BANK Pharmacist

About The Role

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

• MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a BANK Pharmacist to join our Pharmacy team at HMP Fosse Way.

HMP Fosse Way opened in May 2023. Its state of the art design and facilities offer a secure environment to provide skills and qualifications to the men, enabling them to secure meaningful employment on release with the aim of reducing reoffending rates.

HMP Fosse Wat is a male prison with a capacity of 1930

The pharmacy is set up within the healthcare department with medication hatches, you will be working as part of a team of 15 within the pharmacy team.

BANK Hours:

Monday - Sunday 07:00-18:00 (Monday-Friday) 07:30-18:30 (Weekends)

BANK Hourly Rate:

Weekdays £36.00 Weekends £38.00 Bank Holidays £45.60

How will we support you?

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.

What you'll be doing

What you’ll be doing

As a Clinical Pharmacist with Practice Plus Group you will;

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, which will be 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 in order 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.

If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.

It doesn’t stop there… we also offer:

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

What we'll look for in you

What we are looking for in you

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We’re 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 a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

Qualifications Required

GPhC registered Pharmacist. Available to newly qualified pharmacists and beyond. Management and leadership experience (desirable). Procurement and audit experience (desirable). Vocational Master’s Degree in Pharmacy including pre-registration training Excellent communication skills

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 in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.