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King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Rotational Occupational Therapist

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs

Inner London, Greater London

Permanent

Radiographer

GBP 47,951 - 56,863 per year

Posted 9 day(s) ago

Reference: B6 Occupational Therapist

Job summary

At King's, we value your career and are committed to supporting your professional development. We pride ourselves on helping our OTs build their skills, broaden their experience and progress through the bands, with opportunities to develop and grow your career within our service.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our well-established Band 6 rotational programme. You will gain broad clinical experience across a range of specialist areas, working in both acute and rehabilitation settings, supporting your development into a confident and skilled clinician. Rotations are typically 7-9 months in length.

We are looking for an occupational therapist who is motivated, and committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care. You will work as part of a supportive and experienced multidisciplinary team, contributing to assessment, rehabilitation, and discharge planning for patients with complex needs.

There are opportunities to be involved in quality improvement, teaching, and ongoing service development.

We welcome applications that detail your personal experiences and skills that would make you a good fit for this role.

The post requires a flexible approach to working and requires the post holder to undertake weekend commitments as required.

All staff are required to work across multiple sites as required by the rotation.

Main duties of the job

Identify, prioritise and manage patients presenting with impairments for Occupational Therapy intervention. Assess and treat patients with complex needs who would benefit from a co-ordinated MDT assessment, rehabilitation and discharge service.
Competent in the administration of OT assessments of motor, sensory, cognitive, perceptual, psychosocial and functional areas.
Conduct risk assessments and implement risk management strategies including the use of Therapeutic Manual Handling techniques and the Lone Working Policy.
Assess and demonstrate to clients the safe use of equipment and adaptations and recommend provision thereof.
Write Occupational Therapy reports for referring hospitals, Social Services and other agencies detailing functional status, discharge recommendations, and recommendations regarding ongoing OT intervention.
Liaise and work with referring hospitals, Social Services and other agencies to ensure continuity of care.
Assist with planning and prioritisation of patient workload in the event of staff absence to ensure OT service is maintained.
Ensure that up to date written and electronic records and activity data are maintained in accordance with professional and Trust standards.
Communicate complex information to patients and carers with appropriate understanding and reassurance.

About us

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£2.1billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and around 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in Bromley.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus.

In June 2026, we launched our new strategy for 2026-31. Our vision is to transform healthcare, and we have agreed six strategic ambitions to help us improve care for patients, and the working lives of our staff.

Our six strategic ambitions are delivering high-quality patient care; creating a great place to work; leading pioneering research, innovation and education; building strong and successful partnerships; providing timely and efficient care; and ensuring long-term financial sustainability.

Details

Date posted

23 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£47,951 to £56,863 a year per annum, inc HCA's

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

B6 Occupational Therapist

Job locations

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Denmark Hill

London

SE5 9RS

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical:

To identify, prioritise and manage patients presenting with neurological impairments, who require occupational therapy input. Including education of the MDT to promote appropriate referrals for both discharge planning and rehabilitation.
To assess and treat patients with neurological disabilities and complex needs who would benefit from a coordinated multidisciplinary assessment, rehabilitation and discharge services.
To be competent in the administration of specific neurological occupational therapy assessments of motor, sensory, cognitive, perceptual deficits, psychosocial needs and occupational performance.
To be competent in the development and implementation of remedial, compensatory and preventative treatment programmes addressing motor, sensory, cognitive, perceptual, psychosocial and occupational areas.
To provide specialist occupational therapy input to neurological wards, critical care units, acute services, rehabilitation services, outpatients and clinics.
To support patients and carers in setting their own goals, then implementing this and evaluating appropriately.
To select evidence based techniques as part of a coordinated treatment program.
To plan and implement individual and/or group interventions, in collaboration with clients and carers, to achieve therapeutic goals.
To identify risks, complete risk assessments and implement risk management strategies including the use of Therapeutic Manual Handling techniques and the Lone Working Policy and document this accurately.
To recognise any change in the condition of the patient and alter treatment accordingly or escalate to medical teams as required.

To work within local policies and procedures, national standards and guidelines and adhere to the Royal College of Occupational Therapy professional standards and ethics.
To assess and demonstrate to patients and carers the safe use of equipment and adaptations and recommend provision of equipment to support discharge.
To liaise with professionals in onward services to ensure continuity of care.
To respect the individuality, values, culture and religious diversity of patients and contribute to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs, ensuring equity of service provision.
To make appropriate clinical observations and keep accurate electronic records and activity data in accordance with professional and trust standards.
To write occupational therapy functional and discharge reports for social services, onward inpatient services and community services detailing functional status, discharge recommendations and recommendations regarding ongoing occupational therapy interventions. To contribute to multidisciplinary functional and discharge reports detailing occupational therapy interventions and recommendations as required.
To work as an autonomous practitioner and display appropriate problem solving, analytical and judgement skills.
To assist with planning and prioritisation of the team and departments workload in the event of staff absence to ensure the occupational therapy priority services are maintained.
To comply with all relevant trust policies, procedures and guidelines, including those relating to equal opportunities, health and safety and confidentiality of information.

Communication:

To communicate complex information to patients and family/ carers who may have barriers to understanding.
To actively participate in team meetings within occupational therapy and with the MDT, including weekly MDT meetings, case conferences and best interest meetings and to delegate for specialist or team lead occupational therapist as required.
To be skilled in communicating reasoning and motivating patients to participate in sessions.

To communicate professionally in person and by telephone with families/ carers and other professionals.

To manage differences of opinions and difficult conversations within the team, MDT and with patients, families/ carers.

Administrative Responsibilities:

To supervise, provide support and complete appraisals with occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants and technicians and students.

To be aware of the importance of staff wellbeing, accessing trust support as required and raising any concerns with supervisors or senior staff.

To contribute to the hospitals clinical governance arrangements and quality agenda.

To assist in developing services and standards according to the Occupational Therapy objectives.

To participate in the planning, evaluation and audit of practice, clinical pathways and protocols within the neurological occupational therapy services with a view to measuring efficiency and ensuring high quality standards.

To be responsible for competent use and maintenance of equipment, raising any concerns and reporting when further resources are needed.

To carry out administrative duties as required e.g. assisting in ordering, receiving and maintaining stock and managing petty cash.

To have good IT skills and use a variety of IT systems to input patient and staff data as required.

