Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Medicine Management Technician
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Job Opportunity for Pharmacy Technician
This is an excellent opportunity for a pharmacy technician to join our team of diverse, talented healthcare professionals to deliver care that is not only efficient but deeply centred on the patient.
Our healthcare team have a real impact on promoting health and well-being to those in prison and we pride ourselves on using skills and strategies that instil hope for patient’s future resettlement back into the community. We directly deliver Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy and Clinical Substance Misuse in an integrated healthcare delivery model to provide effective and responsive care to improve wellbeing and support better outcomes in the future.
This position isn’t just a job; it’s a chance to blend your clinical knowledge, personal skills and a commitment to delivering the highest standards of care in an environment that is as rewarding as it is challenging.
Important Sponsorship Information for this post
We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.
Previous applicants need not apply**
About the Role
As a Pharmacy Technician, you will be providing a medicines management service to patients within the prison with the professional support of a prison service pharmacist. You will:
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- Administer medicines to patients against a valid prescription, ensuring this is taken correctly
- Provide advice to patients about the appropriate use of medicines and promote healthy lifestyles to aid their rehabilitation
- Dispense prescriptions and stock items, whilst supervising assistants when in the dispensary
There will also be elements of stock control involved in your role, such as:
- Undertaking stock top-up services
- Reviewing expiry dates and storage facilities for all medicines
- Reporting any deficiencies to the prison service pharmacist
About Oxleas
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
- 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.
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We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. 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 the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our Purpose
To improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We’re Kind
- We’re Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Clare Denny
- Job title: Recruitment and Retention Resourcing Officer
- Email address: claredenny@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 07504877653
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