Prison Services Clinical Pharmacist (Bank) – HMP Bristol

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Main area Prisons Grade 7 Contract Bank Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Up to 37.5hrs p/wk, Please note bank hours are ad-hoc and not guaranteed) Job ref 277-BankPharmacist-HMPBr-B

Site HMP Bristol Town Bristol Salary £51,932 per annum pro-rata Salary period Yearly Closing 29/09/2026 23:59

Job overview

Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment? Do you want to work with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past?

This is an excellent opportunity for a Clinical Pharmacist 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.

Main duties of the job

To provide clinical pharmacy services to the allocated prisons and support the pharmacy technician(s) on these visits and be a responsible pharmacist in the dispensary when rostered.

• 1. To organise on a weekly basis the pharmacy clinical service provision to the allocated prisons, planning your work and the work of others.
• 2. To provide clinical services to the allocated prisons.
• 3. To ensure you personally have high standards of work, both clinical and dispensing and follow all standard operating procedures (SOPs) as directed by the Lead Prison Services Pharmacist.
• 4. To work as a team with the pharmacy technician in the allocated prisons and to support this technician professionally when on site.
• 5. To implement the prison formulary, in collaboration with primary care colleagues.
• 6. To generate monthly reports on drug expenditure for the allocated prisons and to advice the prescribers on areas for improvement and efficiencies.
• 7. To provide clinical screening and final accuracy checks when working in the dispensary.
• 8. To ensure all work is carried out in a timely manner to meet the requirements of the delivery service across the prisons.

Working for our organisation

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 and 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.

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 is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We Listen
• We Care

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Management Responsibilities
  • 1. To manage the day-to-day work of the pharmacy technician when on site in the allocated prisons.
  • 2. To manage your own time efficiently whilst on prison visits.
• Clinical
  • 1. To undertake scheduled clinical visits to the allocated prisons. On these visits you will:
    • a. undertake MUR’s for offenders identified as requiring assistance by healthcare staff.
    • b. review the medication history of newly admitted offenders to ensure prescriptions are correct and if necessary make recommendations to bring prescribing in line with local formulary choices.
    • c. provide scheduled clinics for offenders to give advice and support on their prescribed medicines, OTC medicines and other medical issues they may raise.
  • 2. Monitor prescribing trends and give advice to healthcare staff to improve prescribing in line with formulary choices and/or current clinical thinking.
  • 3. Promote healthy lifestyles for offenders in line with local and national guidelines or promotions.
  • 4. To be an active member of the BSGW cluster clinical governance/medicines management committee(s).
  • 5. To work closely with the primary care providers to ensure safe prescribing, use, storage and transport of medicines within the secure environments.
  • 6. To liaise with the Specialist Prison Services Pharmacist and assist in writing, in collaboration with primary care colleagues in the BSGW cluster, Patient Group Directions (PGD’s) when an appropriate use is identified. To train nursing staff in the BSGW cluster in the use of these PGDs and to monitor use/compliance on an on-going basis, reporting any discrepancies to the senior pharmacist prison services.
  • 7. To review PGDs in use every 1-2 years on a rolling basis as determined by the Lead Prison Services Pharmacist.
  • 8. To assist the Specialist Prison Services Pharmacist to introduce new prescribing guidelines/medicines within the BSGW cluster.
  • 9. To participate in the on-call rota (as necessary) to provide support and advice to the primary care teams when the pharmacy is closed and to liaise with local community pharmacies to dispense urgent medicines during these times.
  • 10. To demonstrate on-going continual professional development (CPD) and be responsible for self-development and learning within the field of pharmacy or other specialty where appropriate.
• Dispensary
  • 1. To act as responsible pharmacist when rostered to do so in the dispensary.
  • 2. To dispense prescriptions and stock items when in the dispensary.
  • 3. To undertake clinical screening and final accuracy checks when working in the dispensary.
  • 4. To organise the sale of OTC medicines following a request from an offender in the allocated prison cluster.

(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.

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).

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

• Masters Degree of Pharmacy or equivalent
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council of GB (GPhC)
• Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice/Clinical Pharmacy/Mental Health or equivalent (or working towards)
• Registered Independent Pharmacist Prescriber
• A member of or working towards Faculty Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Experience

• Previous prison/hospital/community pharmacy experience in the UK
• At least 4 years experience of providing clinical pharmacy services
• At least 2 years experience of providing clinical services within prisons or GP practices
• Experience of providing clinical services to mental health or substance misuse patients

Skills

• Recent clinical pharmacy practice in a GP practice or prison setting
• Sound clinical skills at diploma level

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme – Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.

If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.

We encourage applicants to contact the hiring manager before their interview, if they have any questions about the role or the process. This is a great way to get clarity and prepare effectively for the interview.

If you have declared you are part of the armed forces community, you may be asked to provide evidence during the recruitment process. If you misrepresent this information, your offer may be withdrawn. For Armed Forces specific support, see our webpage: https://oxleas.nhs.uk/armed-forces-community/

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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We monitor applications for any behaviour that could create an unfair advantage, and we check all references carefully. You are likely to be tested on your experience at interview, so be honest and make sure all the information in your application is correct.Please note that the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is prohibited during the interview process.

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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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