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    Pharmacy Technician - Bristol, United Kingdom - Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

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    To (1) manage on a daily basis the pharmacy dispensary and procurement operations at HMP Bristol, (2) manage the team of pharmacy technicians and assistants, based in the dispensary at HMP Bristol (3) to assist the lead pharmacist to manage the requirements of the Wholesale Dealers License on a daily basis.


    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.


    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.

    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.

    ~ To supervise, mentor and train pharmacy technicians and assistants using specialist knowledge and experience.

    ~ To dispense prescriptions and stock items when in the dispensary.

    ~ 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.

    ~ To assist the Lead Pharmacy Technician with writing, updating and monitoring the use of SOPs for dispensary procedures.

    ~ To ensure, on a daily basis, that all pharmacy operations are within the requirements of the Wholesale Dealers License

    ~ 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 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.


    We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs.

    We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
    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:
    o We're Kind o We're Fair o We Listen o We Care
    To manage pharmacy technicians and assistants working within the dispensary at HMP Bristol.

    ~ To manage and coordinate leave requests from members of the pharmacy dispensary, using internal SOPs and Healthroster.

    ~ To deputise for the Lead Pharmacy Technician

    ~ To undertake routine supervisions and assist in the annual appraisals of the dispensary based Pharmacy Technicians and Assistant team members.

    ~ To mentor and train dispensary pharmacy staff using specialist knowledge and experience, to ensure all staff are working to high standards.

    ~ 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.

    ~ To train as an NVQ assessor (if not already achieved) and support all dispensary based technical staff through their NVQ qualifications as necessary.

    To ensure robust stock management and control in line with the requisites of the GPhC, Home Office and the MHRA

    ~ Promote healthy lifestyles for offenders in line with local and national guidelines or promotions.

    ~ To demonstrate on-going continual professional development (CPD) and be responsible for self-development and learning within the field of pharmacy or other specialty where appropriate.


    Post holders will be subjected to an advanced DBS check, a prison security check (level 2) prior to being employed .

    ~ Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code.


    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 .

    Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website ( ).
    NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent
    Registration with GPhC as a pharmacy technician

    4 years experience of working in a pharmacy post qualification
    ~ Good knowledge of writing and working within a set of SOPs

    Some understanding of mental illness and substance misuse and their treatment
    4 years experience of working in a pharmacy post qualification

    Minimum of 2 years prison or hospital pharmacy experience

    Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
    HMP Bristol Pharmacy

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