Pharmacy Technician Medicines Optimisation

Job title:

Pharmacy Technician Medicines Optimisation

Company

NHS

Job description

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.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. Due to the recent contract award from NHS England we are now providing pharmacy services to the Wandsworth Prison and are recruiting to newly established posts.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. All of these attributes we wish to extend to the prison pharmacy services.Main duties of the jobIf you are a pharmacy technician wishing 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 the prison house blocks on rotation. You will also work in the dispensaries. You will be an integral part of the pharmacy team.We are looking for Candidates with either of the following qualifications:Those with an Accredited Checking Technician(ACT)qualificationsor/Medicines Management (MM) qualificationThe post-holder will be based at the pharmacy department at HMP Wandsworth.We believe in supporting our staff to develop to their full potential.About usOxleas 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:o We’re Kind o We’re Fair o We Listen o We CareDate posted28 January 2025Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 4Salary£31,944 to £43,780 a year pa inc, range is bottom band 4 – top band 5ContractPermanentWorking patternFull-timeReference number277-6726747-WANDS-AJob locationsHMP WandsworthHeathfield RoadWandsworthSW18 3HUJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesKey Tasks and Responsibilities

• To provide a medicines optimisation service to HMP Wandsworth with the professional support of a prison services pharmacist.
• To undertake medicines reconciliation for prisoners admitted to GMP Wandsworth. To dispense prescriptions and stock items when in the dispensary.
• To work towards accreditation as a checking technician and/or medicines optimisation to provide final dispensing checks and medicines administration services.
• To ensure high standards of work in the dispensary, in clinics and when out on the wings and to ensure all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are read and adhered to.

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 documentationProof of ID, needs to include 1 photographicIDProof of address documentationNon-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-applicantsIf 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).Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesKey Tasks and Responsibilities

• To provide a medicines optimisation service to HMP Wandsworth with the professional support of a prison services pharmacist.
• To undertake medicines reconciliation for prisoners admitted to GMP Wandsworth. To dispense prescriptions and stock items when in the dispensary.
• To work towards accreditation as a checking technician and/or medicines optimisation to provide final dispensing checks and medicines administration services.
• To ensure high standards of work in the dispensary, in clinics and when out on the wings and to ensure all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are read and adhered to.

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 documentationProof of ID, needs to include 1 photographicIDProof of address documentationNon-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-applicantsIf 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).Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential

• NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services
• Registered with GPhC

Desirable

• Working towards ACPT

ExperienceEssential

• 2 years+ work experience

Desirable

• Prison/ mental health experience

Skills/KnowledgeEssential

• Communication skills
• Work independently
• JAC/Microsoft skills
• Takes responsibility
• Organisation skills
• Ability to work under pressure

Desirable

• Problem solving skills
• Understanding of substance misuse/mental health

Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential

• NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services
• Registered with GPhC

Desirable

• Working towards ACPT

ExperienceEssential

• 2 years+ work experience

Desirable

• Prison/ mental health experience

Skills/KnowledgeEssential

• Communication skills
• Work independently
• JAC/Microsoft skills
• Takes responsibility
• Organisation skills
• Ability to work under pressure

Desirable

• Problem solving skills
• Understanding of substance misuse/mental health

Expected salary

£31944 – 43780 per year

Location

Wandsworth, South West London

Job date

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 05:43:20 GMT

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