Prison Services Pharmacy Technician | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Exeter; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Exeter seeks a qualified Pharmacy Technician to provide medicines optimisation and administration services in a prison setting. The ideal candidate will possess compassion and knowledge of pharmacy practices while being part of a supportive team dedicated to improving patient outcomes. This position requires a relevant pharmacy qualification and includes a commitment to undergo National Security Vetting.

Benefits

NHS pension

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Must provide a medicines optimisation service.
• Accredited checking technician providing final dispensing checks required.
• Willingness to undergo National Security Vetting.

Responsibilities

• Provide a medicines optimisation service to the prison.
• Administer medicines to offenders on a rota basis.
• Supervise assistants in providing dispensing services.

Skills

Compassion

Knowledge of pharmacy practices

Teamwork

Education

Relevant pharmacy qualification

Job description

Overview

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?

As part of the South West Prison Healthcare contract awarded to Oxleas NHS trust in 2022, we are able to expand recruitment and are looking for a compassionate, knowledgeable and motivated Pharmacy Technician to join our friendly team at HMP Exeter.

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

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 (OPS Ltd) and Healthcare Services (Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust) to the Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Devon and Dorset Prisons and are recruiting to newly established posts.

Oxleas Prison Services Ltd and Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust 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 and healthcare services.

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 (1 photographic ID); 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. Guidance for police certificates can be found at gov.uk and FCDO guidance is available for embassy contacts.

This advert closes on Tuesday 7 Oct 2025

Responsibilities and Tasks

• To provide a medicines optimisation service 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.