Bank Pharmacist

Job Summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Bank Pharmacist to join our Pharmacy team at HMP Bullingdon. HMP Bullingdon is a category B Prison located in Bicester, Oxfordshire. The prison houses around 1,110 patients with a variety of complex mental health and physical needs. Within this role you will be delivering clinical screening and structured medication reviews, working closely with the multidisciplinary team to ensure the delivery of high quality prison pharmaceutical service.

Monday to Friday - 8:30 - 16:30

This is a bank position with an hourly salary of £36.00 per hour

• Bespoke induction, including Introducing Health in Justice training course
• Competency framework
• Regional and national career development opportunities
• 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; offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a submission for Disclosure will be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

• 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 as 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 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.

• Registered Pharmacist – holding registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy including pre-registration training.
• Relevant post qualification.
• Real passion for developing your pharmaceutical skills and those of your team.
• Experience of at least 1 year in a hospital setting is desirable but not essential.

• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities.
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development.
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it.

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We are 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.

Practice Plus Group

Patrick Haugh Rd

Bicester

Oxfordshire

OX25 1PZ

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