Job Overview
Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment? Do you want to work with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past?
This is an excellent opportunity for a Dispensary 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.
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. The pharmacy department has a long history of innovation, with established policies and procedures in line with National Guidelines governing patient care within a prison setting.
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is a mental health and community trust that provides a wide and growing range of services across the boroughs of Bexley, Greenwich, Bromley, Kent and the South West of England. Oxleas Prison Services Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and provides the pharmacy services to the prison pharmacy contracts.
Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.
Key Responsibilities
1. To organise and manage the day‑to‑day running of the pharmacy dispensary and procurement operation at HMP Bristol, reporting any immediate issues to the responsible pharmacist and the Lead Pharmacy Technician.
2. To supervise, mentor and train pharmacy technicians and assistants using specialist knowledge and experience.
3. To dispense prescriptions and stock items when in the dispensary.
4. To be an accredited checking technician (ACT) providing final accuracy checks or be working towards the accreditation.
5. To promote and ensure high standards of work to all staff in the dispensary and to ensure all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are read and adhered to.
6. To assist the Lead Pharmacy Technician with writing, updating and monitoring the use of SOPs for dispensary procedures.
7. To ensure, on a daily basis, that all pharmacy operations are within the requirements of the Wholesale Dealers License.
8. To ensure systems are in place to support the ordering/supply of repeat prescriptions.
Management Responsibilities
1. To manage pharmacy technicians and assistants working within the dispensary at HMP Bristol.
2. To manage and coordinate leave requests from members of the pharmacy dispensary, using internal SOPs and Healthroster.
3. To deputise for the Lead Pharmacy Technician.
4. To manage on a daily basis the requirements of the Wholesale Dealers license, reporting any issues to the responsible person or their deputy.
Leadership
1. To undertake routine supervisions and assist in the annual appraisals of the dispensary based Pharmacy Technicians and Assistant team members.
2. To mentor and train dispensary pharmacy staff using specialist knowledge and experience, to ensure all staff are working to high standards.
3. To train as an accredited checking facilitator (if not already achieved) and to ensure all pharmacy technicians achieve accreditation in a timely manner when employed.
4. To train as an NVQ assessor (if not already achieved) and support all dispensary based technical staff through their NVQ qualifications as necessary.
Clinical
1. To ensure robust stock management and control in line with the requisites of the GPhC, Home Office and the MHRA.
2. Promote healthy lifestyles for offenders in line with local and national guidelines or promotions.
3. To demonstrate on‑going continual professional development (CPD) and be responsible for self‑development and learning within the field of pharmacy or other speciality where appropriate.
Research
1. To participate in clinical audits and departmental audits as required.
Other
1. Post holders will be subjected to an advanced DBS check, a prison security check (level 2) prior to being employed.
2. To appreciate the secure environment you are working in and to adhere to all prison procedures as necessary.
3. To undertake any other tasks at the request of the Lead Prison Services Pharmacist.
Important Information, Please Read
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, needs to include 1 photographic ID
* Proof of address documentation
* Non‑UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home Office Share code.
Address History
* 5 years address history will be needed.
* Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously.
* Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of 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.
In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants
If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en).
Company Values
* We’re Kind
* We’re Fair
* We Listen
* We Care
This advert closes on Wednesday 19 Nov 2025
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