Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Task and Responsibilities

• To provide a medicines management service to the allocated prison(s) on a daily basis with the professional support of a prison services pharmacist.
• To oversee the ordering/supply of repeat prescriptions.
• To utilise stock supplies and out of hours supplies when patients own medication is not available.
• To have accreditation as a checking technician and/or medicines optimistation. 
• To ensure high standards of work and that Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are read and adhered to.
• To facilitate the medication supply on repeat prescriptions (using System1), this will include tasking GP’s/NMP’s to generate repeat prescriptions, ensure they are signed and given to pharmacy promptly with in the Repeat Prescription management process.
• To supervise and assist primary care staff to ensure prompt medicine administration times are adhered to.
• To be competent in advising patients in all aspects of their medication to ensure adherence and compliance. This should, include but not be exclusive to, inhaler technique, interaction, mechanism of drug action/normal doses regimen, side effects.
• To ensure high standards of work in Primary Care and to ensure all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Oxleas and Oxleas Prison Services Policies including – Standards of Medicine Management, IP Policy, Homely Remedies Policy are read, understood, and adhered to.
• To have, or work towards, an awareness/knowledge of medicines information to support adherence and compliance by using BNF, BNF-e, e-MC, Medicines information line and other recognized sources of information
• To escalate any concerns about patients and their medication – including non-compliance – to appropriate staff and within confidentiality guideline, including concerns of patients who need support from the Mental Health Team, Substance mis-use team or Prison staff
• Controlled Drugs – to order, monitor and maintain all legal paperwork concerning medication patients with controlled drugs in accordance with local policy.
• Cool chain management and administration of fridge line medication – to ensure daily fridge temperatures checks are completed and recoded and any breaches of the cold chain are escalated according to SOP/Policy.
• To use System1 to document any information about patients and their medication- non-compliance/non- attendance (intentional and unintentional), allergies and raise concerns with appropriate staff/teams.
• To use System1 to create ledgers and call up lists for patients to attend Healthcare/Houseblock treatment rooms to facilitate medicines administration daily.
• Record keeping – to ensure all policies and protocols are adhered to and documented on S1 as well as keeping meticulous paper records.
• To Administer medicines to offenders against a valid prescription on the house blocks/Healthcare safely and promptly whilst adhering to all policies and SOP’s using S1 to facilitate this.
• To use Datix to report any incidents or concerns.
• To have knowledge of the Critical medication List– to administer critical medication when required and report any concerns/non-compliance to appropriate teams /staff.

IMPROTANT 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).