Clinical Pharmacist (Prescriber)

Job Introduction

Sodexo Justice provides healthcare services within HMP Forest Bank, HMP Bronzefield and HMP Peterborough.

We are seeking a Clinical Pharmacist to develop medicines optimisation at HMP Forest Bank. The pharmacist should be an Independent prescriber (we will consider training up the right candidate), who will take responsibility for areas of chronic disease management at HMP Forest Bank, undertake clinical medication reviews, manage patients with complex polypharmacy, as well as reviewing processes and improving patient experience.

They will provide the healthcare team with information with regards to prescriptions, medication queries and repeat prescription management. They will deal with acute prescription requests, medicines reconciliation on transfer of care and systems for safer prescribing and providing expertise in clinical medicines advice.

This role would be a great opportunity if you have previous prison, hospital or community pharmacy experience and are looking for a new and exciting challenge. The successful candidate will need to be self-motivated and able to work on their own, whilst also integrating into the wider healthcare team. They will have excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills together with a good working knowledge of the challenges facing medicines management in the NHS.

HMP Forest Bank serves the courts of Greater Manchester and maintains strong links to the local community with a focus on resettlement. We aim to deliver quality of life services and support people to change their lives for the better.

Opportunities for learning and developing work-ready skills are on offer for all who come into custody, but our commitment to reducing reoffending in local communities does not end at the prison gate. We support people released from custody through innovative partnerships in substance misuse services in Bury and Oldham, working with people to maintain recovery and lead law-abiding lives.

As well as the 16 residential units on site, there is a healthcare centre, gym, library, workshop complex, visits hall, chaplaincy and kitchen. The prison’s capacity stands at 1,460, holding adult men both on remand or sentenced and young prisoners between the ages of 18-21 years.

Learn more about working in Justice and HMP Forest Bank

Role Responsibility

• Act as responsible pharmacist when rostered to do so in the dispensary.
• Undertake clinical screening and final accuracy checks when working in the dispensary.
• Provide face to face clinics to help patients with questions, queries and concerns about their medicines.
• Hold clinics for patients requiring face-to-face Clinical Medication Reviews (CMRs) i.e. a review of the ongoing need for each medicine, a review of monitoring needs and an opportunity to support patients with their concordance with prescribed medication.
• Undertake clinical medication reviews with patients with multi-morbidity and polypharmacy and implement own prescribing changes (as an independent prescriber) and order relevant monitoring tests.
• See patients in multi-morbidity clinics and in partnership with the multidisciplinary team implement improvements to the patient’s medicines, including deprescribing.
• Run own long-term conditions clinics where responsible for prescribing as an independent prescriber for conditions where medicines have a large component (e.g. stable angina, warfarin monitoring and dose adjustment).
• Managing caseload of patients with common/minor/self-limiting ailments whilst working within a scope of practice and limits of competence.
• Prescribe and adjust prescriptions where required within competency and agreed areas of practice (if registered Independent Prescriber)
• Answer relevant medicines-related enquiries from GP’s, other healthcare staff and patients with queries about medication.

**Full job description below**

The Ideal Candidate

Essential

• Master’s Degree of Pharmacy or equivalent
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council of GB (GPhC)
• Registered Independent Pharmacist Prescriber or working towards the qualification. We will consider training up the right candidate if they do not already have the qualification.
• Previous prison/hospital/community pharmacy experience in the UK
• Previous proven experience of providing clinical services in a healthcare setting
• Experience of working in groups and providing prescribing advice.
• Experience of writing guidelines, policies and standard operating procedures.
• Experience of undertaking patient medication histories and medication reviews.

Desirable:

• Completion of or on the Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes pathway, Clinical Pharmacists in General Practice education or Primary Care Pharmacy Education pathway
• Postgraduate Diploma or working towards
• A member of or working towards Faculty Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
• Experience of providing clinical services to mental health or substance misuse patients
• Experience of risk management

Applications will be considered for those wishing to work on either a full- or part-time basis

Package Description

• Salary of £45,000 - £48,000
• Pension scheme
• 20 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Free on-site parking
• Free meals while on duty
• Use of fully equipped on-site gym
• Healthcare Cash Plan – claim back dental, optical, prescription and other costs, up to the value of £11,500p.a., for yourself and dependents
• Full costs for Professional Indemnity Insurance and GPhC registration, along with 50% RPS/APTUK membership fees, can be reclaimed from Sodexo once you commence employment with us (and annually going forwards).
• Access to Sodexo Discounts – an exclusive website for employees, offering a wide range of Holiday, travel, mobile phone, cinema and retail discounts

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 36,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the energy, corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

At Sodexo we are committed to a leading role in promoting equality opportunities and valuing diversity and inclusion. We seek to create a work environment based on mutual respect for all individuals, building a culture that appreciates and values the experiences and skills brought by each person to benefit our organisation and work hard to ensure that all people, whatever their race, colour, sex, gender identity  disability, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religion or belief, marital/partnership or family status, sexual orientation, age, social class, educational background, employment status, working pattern, are welcome to and included within our organisation. 

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.

Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.

Please note all roles within Sodexo Justice are subject to security and recruitment checks which may include a Social Media Check. You will also be asked to provide 5 years’ worth of references and request employment history details from the HMRC.