Pharmacy Manager

Job Introduction

We are seeking a Pharmacy Manager with excellent attention to detail to work within our healthcare team. Based in HMP Bronzefield, you will have the opportunity to make a difference to the health, well-being and rehabilitation of offenders within the establishment. You will lead a team of support staff and work closely with a range of clinicians and non-clinicians from Primary Care, Mental Health and other health partners in ensuring effective delivery of pharmacy services.

You will have successfully completed a GPhC accredited Master of Pharmacy degree (MPharm) alongside one year's pre-registration training. It is also essential that you have experience of leading and managing a team.

HMP/YOI Bronzefield is a closed local prison serving courts across the South of England. Our mission is to deliver quality of life services which make a meaningful difference to women in the criminal justice system by supporting them to change their lives for the better. To achieve this, we focus on providing needs-based services and programmes to rehabilitate and improve the well-being of our women.

We house up to 572 women (approximately 14.5% of the national female prison population). The women in our custody have a diverse and complex set of needs and range from mothers and babies, young offenders, life and long term sentenced women, short to mid-term sentenced women, foreign nationals and women on remand.

We have been awarded a bronze accreditation by Investors in People for our commitment to our staff, their development, engagement and investment in a sustainable future.

Learn more about working in Justice and HMP Bronzefield

Role Responsibility

Working in a team delivering in-house pharmaceutical services within a prison setting. Assignments will include:

• Ensure the safe and effective running of the Pharmacy making sure that all Pharmacy staff understands their roles and responsibilities in relation to the Sodexo Justice Standard Operating Protocols
• Provide line management to pharmacy staff in line with Sodexo recommendations and professional requirements, when required
• Lead the team of pharmacy technicians and support workers in the day to day provision of pharmacy services
• Responsible for accuracy checking and clinically screening prescriptions
• Review prescriptions for accuracy and legality and identify actual or potential problems
• Provide advice on the cost effective use of medicines including the implementation of prescribing guidelines and identification of potential cost savings
• Provide support with medication management training to new prescribers, GPs, Nurses when required
• Ensure appropriate stock / inventory management to ensure that are no delays in patients receiving medication
• Ensure robust management processes with wholesalers
• Ensure implementation of a medicine waste management strategy and oversee returns of medicines that can be reused based on national and local protocols
• Act on intelligence around supply issues
• Act on MHRA alerts and review supply of medication accordingly
• Work closely with prescribers to ensure safe prescribing
• Run audits as identified through the Lead Pharmacist or through learning from incidents / complaints, take relevant actions, share learning and ensure assurance checks are in place.
• Ensure effective monitoring of FP10s & FP10 MDAs supply on release
• Use of available Telemedicine solutions where appropriate
• Effective Pharmacy Cost Management and critically evaluate to identify savings where appropriate

The Ideal Candidate

Essential:

• Previous experience post registration of providing clinical services within community, hospital or justice setting
• Experience of leading and implementing change within a health setting.
• Experience of providing clinical services to mental health or substance misuse patients
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Successful completion of a GPhC accredited Master of Pharmacy degree (MPharm), which is a full-time, four-year course
• Successful completion of one year's pre-registration training,
• Successful completion of the GPhC's registration assessment
• Meeting the fitness to practice requirements for registration as a pharmacist.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment
• Experience of leading and managing a team
• A strong focus on continuous improvement for processes and procedures
• Committed to customer care and first-class service provision

Desirable:

• Experience of working in a custodial environment
• Experience of working within primary care.
• Use of Pharmacy computer systems (e.g. Proscript) - for stock control and labelling

Package Description

• Salary of £38,000 - £45,000
• 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.