Bank Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician – HMP Bristol
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Pharmacy Technician to work on the bank at HMP Bristol as part of the South West Prison Healthcare contract awarded in 2022.
Role Overview
You will provide medicines management services to patients within the prison under the guidance of a prison service pharmacist. This includes administering and dispensing prescriptions, supervising assistants, managing stock, ensuring safe storage and reporting deficiencies.
Key Responsibilities
* Administer medicines to patients against a valid prescription, ensuring correct dosage and timing.
* Provide advice to patients about the appropriate use of medicines and promote healthy lifestyles.
* Dispense prescriptions and stock items in the dispensary.
* Supervise assistants during the dispensing process.
* Perform stock control tasks: top‑up services, review expiry dates, and maintain storage facilities.
* Report any deficiencies to the prison service pharmacist.
Benefits
All staff enjoy the benefits of NHS AfC employment, including pension, and the opportunity to develop professionally within a forward‑thinking service that encourages career and personal development.
“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.” – Amanda, Pharmacy Technician.
Contact
For further details or to arrange an informal visit, contact:
Loh Him Samuel Man – Lead Prison Pharmacist, Bristol Cluster
Email: Sam.man@nhs.net
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About Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
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.
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