HMP Chelmsford
Hours: 20 per week
Working pattern: Monday & Tuesday
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and dynamic Clinical Pharmacist to join our progressive healthcare service within HMP Chelmsford. We are seeking a dedicated individual to play a key role in providing safe, high-quality medicines management, with a particular focus on supporting patients with mental health needs and ensuring robust monitoring of antipsychotic medications.
Main duties of the job
Dispensary & Medicines Management:
- Ensure the safe, timely, and secure supply of medications to prison wings.
- Oversee the safe transport and handling of medicines, adhering to Controlled Drug regulations.
- Provide clinical supervision to pharmacy technicians and support staff.
- Maintain the day-to-day operation of the prison dispensary.
Clinical Duties:
- Conduct medication reviews and develop pharmaceutical care plans.
- Conduct comprehensive yearly audits focusing on compliance and best practices for Controlled Drugs, antibiotic usage, and the application of Patient Group Directions (PGDs).
- Provide structured medication reviews (SMRs) for eligible patients.
Benefits
- Salary of £50,133.33 – £57,600.00 (Pro rata) depending on experience, and Group Pension.
- Receive a competitive salary enhancement.
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving access to discounts on everyday purchases such as grocery shopping and cashback and voucher offers.
- Access to wages as you earn them to help cover life emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates.
- Online and face‑to‑face help with mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post‑trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, and career coaching and counselling.
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise.
- An open, just culture encouraging ideas to deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year.
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission.
Essential Qualifications
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) as a Pharmacist.
- Masters degree in Pharmacy or equivalent.
- An independent prescriber.
- Previous experience in UK-based prison, hospital, or community pharmacy settings.
Desirable Qualifications
- Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy.
- Experience delivering services to patients with mental health conditions or substance misuse issues.
- Ideally an Independent Prescriber.
Equal Opportunities Statement
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and dynamic Clinical Pharmacist to join our progressive healthcare service within HMP Chelmsford. We are seeking a dedicated individual to play a key role in providing safe, high-quality medicines management, with a particular focus on supporting patients with mental health needs and ensuring robust monitoring of antipsychotic medications.
Main duties of the job
Dispensary & Medicines Management:
- Ensure the safe, timely, and secure supply of medications to prison wings.
- Oversee the safe transport and handling of medicines, adhering to Controlled Drug regulations.
- Provide clinical supervision to pharmacy technicians and support staff.
- Maintain the day-to-day operation of the prison dispensary.
Clinical Duties:
- Conduct medication reviews and develop pharmaceutical care plans.
- Conduct comprehensive yearly audits focusing on compliance and best practices for Controlled Drugs, antibiotic usage, and the application of Patient Group Directions (PGDs).
- Provide structured medication reviews (SMRs) for eligible patients.
Benefits
- Salary of £50,133.33 – £57,600.00 (Pro rata) depending on experience, and Group Pension.
- Receive a competitive salary enhancement.
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving access to discounts on everyday purchases such as grocery shopping and cashback and voucher offers.
- Access to wages as you earn them to help cover life emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates.
- Online and face‑to‑face help with mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post‑trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, and career coaching and counselling.
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise.
- An open, just culture encouraging ideas to deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year.
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission.
Essential Qualifications
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) as a Pharmacist.
- Masters degree in Pharmacy or equivalent.
- An independent prescriber.
- Previous experience in UK-based prison, hospital, or community pharmacy settings.
Desirable Qualifications
- Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy.
- Experience delivering services to patients with mental health conditions or substance misuse issues.
- Ideally an Independent Prescriber.
Equal Opportunities Statement
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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