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Prison Services Clinical Pharmacist (Bank) - HMP Bristol
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Prison Services Clinical Pharmacist (Bank) - HMP Bristol
Clinical Pharmacist – Prestige Opportunity in Prison Healthcare
Come and make a meaningful difference in challenging, creative, and fast-paced healthcare setting
The Opportunity
Are you ready to unlock your potential and work with people to build positive and productive lives, regardless of their past?
We are seeking an experienced Clinical Pharmacist to join our dedicated team of diverse, talented healthcare professionals, delivering high-quality patient-centred care.
Our team has a real impact on promoting health and well-being for individuals in prison, helping them towards future resettlement into the community. We provide integrated healthcare services—including mental health, physical health, pharmacy, and clinical substance misuse treatment—under one model to support improved patient outcomes and well-being.
This isn’t just a job—it’s an opportunity to combine clinical expertise, essential personal skills, and a commitment to excellence in an environment that is both rewarding and challenging.
About the Role
As a Clinical Pharmacist, you will work within our NHS healthcare service, specialising in prison pharmacy provision across multiple sites.
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Your key responsibilities and tasks include:
- Weekly planning and coordination of pharmacy clinical service provision to assigned prisons, ensuring effective workflow management for yourself and your team.
- Direct clinical service delivery across allocated secure healthcare settings.
- Strict adherence to high clinical and dispensing standards, following all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) under the guidance of the Lead Prison Services Pharmacist.
- Collaboration with pharmacy technicians in prisons, providing professional support and on-site mentorship.
- Formulary implementation, working with primary care colleagues to optimise prescribing practices.
- Monthly reporting on drug expenditure for assigned prisons, advising prescribers on areas for cost savings and efficiency improvements.
- Error prevention in the dispensary via clinical screening and accuracy checks.
- Punctual and timely execution of tasks to meet NHS service delivery standards.
What Makes Us Different?
We operate across 125+ sites in the South East of England, including London (Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Kent), offering community, hospital, and secure healthcare services.
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Our oxleas serve a wide range, including:
✔ Community health – District nursing, speech and language therapy ✔ Learning disabilities care ✔ Mental health services – Psychiatry, nursing, therapies ✔ Prison health (one of the UK’s largest NHS prison services, expanding nationally) ✔ Secure mental health units (e.g., Bracton Centre, panels for medium-security patients)
We work closely with: 🔹 The NHS 🔹 Local borough councils 🔹 Voluntary sector
With a team of 4,300+ dedicated professionals across hospitals, clinics, prisons, children’s centres, and patient homes, we’re proud to be the leading provider of NHS prison healthcare services in the Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Kent, and South London regions.
Our Core Purpose & Values
Together, we can improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families.
We stand by our four values that guide our work:
💙 We’re Kind 👂 We Listen 💖 We Care
Contact Us
For further details or an informal visit, contact:
Name: Lok Him Samuel Man Job Title: Lead Prison Pharmacist – Bristol Cluster Email: Sam.man@nhs.net
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