Senior Prison Services Technician

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Borough of Swale; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Pharmacy Technician for a permanent position at HMP Swaleside. This full-time role involves managing the Medicines Management Service, ensuring safe medication supply and adherence to procedures, while contributing to a multidisciplinary healthcare team. Ideal candidates will have relevant pharmacy qualifications and experience, alongside strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years prison or hospital pharmacy experience.
• 5 years experience of working in a pharmacy.
• 2 years mental health experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Medicines Management Service at HMP Swaleside.
• Ensure safe supply and administer medication to patients.
• Promote high standards of work to all Medicines Management staff.

Skills

Good oral and written communication skills

Good interpersonal skills

Good knowledge of writing and working within SOPs

Education

NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent

Registration with GPhC as a pharmacy technician

Evidence of CPD

NVQ A1 assessors award

Job description

Main area Offender Healthcare Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift pattern to include weekends) Job ref 277-7279624-SWALE

Site HMP Swaleside Town Isle of Sheppey Salary £39,338 - £46,962 pa inc, inc RRP Salary period Yearly Closing 30/06/2025 23:59

Job overview

If you wish to gain experience in medicines management and administration work in a prison setting, this post could be for you. The post-holder will provide medicines management services to healthcare.

They will be an integral part of the pharmacy team as well as the HMP Swaleside Healthcare Team.

The post-holder will be based in our primary care team at HMP Swaleside.

The post holder will be required to:

• Manage on a daily basis the Medicines Management Service at HMP Swaleside.
• Manage the medicines administration as well as the printing and coordination of the repeat prescription process.

Oxleas Prison Services Ltd

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is a mental health and community trust that provides a wide and growing range of services across the boroughs of Bexley, Greenwich and Bromley and also services in Kent. Oxleas Prison Services Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and provides the pharmacy services to the prison pharmacy contracts.

The pharmacy department 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.

Please note: previous applicants need not apply

***Important Sponsorship Information for this post: Due to service budget restrictions we are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post***

Shift pattern to include weekends

Main duties of the job

• To organise and manage the day-to-day running of the pharmacy mediated Medicines Management services at HMP Swaleside, reporting any immediate issues to the GP Pharmacist Sheppey and any significant issues to the Lead Prison Services Pharmacist for Kent.
• To ensure safe supply and administer medication to the patients at HMP Swaleside.
• To promote and ensure high standards of work to all Medicines Management staff in HMP Swaleside and ensure all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are read and adhered to.
• To assist the GP Pharmacist with writing, updating and monitoring the use of SOPs.
• To ensure, on a daily basis, that all pharmacy operations are within the requirements of the GPhC.
• To ensure systems are in place and to carry out the ordering/supply of repeat prescriptions.

Working for our organisation

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:

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

IMPROTANT 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 .

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 ).

Key Task and Responsibilities

• To organise and manage the day-to-day running of the pharmacy mediated Medicines Management services at HMP Swaleside, reporting any immediate issues to the GP Pharmacist Sheppey and any significant issues to the Lead Prison Services Pharmacist for Kent.
• To ensure safe supply and administer medication to the patients at HMP Swaleside.
• To promote and ensure high standards of work to all Medicines Management staff in HMP Swaleside and ensure all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are read and adhered to.
• To assist the GP Sheppey Pharmacist with writing, updating and monitoring the use of SOPs.
• To ensure, on a daily basis, that all pharmacy operations are within the requirements of the GPhC
• To ensure systems are in place and to carry out the ordering/supply of repeat prescriptions.

Management responsibilities

• To manage the entire medicines management process at HMP Swaleside.
• To manage and coordinate repeat prescriptions.
• To monitor the performance of the medicines optimisation technicians when placed at HMP Swaleside and implement remedial action should an issue arise.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent
• Registration with GPhC as a pharmacy technician
• Evidence of CPD
• NVQ A1 assessors award

Experience

• 5 years experience of working in a pharmacy
• Minimum of 4 years prison or hospital pharmacy experience
• 2 years mental health experience

Skills

• Good oral and written communication skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good knowledge of writing and working within a set of SOPs

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, 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 - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.

If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.

We encourage applicants to contact the hiring manager before their interview, if they have any questions about the role or the process. This is a great way to get clarity and prepare effectively for the interview.

Please note that the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is prohibited during the interview process. We also discourage overuse of AI during the application process because this can negatively impact the quality of your application and may hinder your chances of being shortlisted. Thank you.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Clare Denny Job title Recruitment & Retention Resourcing Officer Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07504877653