Kirkham, Preston, Lancashire, England PR4
About The Role
UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE
+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE
We have an exciting opportunity for a part-time Pharmacist to join our Pharmacy team at HMP Kirkham, a category D, open prison for males, located near Preston, Lancashire.
This is a brand new role, and is a fantastic opportunity to work in an everchanging, challenging environment, which is hugely rewarding!
Hours
Part time - Working 15 hours a week across 2 days, between Monday to Friday, flexible on days. No weekends required.
Salary
This position is part time, you\'ll receive an annual salary up to £51,642 per annum FTE - depending on experience.
How will 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
What you\'ll be doing
As a Pharmacist, your responsibilities will vary. You will
* 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 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.
What we look for
The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We\'re the UK\'s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.
Practice Plus Group\'s purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:
* we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
* we act with integrity
* we embrace diversity
* we strive to do things better together
We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.
Qualifications required
* GPhC registered Pharmacist
* Management and leadership experience (desirable)
* Vocational Master\'s Degree in Pharmacy including pre-registration training
* Experience developing effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
* Substance misuse knowledge - desirable
* Structured medication reviews - desirable
Although not essential ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment.
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