Education and Training and Research

To review and reflect on own practice and performance through effective use of professional and operational supervision and appraisal.

To promote development of occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, technicians and students according to their training and development needs as identified through supervision and appraisal.

To regularly supervise occupational therapy students on practice placement.

To demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate current research, apply them to practice and disseminate findings at a local level.

To broaden research and development skills through participation in local audit and research projects.

To demonstrate ongoing personal and professional development through participation in internal and external development opportunities, recording outcomes in a portfolio.

To keep in touch with new developments and changing trends in Occupational Therapy and participate in wider issues of providing an Occupational Therapy service i.e. quality assurance, public relations including liaison with the community; planning and policy making.

To demonstrate leadership skills through the management of designated projects.

To participate in and present on the neurology in-service training programmes, multi-disciplinary trainings and external conferences.
To undertake any other duties commensurate within the grade.

People Management and Performance

Lead, coach and manage the performance of the team in line with good people management practices. Ensuring excellence is recognised and underperformance is addressed.
Participate in regular performance appraisal meetings and ensure each member of the team has a clear set of objectives and development plans.
Ensure the team is compliance with all statutory, mandatory training together with any professional training requirements, ensuring they are up to date and fully compliant.
Manage team absences including sickness in line with Trust policy ensuring the appropriate return to work meetings occur, e-roster is updated and productivity is at keep to the highest possible level.
Identify and fill any vacancies that arise within the team in line with the Trusts recruitment policy and process.
Identify talent and support the internal talent management process in order attract and retain and succession plan for your people.
Review skills mix at regular intervals in order to identify any potential opportunities to maximise resource utilisation / allocation, ensuring job descriptions are kept up to date.
Ensure overall wellbeing of the team is maintained. Continuously support in improving the morale of the team and implementing a culture of zero-tolerance for bullying and harassment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical:

To identify, prioritise and manage patients presenting with neurological impairments, who require occupational therapy input. Including education of the MDT to promote appropriate referrals for both discharge planning and rehabilitation.
To assess and treat patients with neurological disabilities and complex needs who would benefit from a coordinated multidisciplinary assessment, rehabilitation and discharge services.
To be competent in the administration of specific neurological occupational therapy assessments of motor, sensory, cognitive, perceptual deficits, psychosocial needs and occupational performance.
To be competent in the development and implementation of remedial, compensatory and preventative treatment programmes addressing motor, sensory, cognitive, perceptual, psychosocial and occupational areas.
To provide specialist occupational therapy input to neurological wards, critical care units, acute services, rehabilitation services, outpatients and clinics.
To support patients and carers in setting their own goals, then implementing this and evaluating appropriately.
To select evidence based techniques as part of a coordinated treatment program.
To plan and implement individual and/or group interventions, in collaboration with clients and carers, to achieve therapeutic goals.
To identify risks, complete risk assessments and implement risk management strategies including the use of Therapeutic Manual Handling techniques and the Lone Working Policy and document this accurately.
To recognise any change in the condition of the patient and alter treatment accordingly or escalate to medical teams as required.

To work within local policies and procedures, national standards and guidelines and adhere to the Royal College of Occupational Therapy professional standards and ethics.
To assess and demonstrate to patients and carers the safe use of equipment and adaptations and recommend provision of equipment to support discharge.
To liaise with professionals in onward services to ensure continuity of care.
To respect the individuality, values, culture and religious diversity of patients and contribute to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs, ensuring equity of service provision.
To make appropriate clinical observations and keep accurate electronic records and activity data in accordance with professional and trust standards.
To write occupational therapy functional and discharge reports for social services, onward inpatient services and community services detailing functional status, discharge recommendations and recommendations regarding ongoing occupational therapy interventions. To contribute to multidisciplinary functional and discharge reports detailing occupational therapy interventions and recommendations as required.
To work as an autonomous practitioner and display appropriate problem solving, analytical and judgement skills.
To assist with planning and prioritisation of the team and departments workload in the event of staff absence to ensure the occupational therapy priority services are maintained.
To comply with all relevant trust policies, procedures and guidelines, including those relating to equal opportunities, health and safety and confidentiality of information.

Communication:

To communicate complex information to patients and family/ carers who may have barriers to understanding.
To actively participate in team meetings within occupational therapy and with the MDT, including weekly MDT meetings, case conferences and best interest meetings and to delegate for specialist or team lead occupational therapist as required.
To be skilled in communicating reasoning and motivating patients to participate in sessions.

To communicate professionally in person and by telephone with families/ carers and other professionals.

To manage differences of opinions and difficult conversations within the team, MDT and with patients, families/ carers.

Administrative Responsibilities:

To supervise, provide support and complete appraisals with occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants and technicians and students.

To be aware of the importance of staff wellbeing, accessing trust support as required and raising any concerns with supervisors or senior staff.

To contribute to the hospitals clinical governance arrangements and quality agenda.

To assist in developing services and standards according to the Occupational Therapy objectives.

To participate in the planning, evaluation and audit of practice, clinical pathways and protocols within the neurological occupational therapy services with a view to measuring efficiency and ensuring high quality standards.

To be responsible for competent use and maintenance of equipment, raising any concerns and reporting when further resources are needed.

To carry out administrative duties as required e.g. assisting in ordering, receiving and maintaining stock and managing petty cash.

To have good IT skills and use a variety of IT systems to input patient and staff data as required.

Education and Training and Research

To review and reflect on own practice and performance through effective use of professional and operational supervision and appraisal.

To promote development of occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, technicians and students according to their training and development needs as identified through supervision and appraisal.

To regularly supervise occupational therapy students on practice placement.

To demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate current research, apply them to practice and disseminate findings at a local level.

To broaden research and development skills through participation in local audit and research projects.

To demonstrate ongoing personal and professional development through participation in internal and external development opportunities, recording outcomes in a portfolio.

To keep in touch with new developments and changing trends in Occupational Therapy and participate in wider issues of providing an Occupational Therapy service i.e. quality assurance, public relations including liaison with the community; planning and policy making.

To demonstrate leadership skills through the management of designated projects.

To participate in and present on the neurology in-service training programmes, multi-disciplinary trainings and external conferences.
To undertake any other duties commensurate within the grade.

