Prison Services Pharmacy Technician (Band 5) - Offender Healthcare - Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; England; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A national healthcare provider is seeking a Pharmacy Technician to provide medicines management services within a prison setting. The role involves administering medicines, dispensing prescriptions, and ensuring compliance with Standard Operating Procedures. Candidates should have NVQ level 3 in Pharmacy Services and prior pharmacy experience. The organization offers a supportive work environment with opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

NHS pension benefits

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Previous experience of working in a pharmacy.
• Previous prison or mental health pharmacy experience.
• Working towards Accredited Checking or MM Technician Certificate.

Responsibilities

• Provide a medicines administration service to offenders.
• Supervise assistants in the dispensary.
• Ensure high standards of work in the dispensary and clinics.

Skills

Good knowledge of working within a set of SOPs

Ability to use computer packages including Pharmacy Manager/JAC

Ability to problem solve

Understanding of mental illness and substance misuse

Education

NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent

Registration with GPhC as a pharmacy technician

Evidence of CPD

Tools

Pharmacy Manager

Microsoft Office

Job description

Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment? Do you want to work with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past?

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

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.

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

Main duties of the job

As a Pharmacy Technician, you will be providing a medicines management service to patients within the prison with the professional support of a prison service pharmacist. You will administer medicines to patients against a valid prescription, ensuring this is taken correctly, provide advice to patients about the appropriate use of medicines and promote healthy lifestyles to aid their rehabilitation.

You will dispense prescriptions and stock items, whilst supervising assistants when in the dispensary. There will also be elements of stock control involved in your role, such as undertaking stock top-up services and reviewing expiry dates and storage facilities for all medicines, reporting any deficiencies to the prison service pharmacist.

Wondering what it’s like to work within offender healthcare? I really enjoy working in the Pharmacy Service for Oxleas, my role is extremely varied and I work within a very supportive team. I find my role rewarding as it is all about enabling patient’s rehabilitation and I enjoy interacting with patients daily and building relationships with them. Oxleas are a good employer and there are plenty of opportunities to be supported through qualifications and training which then allows you to progress through different bands within the team.

Working for our organisation

Oxleas – About Us. 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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Task and 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.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent
• Registration with GPhC as a pharmacy technician
• Evidence of CPD
• Working towards Accredited Checking or MM Technician Certificate

Experience

• Previous experience of working in a pharmacy
• Previous prison or mental health pharmacy experience

Skills and abilities

• Good knowledge of working within a set of SOPs
• Ability to use (or learn to use) computer packages including Pharmacy Manager/ JAC and Microsoft
• Ability to use initiative to problem solve
• Some understanding of mental illness and substance misuse and their treatment

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. 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.

We encourage applicants to contact the hiring manager before their interview, if they have any questions about the role or the process. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.

All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. You will need to provide: Proof of right to work documentation, Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographicID, Proof of address documentation.