Job Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Bank Pharmacist to join our Pharmacy team at HMP Millsike, a Category C men's prison, located in Full Sutton near York.
HMP Millsike is a newly built prison with an operational capacity of 1,500 places. As part of the government’s drive to cut re‑offending, prisoners spend their sentences learning the skills they need to find work on release.
Hours
Monday to Friday – 08:00 to 16:00 hrs as required.
Bank rate
£36.00 per hour
How we support you
* Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course.
* Competency framework.
* Regional and national career development opportunities.
* Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs.
* Support from the wider team.
Candidates are required to have a legal right to work in the UK and, due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.
Main Duties of the Job
* Provide expert clinical advice on medicines and poly-pharmacy in line with expected standards, ensuring that safe, modern medicines management and medicines optimisation service are provided to patients.
* Deliver an integrated, safe, legal and high‑quality prison pharmacy service, which will be part of a comprehensive healthcare package based on the prison population’s needs.
* Inspire positive and aspirational leadership to the team of pharmacy technicians and the wider healthcare team in order to create and maintain a good working environment and facilitate staff retention.
* Promote good practice in all prescribing decisions to develop and implement improved medicines management understanding throughout the prison healthcare team.
* Share information relating to pharmaceutical products, medicines management, medicines optimisation, medicines legislation and general health education so that patients and the healthcare teams are appropriately informed.
Qualifications Required
* GPhC registered Pharmacist.
* Procurement and audit experience (desirable).
* Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy, including pre‑registration training.
* Excellent communication skills.
* Experience developing effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
* Non‑judgemental and compassionate approach.
Experience
* Experience in a hospital, community or prison environment (preferred).
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
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