People Management and Performance

Lead, coach and manage the performance of the team in line with good people management practices. Ensuring excellence is recognised and underperformance is addressed.
Participate in regular performance appraisal meetings and ensure each member of the team has a clear set of objectives and development plans.
Ensure the team is compliance with all statutory, mandatory training together with any professional training requirements, ensuring they are up to date and fully compliant.
Manage team absences including sickness in line with Trust policy ensuring the appropriate return to work meetings occur, e-roster is updated and productivity is at keep to the highest possible level.
Identify and fill any vacancies that arise within the team in line with the Trusts recruitment policy and process.
Identify talent and support the internal talent management process in order attract and retain and succession plan for your people.
Review skills mix at regular intervals in order to identify any potential opportunities to maximise resource utilisation / allocation, ensuring job descriptions are kept up to date.
Ensure overall wellbeing of the team is maintained. Continuously support in improving the morale of the team and implementing a culture of zero-tolerance for bullying and harassment.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

Dip RCOT or Degree State Registration
HPC Registration

Desirable

Member of professional body (RCOT)/ specialist section

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Minimum of 6 months working in an acute physical setting
Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
Experience working with patients, families and carers
Evidence of taking initiative in own learning and development and review of clinical practice
Awareness of confidentiality
Awareness of the Importance of Equality and Inclusion
Demonstrate an understanding of hospital systems for the management of patient assessment and treatment
Concise and accurate report writing skills
Demonstrate a good understanding of the nature of illness and models of treatment and how these impact on the patient

Desirable

Experience supervising band 5 qualified staff and students
Experience of presenting to small and large audiences

Skills and Competencies

Essential

Able to prioritise and manage stress
Ability to work collaboratively
Ability to work autonomously, planning and prioritising own workload
Demonstrate good clinical reasoning skills
Good time management skills
Able to undertake manual handling tasks
Good written and verbal communication skills, adapting to barriers to communication
Knowledge of relevant current policies and guidelines
Excellent IT and record keeping skills
Ability to work flexibly across sites and with weekend working

Desirable

Ability to develop staff

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

Dip RCOT or Degree State Registration
HPC Registration

Desirable

Member of professional body (RCOT)/ specialist section

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Minimum of 6 months working in an acute physical setting
Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
Experience working with patients, families and carers
Evidence of taking initiative in own learning and development and review of clinical practice
Awareness of confidentiality
Awareness of the Importance of Equality and Inclusion
Demonstrate an understanding of hospital systems for the management of patient assessment and treatment
Concise and accurate report writing skills
Demonstrate a good understanding of the nature of illness and models of treatment and how these impact on the patient

Desirable

Experience supervising band 5 qualified staff and students
Experience of presenting to small and large audiences

Skills and Competencies

Essential

Able to prioritise and manage stress
Ability to work collaboratively
Ability to work autonomously, planning and prioritising own workload
Demonstrate good clinical reasoning skills
Good time management skills
Able to undertake manual handling tasks
Good written and verbal communication skills, adapting to barriers to communication
Knowledge of relevant current policies and guidelines
Excellent IT and record keeping skills
Ability to work flexibly across sites and with weekend working

Desirable

Ability to develop staff

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Denmark Hill

London

SE5 9RS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.kch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Denmark Hill

London

SE5 9RS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.kch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

NHS South East London Integrated Care Board

Family Hub Health Lead

NHS South East London Integrated Care Board View all jobs

Inner London, Greater London

Permanent

Radiographer

GBP 55,524 - 62,652 per year

Posted 9 day(s) ago

Reference: 487-SELICB-1070-A

Job summary

Families First in Greenwich

We're transforming how we work with children, young people and families through Families First in Greenwich, creating integrated services that provide the right help at the right time and keep children's needs, strengths and relationships at the centre of everything we do.

As part of this exciting development, we are recruiting a Family Hub Health Lead to join our newly designed Family Help Service.

This is a key role in driving forward improvements in the connection with the health system, providing expert health leadership, safeguarding advice and professional oversight to ensure that health information, clinical insight and the voice of health partners are fully integrated into Family Help support and safeguarding practice.

Main duties of the job

The Family Help Health Lead will provide operational leadership for health as part of the Family Help service, ensuring children and families receive timely, coordinated support. Working across health, social care, education, police, and community services. The post holder will embed health expertise within multi-discplinary teams, provide safeguarding advice, support early intervention, and to improve outcomes for children and families.

About us

The South East London Integrated Care System (ICS) brings together the health and care partners that serve our vibrant and highly diverse populations resident in the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Greenwich - our Places.Our partnership brings together six local authorities, over 200 general practices (operating within 35 Primary Care Networks), Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS FT, King's College Hospital NHS FT, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, South London and the Maudsley Mental Health FT and Oxleas FT. Importantly, the ICS seeks to be connected to the communities we serve (circa 1.92m residents) and work with the widest possible range of community, voluntary and third sector groups and organisations in each borough. The reach of our NHS provider portfolios extends beyond the borders of the ICS, across London, the south of England and nationally for some services.

Details

Date posted

23 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£55,524 to £62,652 a year per annum inclusive of outer HCAS

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

487-SELICB-1070-A

Job locations

Woolwich Centre

Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, Woolwich,

Greenwich

SE18 6HQ

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details of the duties and responsibilities of the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details of the duties and responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence for a senior audience
Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
Ability to apply advanced influencing and negotiation skills necessary to achieve successful outcomes, e.g. when working with senior managers and stakeholders
Have an in-depth knowledge of how health impacts safeguarding and be able to articulate this clearly in safeguarding and child protection proceedings
Experience of supporting the development and implementation of Family Help Assessments and plans, ensuring health needs are identified and addressed.
Ability to develop and maintain networks of relationships that facilitate the achievement of individual and team objectives
Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
Provide clinical advice and guidance on health-related issues impacting children and families.
Ability to prepare and produce concise and accurate communications for dissemination to a broad range of stakeholders as required

Others

Essential

Ability to apply child-centred, equitable, inclusive, trauma-informed and anti-racist practice.

