Overview
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As part of the South West Prison Healthcare contract awarded to Oxleas NHS trust in 2022, we are expanding recruitment and are looking for compassionate, knowledgeable and motivated Medicine Management Pharmacy Technician's to join our friendly team at HMP Bristol.
As part of our pharmacy service (OPS), you will enjoy all the benefits of NHS AfC employment (inc pension) with the opportunity to work within a forward-thinking service, who encourage career and personal development to all staff to increase their clinical and interpersonal skills.
As a Pharmacy Technician, you will be providing a medicines management service to patients within the prison with the professional support of a prison service pharmacist. You will 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.
You will dispense prescriptions and stock items, whilst supervising assistants when in the dispensary. There will also be elements of stock control involved in your role, such as undertaking stock top-up services and reviewing expiry dates and storage facilities for all medicines, reporting any deficiencies to the prison service pharmacist.
Responsibilities
* Provide medicines management service to prison patients under the professional supervision of a prison service pharmacist.
* Administer medicines against prescriptions, ensuring correct administration and advising patients on appropriate use of medicines.
* Promote healthy lifestyles to aid rehabilitation.
* Dispense prescriptions and stock items, supervise dispensary assistants.
* Stock control duties: undertake stock top-up services, review expiry dates and storage facilities, report deficiencies to the prison service pharmacist.
Additional information
We offer opportunities to work within a forward-thinking NHS service with development for staff, and opportunities to progress through bands within the team.
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Health Care Provider
Industries
* Hospitals and Health Care
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lok Him Samuel Man Job title: Lead Prison Pharmasist Bristol Cluster Email address: Sam.man@nhs.net
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