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To provide a medicines optimisation services to the prison. To provide a medicines administration service to offenders at the medicines administration times as part of a 7 day per week rota. To undertake medicines reconciliation for prisoners admitted to the prison. To supervise assistants, when in the dispensary in providing dispensing services. To be an accredited checking technician providing final dispensing checks or medicines optimisation qualification. To ensure high standards of work in the dispensary, in clinics and for when out on the wings and to ensure all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are read and adhered to. To assist the Senior Prisons Technician with writing, updating and monitoring the use of medicines optimisation SOPs. (Full JD can be downloaded in supporting documents section) 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 photographicID 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).

For further information about this role please see the attached job description and person specification. You do not need to have a C1 on your Driving Licence to be able to apply but must be willing to partake in in-house training to gain this.

Full details of the job role and responsibilities and personal specification can be found within the job description attached.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required - Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). - Evidence of continuing professional development to comply with GPhC requirements. - BTEC / NVQ level 3 in pharmaceutical sciences or equivalent. - Accredited checking technician (ACT) qualification with experience & competence (see above). - Medicines management / optimisation (MMT / MOT) Qualification with experience & competence (see above). - Able to work alone and unsupervised where needed. - Ability to organise and prioritise workload including dealing with interruptions. - Effective oral and written communication with colleagues, nursing and medical staff and patients / service users. - Intermediate competence in standard range of IT programs. - Daily manipulation of materials for the accurate dispensing of prescriptions including preparing aids and demonstrating devices to help patients manage their medicines at home. - Maintain patient dignity and confidentiality at all times. Key Result Areas Clinical Pharmacy - Supporting clinical pharmacy services to inpatient wards and community mental health team bases - Managing patient medication non-stock or one stop supplies - Medicines reconciliation - Discharge facilitation - Liaising with ward staff for any issues relating to medication. - Educate patients on the use of their prescribed medication referring to a pharmacist for advice when necessary. - Encouraging compliance with national protocols, and local guidelines and formularies. - Maintaining appropriate clinical documentation and records, including intervention/contribution monitoring and outcome data - Participating with pharmacists, technicians and assistant technical officers to ensure a smooth, efficient and co-ordinated overall service. Dispensary Duties - Accurately dispense and supply medication as per dispensary standard operating procedures. - Accuracy checking dispensed prescriptions as per dispensary standard operating procedures. - Ensuring supplies are ready to be sent to wards & units in a timely manner. - Accessing the clozapine patient monitoring system and acting accordingly as per process. - Checking discharge medication summaries & uploading them onto the electronic clinical notes. - Weekend working commitment for the acute trust dispensary. Other - Working in or out of the pharmacy department using laptops or desktop computers. - Be part of a team to assist in running the clozapine clinic to work alongside nursing staff to monitor physical health for each client on clozapine give out their medication and counsel patients on clozapine. - Where appropriate, writing procedures / guidelines under direction from line manager. - Dealing with requests for information on wards, having interruptions during the day to answer queries, responding to telephone calls and email queries. - Visiting wards, talking to mental health patients and healthcare professionals. Awareness of mentally ill, sick and dying patients. Take responsibility for stock control and security of medicines within daily duties. - Undertaking continuing professional development (CPD) as required by the GPhC. - To undertake any other duties as deemed fit by the GHNHSFT management. - Occasional handling of potentially hazardous substances (e.g. cytotoxic medication) in accordance with standard operating procedures and COSHH regulations. - Lifting and moving light packages. Communication and working relationships - Communicate with and provide appropriate advice to Nurses and other health care professionals regarding medication issues within the post holders experience. - Communication with Patients and Carers regarding medication issues. - Communication daily with other members of the pharmacy team. - Develop and share own clinical knowledge with other members of the wider team. - An annual appraisal (development conversation) is implemented for all staff with their line manager. Safe Systems of Work - Accountable for own professional actions and activities, guided by legislation, national and local policies, procedures and protocols. - The post holder will be responsible for ensuring a safe working practice and environment through legislation such as the Health and Safety at Work Act and COSHH regulations, along with local policies and procedures including manual handling Participation in weekend working rota - The post holder will be part of the weekend working rota covering the acute trust pharmacy at a frequency of approximately 1 in 12. Improving quality and developing practice - Comply with requirements to register with the GPhC and identify own learning needs and ensuring own professional development is maintained by keeping up to date with practice developments. - Develop and maintain skills and knowledge necessary to deliver the service. - With supervision and assistance take on increased responsibility recognising own limitations and seeking help appropriately - Be competent in the use of all relevant Trust IT systems including the use of electronic patient record, email, and other systems where appropriate - Maintain regular use of emails to keep abreast of information disseminated in the Trust - Undertake all mandatory training - Identify own development needs, aligning these to service requirements and personal aspirations. Proactively develop and improve own practice using all available resources - Openly question and challenge practice in a constructive way so that standards of patient care are continually evaluated and improved.