Desirable

Ability to embed health expertise within multi-disciplinary Family Help Teams and ability to work as part of a team and work flexibly to provide support to the teams as and when necessary

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Experience of drafting briefing papers and correspondence for a senior audience
Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
Ability to apply advanced influencing and negotiation skills necessary to achieve successful outcomes, e.g. when working with senior managers and stakeholders
Have an in-depth knowledge of how health impacts safeguarding and be able to articulate this clearly in safeguarding and child protection proceedings
Experience of supporting the development and implementation of Family Help Assessments and plans, ensuring health needs are identified and addressed.
Ability to develop and maintain networks of relationships that facilitate the achievement of individual and team objectives
Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
Provide clinical advice and guidance on health-related issues impacting children and families.
Ability to prepare and produce concise and accurate communications for dissemination to a broad range of stakeholders as required

Others

Essential

Ability to apply child-centred, equitable, inclusive, trauma-informed and anti-racist practice.

Desirable

Ability to embed health expertise within multi-disciplinary Family Help Teams and ability to work as part of a team and work flexibly to provide support to the teams as and when necessary

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.

Employer details

Employer name

NHS South East London Integrated Care Board

Address

Woolwich Centre

Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, Woolwich,

Greenwich

SE18 6HQ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.selondonics.org/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

NHS South East London Integrated Care Board

Address

Woolwich Centre

Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, Woolwich,

Greenwich

SE18 6HQ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.selondonics.org/ (Opens in a new tab)

Forge Close Surgery

Patient Administrator (Receptionist)

Forge Close Surgery View all jobs

Inner London, Greater London

Permanent

GP/General Practitioner

GBP 12 per year

Posted 9 day(s) ago

Reference: A4228-26-0007

Job summary

This is a small, friendly and busy GP Practice where no two days are the same. We are looking for a Patient Administrator to join our supportive team and play an important role in helping our patients access the right care at the right time.

The role is fast-paced, varied and sometimes challenging, so you will need to be organised, calm under pressure and able to manage several tasks at once. You will be dealing with patients face-to-face and over the telephone, supporting appointments and enquiries, processing administrative work and working closely with our clinical and administrative teams.

It can be demanding, but it is also extremely rewarding. Every day you will have the opportunity to make a genuine difference to someone's experience of the NHS whether that is helping a patient navigate the practice, resolving a problem, or simply providing a friendly and reassuring point of contact.

We value teamwork, kindness, reliability and a willingness to learn. In return, you will join a close-knit team where your contribution matters and where every member of staff plays an important part in delivering a high-quality service to our patients.

If you enjoy working with people, thrive in a busy environment and want a role where no two days are the same, we would love to hear from you.

Previous GP or NHS experience is desirable, but full training will be provided for the right candidate.

Please note: We will only contact candidates who are shortlisted for interview.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking a part-time, permanent Patient Administrator to join our amazing team.

Hours: 16.5 hours over 3 days

Monday:1:00pm - 6:00pm
Wednesday: 1:00pm - 6:45pm
Friday:1:00pm - 6:45pm

Brief Description of Duties

As a Patient Administrator, you will be one of the first points of contact for our patients and will play an important role in helping them access the right service at the right time.

Your duties will include:

Welcoming and assisting patients at reception in a friendly and professional manner.
Answering telephone calls and responding to patient enquiries.
Supporting patients with appointments and directing them to the most appropriate service or member of the team.
Responding to emails and online enquiries, including our online triage system.
Processing repeat prescription requests and dealing with prescription-related administrative queries.
Undertaking DOCMAN administration, including scanning, coding and filing incoming.
Filing and maintaining patient records and ensuring information is processed accurately and promptly.
Completing general administrative tasks to support the smooth running of the practice.
Liaising with clinical and non-clinical teams.
Handling confidential and sensitive information in accordance with practice policies and NHS requirements.

Current patients of the Surgery: If you are offered this position, you would need to register with another GP practice before commencing employment with us.

About us

At Forge Close Surgery, we are united by a shared purpose: to deliver compassionate, safe and high-quality healthcare while fostering a warm, respectful and supportive workplace. Together, as one team, we care for our community and each other with integrity and pride.

We are a small, friendly GP Practice where clinical and administrative staff work closely together. We believe everyone has an important role to play and that our success relies on working together, supporting one another and treating each other with respect.

Our core values are Patient First, Teamwork & Trust, Compassion & Kindness, Excellence in Care, Accountability & Integrity, and Balance & Wellbeing.

We recognise that general practice can be fast-paced, challenging and demanding, but it is also incredibly rewarding. Our aim is to create a workplace where our team enjoys coming to work, feels supported and can take pride in making a difference to our patients and our community.

We value teamwork, learning and continuous improvement. We want our staff to feel that they are part of a team where their contribution matters.

If you are looking for a role where you can help people, work as part of a close-knit team and make a genuine difference every day, we would love to hear from you.

Details

Date posted

23 September 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.71 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A4228-26-0007

Job locations

Forge Close Surgery

Forge Close

Bromley

BR2 7LL

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

RESPONSIBILITIES

To provide a friendly, professional and helpful first point of contact for patients and visitors to the Surgery.

To deal with patients by telephone, face-to-face, email and through the Practice's online triage system.
To assist patients with appointments, queries and requests and direct them to the appropriate service, clinician or member of the Practice team.
To undertake a range of reception and administrative duties to support the smooth and effective running of the Practice.
To process patient information and administrative work accurately and in accordance with Practice protocols.
To maintain patient confidentiality and comply with information governance and data protection requirements.
To work collaboratively with both clinical and administrative colleagues.
To remain calm, professional, helpful and courteous when dealing with patients, including during challenging or difficult interactions.

TASKS

TELEPHONE

To log in to the Practice telephony system and respond to telephone calls as quickly and effectively as possible.
To deal with, transfer or escalate calls as appropriate, following Practice protocols.
To accept, record and transmit information accurately using EMIS, online triage system, generic email and other Practice computer systems.
To assist patients with queries, requests and access to appropriate services.
To provide a professional, calm and courteous service, including when dealing with challenging or difficult telephone interactions.
To maintain confidentiality when discussing patient information over the telephone.
To log out of the telephony system at the end of each working session.

RECEPTION

To receive patients and visitors arriving at the Practice in a welcoming, friendly and professional manner.

To assist with patient queries and requests or pass messages to the appropriate person.
To confidently navigate patient records using EMIS, Docman and other Practice systems in order to assist with patient queries.
To make appointments for patients with the appropriate Practice service using EMIS, where required.
To assist patients with the Practice's online triage system, including explaining how to access and use the service and directing patients to the appropriate route where required.
To handle queries and requests for information or services and ensure that they are dealt with appropriately or transferred to a GP, healthcare professional, member of staff or outside agency in accordance with Practice protocols.
To respond appropriately to patient queries received through generic email and other electronic communication channels, ensuring enquiries are dealt with or passed to the appropriate person.
To maintain a professional and courteous approach at all times, including when dealing with challenging situations.

