Prison Services Pharmacy Technician

Overview

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 centred on the patient. 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. 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 an environment that is as rewarding as it is challenging.

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.

• Administer medicines to patients against a valid prescription, ensuring that medicines are taken correctly, providing advice about the appropriate use of medicines and promoting healthy lifestyles to aid rehabilitation.
• Dispense prescriptions and stock items, supervising assistants in the dispensary. Handle stock control, including stock top‑up services, reviewing expiry dates, storage facilities for all medicines, and reporting any deficiencies to the prison service pharmacist.
• Provide 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.
• Offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post is currently not available; the role is carried out under the professional support of a prison service pharmacist.