Job overview
To lead, deliver and evaluate an advanced comprehensive medicines management service to patients at HMP Woodhill, and oversight of the above at HMP Bedford and Yarl’s Wood IRC.
To ensure all the services compliance with medicines legislation in particular controlled drugs legislation.
Main duties of the job
· Accountable for ensuring delivery of measurable improvements in medicines optimisation and compliance standards across all allocated sites.
· To lead on medicines audit, procedures and research and provide input into policy, affecting the use of pharmaceuticals at the HMPs & IRC, Health and Justice Directorate and other CNWL Foundation Trust sites where appropriate.
· To lead on communication with the pharmacy supply function, security and healthcare functions to ensure provision of an effective dispensing and supply service to all locations.
· To deputise for the Health and Justice Head of Pharmacy, this may include attending senior meetings.
· To lead on the management and clinical supervision pharmacists, and technicians where appropriate.
· To provide appraisals for the direct managed pharmacists at HMP Woodhill and HMP Bedford, and Yarl’s Wood IRC.
Working for our organisation
We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care.
Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.
We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.
With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more – whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Ensure safe and appropriate use of medicines in order to maximise benefit and minimise risk to patients. This includes advice for clinical monitoring, compliance with legal aspects (Medicines Act) of medicine supply and compliance with the services and CNWL Foundation Trust formularies.
· To advise and support General Practitioners and other medical staff at the HMPs and IRC clinical and legislative aspects of prescribing, including primary care, substance misuse and mental health.
· To postholder is accountable for ensuring clinical pharmacy services meet CNWL, CQC, HMIP and GPhC standards.
· Be responsible for providing clinical pharmacy input at unit level to the multidisciplinary teams caring for the patients. To ensure pharmacy staff providing a service to the HMPs and IRC have adequate competencies to deliver such service.
· To write, plan, organise, implement and monitor In Possession Medication policy for detainees across the patch.
· To lead to the planning, organising, implementing and monitoring the electronic prescribing and medicines administration policy and other medicine related SOPs for healthcare staff.
· To lead to the planning, organising, implementing and monitoring Medicine Review Clinics and New Medicines Services, and Structured Medicine Reviews for patients within the services.
· Co-ordinate the management of the meeting dates, agenda and work plan of the Medicines Optimisation Group for HMP Woodhill and supervised the MOGs for HMP Bedford and Yarl’s Wood IRC. Provide annual reports in relations to the work of the group as dictated by Heads of Healthcare.
· Produce ADIOS (system for monitoring Controlled Drug/ Abusable drugs) reports for the CNWL Accountable officer for Controlled Drugs.
· To lead and take the lead in medicines management initiatives working closely with Primary Care, Substance Misuse, Mental Health service leads and the GP teams.
· Provide expertise and recommendations on the use of medicines at the IRC/ HMP using evidence-based approach for all new medicines, formulations and all medicines with newly licensed indications.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
AI can be used as a support tool, not a replacement for the applicant’s own work. Applications must remain personal, accurate, and reflective of the candidate’s real experience. AI-generated content must not misrepresent skills, qualifications, or experience. Over reliance on AI-generated content is discouraged and may diminish the applicant's chances of success.
We monitor applications for any behaviour that could create an unfair advantage, and we check all references carefully. You are likely to be tested on your experience at interview, so be honest and make sure all the information in your application is correct. Please note that the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is prohibited during the interview process.
Vaccination
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
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