clinical reasoning and communication skills, and a commitment to continuous professional development. Experience within prison, GP, hospital, community, mental health or substance misuse services would be advantageous.

The successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check and prison security vetting.

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.

In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants

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).

This advert closes on Wednesday 11 Nov 2026