Prison Services Technician (ACT)

Job overview

• To  provide a medicines management service to allocated prisons
• To work in the dispensary at HMP Rochester Pharmacy
• To provide final accuracy checks on dispensed medicines as an accredited checking technician (ACT).

Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.

Main duties of the job

• To provide a medicines management service to allocated prisons on a weekly basis with the professional support of a prison services pharmacist.
• To oversee the ordering/supply of repeat prescriptions.
• To supervise assistants, when in the dispensary in providing dispensing services for all the prisons.
• To be an accredited checking technician (ACT) providing final accuracy checks.
• To ensure high standards of work in the dispensary and when out on prison visits and to ensure all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are read and adhered to.
• To assist the senior prisons technician with writing, updating and monitoring the use of medicines management SOPs.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Management Responsibilities

• To supervise the pharmacy assistants when working within the dispensary at HMP Rochester Pharmacy.
• To manage own workload when providing medicines management services.

Clinical

• To provide weekly clinical visits to the allocated prisons, under the professional supervision of a pharmacist. On these visits you will:

• undertake a stock top-up service for all areas medicines are stored within the prison.
• review the expiry dates and storage facilities for all such medicines and report any deficiencies to the prison service pharmacist for that prison.
• assist the prison service pharmacist to provide advice to prisoners and staff about the appropriate use of medicines.
• undertake 3 monthly controlled drugs stock checks and report any issues to the Prison Service Pharmacist for that prison.

• Promote healthy lifestyles for offenders in line with local and national guidelines or promotions.
• 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.

Research

• To participate in clinical and departmental audits as required.

Other

• To appreciate the secure environment you are working in and to adhere to all prison procedures as necessary.

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 photographic ID

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.

In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants

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).