ADMINISTRATION

To undertake general administrative duties required for the smooth running of the Practice.

To process repeat prescription requests and deal with prescription-related administrative queries in accordance with Practice protocols.
To undertake DOCMAN administration, including receiving, scanning, attaching, coding and filing correspondence accurately into the correct patient's medical record and routing correspondence to the appropriate clinician or team.
To process incoming hospital letters, clinic correspondence and other clinical documentation, ensuring that information is accurately recorded and reaches the appropriate clinician or member of the Practice team.
To undertake general filing and maintain accurate and appropriately organised patient records.
To respond to patient emails and electronic enquiries appropriately and within Practice protocols.
To undertake administrative work relating to QOF call and recall lists when required.
To assist with deductions from the Practice patient list/records in accordance with Practice procedures and guidance.
To assist with administrative backlogs and other Practice administrative work as required.
To accurately enter, update and maintain patient information using EMIS, Docman, online triage system and other Practice systems.
To ensure that all patient information is handled securely and confidentially and in accordance with Practice policies, information governance requirements and data protection legislation.

GENERAL

To assist as required during periods of staff holiday, sickness, increased workload or other operational requirements.

To work collaboratively with clinical and administrative colleagues, supporting one another and contributing positively to the wider Practice team.
To undertake any other reasonable duties appropriate to the role as requested by the Practice Manager or Partners.
To attend and complete Practice training and develop the knowledge and skills required for the role.
Full training will be provided on Practice systems, including EMIS, Docman, online triage system and relevant Practice processes and protocols.
To follow all Practice policies, procedures and protocols and raise any concerns with the Practice Manager.
To maintain a professional, respectful, helpful and courteous approach towards patients, colleagues and other healthcare professionals.
To remain calm and professional when dealing with challenging situations and seek assistance from an appropriate colleague where necessary.
To contribute to the Practice's commitment to providing safe, compassionate and high-quality care to patients.
To maintain confidentiality at all times and not disclose patient or Practice information except in accordance with Practice procedures and relevant legislation.

Job description

Job responsibilities

RESPONSIBILITIES

To provide a friendly, professional and helpful first point of contact for patients and visitors to the Surgery.

To deal with patients by telephone, face-to-face, email and through the Practice's online triage system.
To assist patients with appointments, queries and requests and direct them to the appropriate service, clinician or member of the Practice team.
To undertake a range of reception and administrative duties to support the smooth and effective running of the Practice.
To process patient information and administrative work accurately and in accordance with Practice protocols.
To maintain patient confidentiality and comply with information governance and data protection requirements.
To work collaboratively with both clinical and administrative colleagues.
To remain calm, professional, helpful and courteous when dealing with patients, including during challenging or difficult interactions.

TASKS

TELEPHONE

To log in to the Practice telephony system and respond to telephone calls as quickly and effectively as possible.
To deal with, transfer or escalate calls as appropriate, following Practice protocols.
To accept, record and transmit information accurately using EMIS, online triage system, generic email and other Practice computer systems.
To assist patients with queries, requests and access to appropriate services.
To provide a professional, calm and courteous service, including when dealing with challenging or difficult telephone interactions.
To maintain confidentiality when discussing patient information over the telephone.
To log out of the telephony system at the end of each working session.

RECEPTION

To receive patients and visitors arriving at the Practice in a welcoming, friendly and professional manner.

To assist with patient queries and requests or pass messages to the appropriate person.
To confidently navigate patient records using EMIS, Docman and other Practice systems in order to assist with patient queries.
To make appointments for patients with the appropriate Practice service using EMIS, where required.
To assist patients with the Practice's online triage system, including explaining how to access and use the service and directing patients to the appropriate route where required.
To handle queries and requests for information or services and ensure that they are dealt with appropriately or transferred to a GP, healthcare professional, member of staff or outside agency in accordance with Practice protocols.
To respond appropriately to patient queries received through generic email and other electronic communication channels, ensuring enquiries are dealt with or passed to the appropriate person.
To maintain a professional and courteous approach at all times, including when dealing with challenging situations.

ADMINISTRATION

To undertake general administrative duties required for the smooth running of the Practice.

To process repeat prescription requests and deal with prescription-related administrative queries in accordance with Practice protocols.
To undertake DOCMAN administration, including receiving, scanning, attaching, coding and filing correspondence accurately into the correct patient's medical record and routing correspondence to the appropriate clinician or team.
To process incoming hospital letters, clinic correspondence and other clinical documentation, ensuring that information is accurately recorded and reaches the appropriate clinician or member of the Practice team.
To undertake general filing and maintain accurate and appropriately organised patient records.
To respond to patient emails and electronic enquiries appropriately and within Practice protocols.
To undertake administrative work relating to QOF call and recall lists when required.
To assist with deductions from the Practice patient list/records in accordance with Practice procedures and guidance.
To assist with administrative backlogs and other Practice administrative work as required.
To accurately enter, update and maintain patient information using EMIS, Docman, online triage system and other Practice systems.
To ensure that all patient information is handled securely and confidentially and in accordance with Practice policies, information governance requirements and data protection legislation.

GENERAL

To assist as required during periods of staff holiday, sickness, increased workload or other operational requirements.

To work collaboratively with clinical and administrative colleagues, supporting one another and contributing positively to the wider Practice team.
To undertake any other reasonable duties appropriate to the role as requested by the Practice Manager or Partners.
To attend and complete Practice training and develop the knowledge and skills required for the role.
Full training will be provided on Practice systems, including EMIS, Docman, online triage system and relevant Practice processes and protocols.
To follow all Practice policies, procedures and protocols and raise any concerns with the Practice Manager.
To maintain a professional, respectful, helpful and courteous approach towards patients, colleagues and other healthcare professionals.
To remain calm and professional when dealing with challenging situations and seek assistance from an appropriate colleague where necessary.
To contribute to the Practice's commitment to providing safe, compassionate and high-quality care to patients.
To maintain confidentiality at all times and not disclose patient or Practice information except in accordance with Practice procedures and relevant legislation.

