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Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment? Do you want to escape your current job role and work with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past? Now is the time to break into offender healthcare and develop your career.
As part of the Kent Prison Healthcare contract awarded to Oxleas NHS trust in 2022, we are able to expand recruitment and are looking for a compassionate, knowledgeable and motivated Medicine Management Technician to join our friendly team at HMP East Sutton Park.
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 patients' 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.
As part of our primary care team, you will enjoy all the benefits of NHS AfC employment (including pension) with the opportunity to work within a forward-thinking service, which encourages career and personal development to all staff to increase their clinical and interpersonal skills.
Main duties of the job
Overview of the Post
To (1) provide a medicines management service to allocated prison(s), (2) administer medicines on the house blocks against valid prescriptions to offenders.
Important Sponsorship Information for this post: Due to service budget restrictions we are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.
Working for our organisation
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
* We Listen
* We Care
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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.
* Review the expiry dates and storage facilities for all medicines and report any deficiencies to the prison service pharmacist.
* Assist the prison service pharmacist to provide advice to prisoners and staff about the appropriate use of medicines.
* Administer medicines to offenders against a valid prescription on the house blocks.
* Complete in possession risk assessment (IPRA) and be aware of policies and procedures in place to monitor.
* 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 any quality improvement projects.
Communication
* Internally: Pharmacy staff, prison staff, primary care staff, prison mental health service staff, IDTS and CARAT teams, prison security staff.
* Externally: GP surgeries, Community Pharmacies, Hospitals.
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.
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.
Person specification
Education/Qualification
* NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent
* Have or working towards Medicine Optimisation
* Evidence of CPD
* Registration with GPhC as a pharmacy technician
Experience
* 2 years’ experience of working in a pharmacy
* Previous prison or mental health pharmacy experience
Skills
* Good oral communication skills
* Good interpersonal skills
* Good knowledge of working within a set of SOPs
* Ability to work independently and as part of a team
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme.
If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. We encourage applicants to contact the hiring manager before their interview if they have any questions about the role or the process.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Clare Denny Job title: Recruitment and Retention Resourcing Officer Email address: claredenny@nhs.net Telephone number: 07504877653
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