Prison Services Pharmacy Technician

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Pharmacy Technician to join their diverse healthcare team within the prison services. This role offers the unique opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of individuals in a challenging yet rewarding environment. As a Pharmacy Technician, you will provide essential medicines management, administer medications, and support patient rehabilitation. If you are passionate about delivering high-quality care and want to contribute to a meaningful cause, this position is perfect for you. Join a team that values kindness, listening, and caring, and help improve lives through exceptional healthcare.

Qualifications

• Clinical knowledge and personal skills to deliver high standards of care.
• Experience working in a healthcare setting, especially in prisons.

Responsibilities

• Provide medicines management to patients within the prison.
• Administer medicines and advise patients on medication use.
• Dispense prescriptions and manage stock control.

Skills

Medicines Management

Patient Counseling

Stock Control

Education

Pharmacy Technician Qualification

Relevant Healthcare Experience

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About the Role

Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative, and fast-paced work environment? Do you want to escape your current job role and work with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past? Now is the time to break into offender healthcare and develop your career.

This is an excellent opportunity for a pharmacy technician to join our team of diverse, talented healthcare professionals to deliver care that is not only efficient but deeply centered on the patient.

Our Healthcare Approach

Our healthcare team has a real impact on promoting health and well-being to those in prison. We pride ourselves on using skills and strategies that instill hope for patients’ future resettlement back into the community. We deliver Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy, and Clinical Substance Misuse services in an integrated healthcare model to provide effective and responsive care to improve well-being and support better outcomes.

Position Overview

This position isn’t just a job; it’s a chance to blend your clinical knowledge, personal skills, and a commitment to delivering the highest standards of care in a rewarding yet challenging environment.

Sponsorship Information

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

Responsibilities

• Providing medicines management to patients within the prison, with support from a prison service pharmacist.
• Administering medicines against prescriptions, ensuring correct intake, and advising patients on medication use.
• Dispensing prescriptions and stock items, supervising assistants, and managing stock control, including expiry date reviews and storage management.

What Our Staff Say

"I really enjoy working in the Pharmacy Service for Oxleas. My role is varied and supportive. It’s rewarding to enable patient rehabilitation and build relationships daily." - Amanda, Pharmacy Tech.

About Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

We offer NHS healthcare services in community and secure environments, including mental health, learning disabilities, and community health services. Our multidisciplinary teams serve all ages across many settings, including hospitals, clinics, prisons, and homes. We operate over 125 sites in the South of England, including London boroughs and secure hospitals.

Our Purpose and Values

• To improve lives by providing the best care.
• Values: We’re Kind, We Listen, We Care.

Contact for Further Details

Name: Aleksandra Karminska-Kotlega (Ola)
Job Title: Senior Pharmacy Tech
Email: [e-mail]