Bank B5 Pharmacy Technician

at  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

HMP Woodhill is an all-male high secure category A/B prison located in Milton Keynes holding up to 550 prisoners aged 18 and over.
Our motto is “Caring NOT Judging” so by working in partnership with the criminal justice system and other agencies, we provide responsive, dependable and high-quality primary care and mental health services to those who may have offended and those at risk of offending in the communities we serve, to improve their health status and to encourage social inclusion.
Why not see what our staff say about working within our award winning teams: https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/health-and-justice/find-out-what-its-work-health-and-justice

1) To assist the Pharmacy Team in the development and delivery of a medicines management service to HMP Woodhill using the in-house electronic prescribing system.
2) To delivery of a safe and effective medicines management process.
3) To act as an Accredited Checking Technician and Medicine Management Technician.
4) To administer medicines to patients, once deemed competent.

5) To work within the operational Dispensary team and deputise for the Dispensary Manager when requested/required.

• Assist in the delivery of a high-quality dispensing service to HMP Woodhill, ensuring medicines are dispensed to agreed standards, calculating doses and quantities for supply. Including the supply of medicines in Monitored Dosage Systems.
• Ensure that pharmacy technical operations (ordering, handling, storage and disposal of medicines) are undertaken in a safe, secure and efficient manner that complies with medicines legislation and good practice
• Liaise with other members of the healthcare team (including doctors, consultants and nurses), providing medicines related guidance, to reduce medicines errors.
• Provide medication on an individual patient basis, effectively delivering complex information and advice to prescribers, patients and carers where necessary. This may involve use of negotiation and persuasion skills in order to overcome barriers.
• Support healthcare staff to ensure prescribing and administration of medicines takes place in accordance with local policy.
• Ensure patient related records are kept up to date.
• Provide medicines education and information to patients including undertaking non-compliance clinics to improve medicines adherence.
• Contribute to Pharmacy audits / reports by collating data information and supporting with the implementation of any action plan(s) as an outcome
• Act as an Accredited Checking Technician following appropriate training and accreditation.

Wellbeing for life : We work in partnership with all who use our services to improve health and wellbeing. Together we look at ways of improving an individual’s quality of life, through high quality healthcare and personal support.
Compassion : Our staff will be led by compassion and embody the values of care outlined in our Staff Charter.
Respect : We will respect and value the diversity of our patients, service users and staff, to create a respectful and inclusive environment, which recognises the uniqueness of each individual.
Empowerment : We will involve, inform and empower our patients, service users, carers and their families to take an active role in the management of their illness and adopt recovery principles. We will ensure our staff receive appropriate direction and support, to enable them to develop and grow.
Partnership : We will work closely with our many partners to ensure that our combined efforts are focused on achieving the best possible outcomes for the people we serve
Please see attached Job Description & Person Spe