Person Specification

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Confident using IT systems, including Microsoft Office, email and computer-based systems.
Ability and willingness to learn new IT systems and software as they are introduced.
Good verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to communicate clearly and professionally with patients, colleagues and healthcare professionals.
Good organisational skills and ability to prioritise workload.
Accurate and methodical approach with good attention to detail.
Ability to remain calm and professional under pressure.
Ability to deal appropriately with challenging or difficult situations.
Ability to follow Practice policies, procedures and protocols.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Ability to recognise when assistance is required and seek support appropriately.

Desirable

Experience using EMIS, Docman and Accurx.
Experience working with electronic patient records.
Experience of processing electronic correspondence and online patient requests.
Knowledge of NHS services and Primary Care processes.

Qualifications

Essential

Good standard of general education.
Ability to read, write and communicate clearly.
Willingness to undertake relevant training and learn new systems and procedures.

Desirable

Qualification or training in administration, customer service, healthcare or a related area.
Relevant NHS or Primary Care training.

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in a customer-facing, administrative or service environment.
Experience of dealing with members of the public in a professional and courteous manner.
Experience of using computerised systems as part of a working environment.
Experience of handling confidential or sensitive information.
Experience of working in a busy environment and managing multiple tasks.

Desirable

Previous experience in a Primary Care setting, such as a GP Practice, Primary Care Network or other NHS primary care environment.
Previous experience working in an NHS or healthcare setting.
Experience using EMIS, Docman, Accurx or other GP Practice systems.
Experience processing prescriptions or prescription-related queries.
Experience processing clinical correspondence, scanning, coding and filing documents.
Experience using an online consultation or triage system.
Experience undertaking patient recalls, QOF-related administration or patient list administration.

Person Specification

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Confident using IT systems, including Microsoft Office, email and computer-based systems.
Ability and willingness to learn new IT systems and software as they are introduced.
Good verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to communicate clearly and professionally with patients, colleagues and healthcare professionals.
Good organisational skills and ability to prioritise workload.
Accurate and methodical approach with good attention to detail.
Ability to remain calm and professional under pressure.
Ability to deal appropriately with challenging or difficult situations.
Ability to follow Practice policies, procedures and protocols.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Ability to recognise when assistance is required and seek support appropriately.

Desirable

Experience using EMIS, Docman and Accurx.
Experience working with electronic patient records.
Experience of processing electronic correspondence and online patient requests.
Knowledge of NHS services and Primary Care processes.

Qualifications

Essential

Good standard of general education.
Ability to read, write and communicate clearly.
Willingness to undertake relevant training and learn new systems and procedures.

Desirable

Qualification or training in administration, customer service, healthcare or a related area.
Relevant NHS or Primary Care training.

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in a customer-facing, administrative or service environment.
Experience of dealing with members of the public in a professional and courteous manner.
Experience of using computerised systems as part of a working environment.
Experience of handling confidential or sensitive information.
Experience of working in a busy environment and managing multiple tasks.

Desirable

Previous experience in a Primary Care setting, such as a GP Practice, Primary Care Network or other NHS primary care environment.
Previous experience working in an NHS or healthcare setting.
Experience using EMIS, Docman, Accurx or other GP Practice systems.
Experience processing prescriptions or prescription-related queries.
Experience processing clinical correspondence, scanning, coding and filing documents.
Experience using an online consultation or triage system.
Experience undertaking patient recalls, QOF-related administration or patient list administration.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Forge Close Surgery

Address

Forge Close Surgery

Forge Close

Bromley

BR2 7LL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.forgeclosesurgery.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Forge Close Surgery

Address

Forge Close Surgery

Forge Close

Bromley

BR2 7LL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.forgeclosesurgery.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Health Care Support Worker - Older Adult Mental Health Inpatients

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs

Shropshire and Staffordshire, West Midlands

Permanent

Radiographer

GBP 25,272 - 27,476 per year

Posted 10 day(s) ago

Reference: 301-SB-26-8299682

Job summary

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn

Join our team as a Healthcare Support Worker based St George's Hospital, Stafford and start your rewarding career with us!

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) is offering an exciting development opportunity to join our team as a Band 2 Healthcare Support Worker and to complete a Development Programme. Upon completion of the programme, you will progress to a Band 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker.

Older Adults Mental Health Bromley Ward is an assessment ward covering South Staffordshire. We provide care for individuals over 65 years presenting with a functional mental health conditions or early stages of dementia.

Please note you must be able to work night shifts on rotation.

If you are currently working as a Band 3 in a mental health setting within an NHS organisation, we also encourage you to apply, please include reference to this in your supporting statement. Should you be successful we are offering a salary match.

Main duties of the job

To provide support and spend therapeutic time with an allocated group of service users with mental health needs.
To support service users to maximise their quality of life and provide a positive patient experience through the delivery of high quality, outcome measured care and evidence-based interventions.
To assist Registered Professionals in the implementation and evaluation of individualised care plans
Regularly report and effectively communicate service users' health status and care aims in care records and verbal reports to Registered Professional Staff members and other members of the multi-disciplinary team, including while supporting section 136 assessments and ECT treatment

About us

Come and work with us at our award-winning NHS Trust, leading the way for trying new and better ways of working to help improve life for our local communities.

We have around 9,000 staff who provide physical and mental healthcare, support for people with learning disabilities, and adult social care across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin. We also run regional and national services, including help for new parents (perinatal care), eating disorders, forensic services, sexual health, and support for people in prison with mental health, drug, or alcohol problems.

We offer great career development for both clinical and non-clinical roles, with ongoing training and support to help you learn and grow.

We are 'United in our Uniqueness' and committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome and can be themselves, no matter their background or identity. We want our staff to feel supported and valued, and we aim to build a team that reflects the communities we serve. Together, we can make sure every voice is heard, and every difference is respected.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

Details

Date posted

23 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£25,272 to £27,476 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

301-SB-26-8299682

Job locations

Bromley Ward, St Georges Hospital

Corporation Street

Stafford

ST16 3AG

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Check out the videos below showcasing why you should grow your career here with us at MPFT:

Why Work for Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube

Development and Progression Within Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube

What is it like to be a Healthcare Support Worker within Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube

We are looking for caring, compassionate individual to work within our older adult inpatient team who are committed to providing high quality care and treatment to our patients. Working in an older adult environment can be challenging, but with the right team, positive attitude, and resilience we are rising to the challenge and reaping the reward of being able to support people during their most challenging times.

