Bank Pharmacist

We have an exciting opportunity for a Bank Pharmacist to join our Pharmacy team at HMP Millsike, a Category C men's prison, located in Full Sutton near York.

HMP Millsike is a newly built prison with an operational capacity of 1,500 places. As part of the government’s drive to cut re‑offending, prisoners spend their sentences learning the skills they need to find work on release.

Monday to Friday – 08:00 to 16:00 hrs, with occasional on‑call duties as required.

£36.00 per hour.

Provide expert clinical advice on medicines and poly‑pharmacy, deliver an integrated, safe, legal and high‑quality prison pharmacy service, and inspire positive leadership within the pharmacy and wider healthcare team.

• Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
• Competency framework
• Regional and national career development opportunities
• Our 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 and, due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

• Provide expert clinical advice on medicines and poly‑pharmacy in line with expected standards, ensuring that a safe, modern medicines management and optimisation service are provided to patients.
• Deliver an integrated, safe, legal and high‑quality prison pharmacy service, 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, creating and maintaining a good working environment and facilitating staff retention.
• Promote good practice in all prescribing decisions and develop and implement improved medicines‑management understanding throughout the prison healthcare team.
• Share information related to pharmaceutical products, medicines management, optimisation, legislation and general health education so that patients and the healthcare teams are appropriately informed.

• GPhC registered Pharmacist.
• Procurement and audit experience (desirable).
• Vocational Masters Degree in Pharmacy including pre‑registration training.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience developing effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Non‑judgemental and compassionate approach.

Although not essential, ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment.

Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you’re looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day, this could be the right opportunity for you.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and, as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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.

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

Practice Plus Group
Moor Lane, Full Sutton, York, Yorkshire, YO41 1FZ

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