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 patient’s 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.
Important sponsorship information
Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Responsibilities
* As a Pharmacy Technician, provide a medicines management service to patients within the prison with the professional support of a prison service pharmacist. 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.
* Dispense prescriptions and stock items, supervise assistants in the dispensary, and undertake stock control tasks such as stock top-ups and reviewing expiry dates and storage facilities.
* Report any deficiencies to the prison service pharmacist.
* Oxleas offers NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environments, with multidisciplinary teams working in partnership with the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector. The organisation operates across hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, community settings and people’s homes.
* Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to patients and families. Our values are: We’re Kind, We’re Fair, We Listen, We Care.
Management responsibilities
* To manage own workload when providing medicines management services.
* To supervise and enhance training opportunities for new members of staff and students.
* To utilise time management skills in order to plan and manage workload within the team.
Clinical
* To provide Medication Administration services as allocated for the prison.
* Participate in monthly clinical visits to the allocated prison(s), under the professional supervision of a pharmacist; undertake a stock top-up service for all areas in which medicines are stored.
* Review the expiry dates and storage facilities for all medicines and report any deficiencies to the prison service pharmacist for that prison.
* Assist the prison service pharmacist to provide advice to prisoners and staff about the appropriate use of medicines.
* Undertake 3-monthly controlled drugs stock checks, when necessary, and report any issues to the Lead Pharmacy Technician and Lead Pharmacist under the supervision of Oxleas Prisons Pharmacy (OPS).
* Undertake monthly medicines management audits using the AIM electronic system, when necessary under the supervision of Oxleas Prisons Services (OPS).
* Promote healthy lifestyles for offenders in line with local and national guidelines or promotions.
* Administer medicines to offenders against a valid prescription on the house blocks; recognise clinical signs of withdrawal, being aware of needs of medication omitting for clinical reasons.
* Complete in possession risk assessment (IPRA) and be aware of policies and procedures in place to monitor.
* Adhere to ACCT (Assessment in Care and Custody Team Working) policies and procedures and attend review meetings.
* Deliver accurate and timely record keeping with basic keyboard skills using System1 templates and processes.
* Demonstrate ongoing continual professional development (CPD) and be responsible for self-development and learning within the field of pharmacy or other specialty where appropriate.
Research
* Participate in clinical and departmental audits as required.
* Participate in quality improvement projects.
* Assist with the implementation of new ideas and updates to SOPs.
Communication
* Internal: Pharmacy staff, prison staff, primary care staff, prison mental health service staff, IDTS and CARAT teams, prison security staff.
* External: GP surgeries, Community Pharmacies, Hospitals.
* Use the summary care record for medicine reconciliation and liaise with home care team services.
Custodial responsibilities
* Assume personal responsibility for the security of issued keys.
* Understand and comply with prison orders, procedures, and instructions in your area of work.
* Comply with all security requirements and respond to any situation indicating a threat to security or safety; complete incident reports as appropriate.
* Report breaches of order and discipline and contribute to risk assessment and management procedures.
Important information for applicants
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 (including 1 photographic ID), proof of address documentation. Non-UK passport holders will need correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home Office Share code.
Address history: 5 years address history will be needed. Applicants not UK passport holders with less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate in English from where they resided previously. Applicants who are UK passport holders who have lived abroad for 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. Guidance to obtain a Police Certificate can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants. If the country is not listed, contact the relevant Embassy or High Commission. Their contact details are on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en).
This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Sep 2025.
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