If you would like to discuss the role further, please don't hesitate to contact Catherine Leach, Ward Manager - [email protected]

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive a sufficient amount of applications.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Check out the videos below showcasing why you should grow your career here with us at MPFT:

Why Work for Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube

Development and Progression Within Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube

What is it like to be a Healthcare Support Worker within Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube

We are looking for caring, compassionate individual to work within our older adult inpatient team who are committed to providing high quality care and treatment to our patients. Working in an older adult environment can be challenging, but with the right team, positive attitude, and resilience we are rising to the challenge and reaping the reward of being able to support people during their most challenging times.

If you would like to discuss the role further, please don't hesitate to contact Catherine Leach, Ward Manager - [email protected]

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive a sufficient amount of applications.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care OR NVQ 2 in Health and Social Care with demonstrable evidence of numeracy and literacy skills (equivalent GCSE's or Functional Skills)
Demonstrable knowledge and experience as outlined below

Experience

Essential

Experience of working as part of a team and delivering a customer focused service.

Desirable

Experience of working with people with Mental Health needs as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
Experience of being a service user or carer

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge and awareness of issues relating to mental health, access to mental health services, and mental health promotion
Skills in literacy, written, verbal and an ability to effectively use electronic information and computer technology.
Skills in managing situations of high expressed emotions, and an ability to manage one's own emotional state
Ability to work independently, being self-motivated and to be able to prioritise and effectively manage a range of competing needs and pressures.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care OR NVQ 2 in Health and Social Care with demonstrable evidence of numeracy and literacy skills (equivalent GCSE's or Functional Skills)
Demonstrable knowledge and experience as outlined below

Experience

Essential

Experience of working as part of a team and delivering a customer focused service.

Desirable

Experience of working with people with Mental Health needs as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
Experience of being a service user or carer

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge and awareness of issues relating to mental health, access to mental health services, and mental health promotion
Skills in literacy, written, verbal and an ability to effectively use electronic information and computer technology.
Skills in managing situations of high expressed emotions, and an ability to manage one's own emotional state
Ability to work independently, being self-motivated and to be able to prioritise and effectively manage a range of competing needs and pressures.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bromley Ward, St Georges Hospital

Corporation Street

Stafford

ST16 3AG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bromley Ward, St Georges Hospital

Corporation Street

Stafford

ST16 3AG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Prison Services Pharmacy Technician

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs

Inner London, Greater London

Permanent

Radiographer

GBP 32,073 - 39,043 per year

Posted 10 day(s) ago

Reference: 277-8246039-ERLE-A

Job summary

Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment? Do you want to work with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past?

This is an excellent opportunity for a pharmacy technician to join our team of diverse, talented healthcare professionals to deliver care that is not only efficient but deeply centred on the patient.

Our healthcare team have a real impact on promoting health and well-being to those in prison and we pride ourselves on using skills and strategies that instil hope for patient's future resettlement back into the community. We directly deliver Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy and Clinical Substance Misuse in an integrated healthcare delivery model to provide effective and responsive care to improve wellbeing and support better outcomes in the future.

This position isn't just a job; it's a chance to blend your clinical knowledge, personal skills and a commitment to delivering the highest standards of care in an environment that is as rewarding as it is challenging.

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

Main duties of the job

As a Pharmacy Technician, you will be providing a medicines management service to patients within the prison with the professional support of a prison service pharmacist. You will administer medicines to patients against a valid prescription, ensuring this is taken correctly, provide advice to patients about the appropriate use of medicines and promote healthy lifestyles to aid their rehabilitation.

You will dispense prescriptions and stock items, whilst supervising assistants when in the dispensary. There will also be elements of stock control involved in your role, such as undertaking stock top-up services and reviewing expiry dates and storage facilities for all medicines, reporting any deficiencies to the prison service pharmacist.

Wondering what it's like to work within offender healthcare?

"I really enjoy working in the Pharmacy Service for Oxleas, my role is extremely varied and I work within a very supportive team. I find my role rewarding as it is all about enabling patient's rehabilitation and I enjoy interacting with patients daily and building relationships with them. Oxleas are a good employer and there are plenty of opportunities to be supported through qualifications and training which then allows you to progress through different bands within the team." - Pharmacy Tech.

**Previous applicants need not apply**

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

We're Kind
We're
We Listen
We Care

Details

Date posted

23 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£32,073 to £39,043 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-8246039-ERLE-A

Job locations

HMP Erlestoke

Erlestoke

SN10 5TU

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide a medicines optimisation services to the prison.
To provide a medicines administration service to offenders at the medicines administration times as part of a 7 day per week rota.
To undertake medicines reconciliation for prisoners admitted to the prison.
To supervise assistants, when in the dispensary in providing dispensing services.
To be an accredited checking technician providing final dispensing checks or medicines optimisation qualification.
To ensure high standards of work in the dispensary, in clinics and for when out on the wings 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 optimisation SOPs.

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).

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide a medicines optimisation services to the prison.
To provide a medicines administration service to offenders at the medicines administration times as part of a 7 day per week rota.
To undertake medicines reconciliation for prisoners admitted to the prison.
To supervise assistants, when in the dispensary in providing dispensing services.
To be an accredited checking technician providing final dispensing checks or medicines optimisation qualification.
To ensure high standards of work in the dispensary, in clinics and for when out on the wings 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 optimisation SOPs.

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).

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent
Registration with GPhC as a pharmacy technician
Evidence of CPD

Desirable

Working towards Accredited Checking or MM Technician Certificate

Experience

Essential

2 years' experience of working in a pharmacy

Desirable

Previous prison or mental health pharmacy experience

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Good knowledge of working within a set of SOPs
Ability to use (or learn to use) computer packages including Pharmacy Manager/ JAC and Microsoft

Desirable

Some understanding of mental illness and substance misuse and their treatment
Ability to use initiative to problem solve

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent
Registration with GPhC as a pharmacy technician
Evidence of CPD

Desirable

Working towards Accredited Checking or MM Technician Certificate

Experience

Essential

2 years' experience of working in a pharmacy

Desirable

Previous prison or mental health pharmacy experience

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Good knowledge of working within a set of SOPs
Ability to use (or learn to use) computer packages including Pharmacy Manager/ JAC and Microsoft

Desirable

Some understanding of mental illness and substance misuse and their treatment
Ability to use initiative to problem solve

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Erlestoke

Erlestoke

SN10 5TU

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Erlestoke

Erlestoke

SN10 5TU

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Epilepsy Nurse Specialist in Learning Disabilities

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs

Inner London, Greater London

Permanent

Emergency Medicine Physician

GBP 45,953 - 54,254 per year

Posted 10 day(s) ago

Reference: 277-8198650-ALD-A

Job summary

A post has been created within the Bexley Community Learning Disability Team for a B6 Epilepsy Specialist Nurse to work alongside the Senior Epilepsy Nurse Specialist, to improve the quality of life and care provided to individuals with a learning disability living with epilepsy.

You will support the further development of the service, which aims to close the gap between the specialist epilepsy services provided in secondary care and those in the community.

You will join a multidisciplinary team consisting of other specialist health professionals including Psychiatry; Psychology; Occupational Therapy; Speech and Language Therapy; Physiotherapy and Behavioural Support.

The post holder will provide comprehensive support to services users through the assessment of risk, development of reports, teaching of their families and care givers as well as dealing with clinical matters as they arise. Working autonomously is a key aspect of the role. You will receive specialised support and guidance from the Bromleyepilepsy team to support with your ongoing learning and development needs.

We welcome applications from candidates who may not have worked specifically within an epilepsy service, although knowledge and experience of this physical health need is advantageous. Training specific to epilepsy and orientation to learning disabilities nursing (if you are not a learning disabilities nurse) is an integral part of the role todevelop your career as an Epilepsy Specialist Nurse.

Main duties of the job

Direct involvement in the clinical management of epilepsy in partnership with the Consultant Psychiatrist in Learning Disabilities with a Special Interest in Epilepsy
Providing specialist assessment and intervention in the management of epilepsy and risk in close partnership with service users, their families, carers and other community health and social care providers.
Providing advice, support and training to the wider learning disability nursing team in Bexley, as well as other community based health and social care services.
Establishing links with the local Neurology Departments to encourage partnership working, and other Epilepsy Specialist Nurse networks across South-East region.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

We're Kind
We're Fair
We Listen
We Care

Details

Date posted

23 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£45,953 to £54,254 a year pro rata inc

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

277-8198650-ALD-A

Job locations

Queen Mary's Hospital

Frognal Avenue

Sidcup

DA14 6LT

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Under the guidance and supervision of the consultant and epilepsy specialist nurse, manage a highly complex clinical caseload ensuring high standards of care that is flexible to the needs of the service user.
Responsibility to manage epilepsy confidently and safely under the support and supervision of the consultant and senior epilepsy nurse.
When appropriate, provide direct nursing support and / or facilitate access to generic health services in accordance with individual needs.
In collaboration with the Senior Epilepsy Nurse Specialist, contribute to the development and implementation of Policies, Procedures and Clinical Guidelines in the community setting particularly in areas associated with epilepsy.
To be responsible for delivering specialist epilepsy assessment, (including screening, risk assessment and management planning).
Participate and when appropriate, run nurse led clinics for people with learning disabilities and epilepsy.
Participate in consultant led clinics for people with learning disabilities and epilepsy.
Develop formal links and working relationships with local Adult Neurology, Paediatric and Acute Service in Bexley.
Support to develop and maintain links and working relationships with local and national voluntary epilepsy groups / organisations, to ensure access to relevant information and support for service users and their carers.
Work jointly with other professionals within the Learning Disability Partnership and ensure prompt and appropriate delivery of services.
To support the epilepsy specialist nurse in the delivery of epilepsy awareness training and emergency medication administration training to service providers, carers and staff.
Be computer literate and to be able to use the trusts record keeping system and use documents such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams etc.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Under the guidance and supervision of the consultant and epilepsy specialist nurse, manage a highly complex clinical caseload ensuring high standards of care that is flexible to the needs of the service user.
Responsibility to manage epilepsy confidently and safely under the support and supervision of the consultant and senior epilepsy nurse.
When appropriate, provide direct nursing support and / or facilitate access to generic health services in accordance with individual needs.
In collaboration with the Senior Epilepsy Nurse Specialist, contribute to the development and implementation of Policies, Procedures and Clinical Guidelines in the community setting particularly in areas associated with epilepsy.
To be responsible for delivering specialist epilepsy assessment, (including screening, risk assessment and management planning).
Participate and when appropriate, run nurse led clinics for people with learning disabilities and epilepsy.
Participate in consultant led clinics for people with learning disabilities and epilepsy.
Develop formal links and working relationships with local Adult Neurology, Paediatric and Acute Service in Bexley.
Support to develop and maintain links and working relationships with local and national voluntary epilepsy groups / organisations, to ensure access to relevant information and support for service users and their carers.
Work jointly with other professionals within the Learning Disability Partnership and ensure prompt and appropriate delivery of services.
To support the epilepsy specialist nurse in the delivery of epilepsy awareness training and emergency medication administration training to service providers, carers and staff.
Be computer literate and to be able to use the trusts record keeping system and use documents such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams etc.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

Registered Learning Disability, Mental Health, Adult General Nurse or Paediatric Nurse
Additional CPD relevant to the role being applied for

Experience

Essential

Sufficient post-registration experience of working with individuals with epilepsy
Experience of supporting adults with learning disabilities
Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team

Skills, Abilities and Knowledge

Essential

Clinical assessment skills
Communication and relationship skills
Works autonomously
Teaching others

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

Registered Learning Disability, Mental Health, Adult General Nurse or Paediatric Nurse
Additional CPD relevant to the role being applied for

Experience

Essential

Sufficient post-registration experience of working with individuals with epilepsy
Experience of supporting adults with learning disabilities
Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team

Skills, Abilities and Knowledge

Essential

Clinical assessment skills
Communication and relationship skills
Works autonomously
Teaching others

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Mary's Hospital

Frognal Avenue

Sidcup

DA14 6LT

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Mary's Hospital

Frognal Avenue

Sidcup

DA14 6LT

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Custodial Flow Coordinator

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs

Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area, South West England

Permanent

Radiographer

GBP 28,392 - 31,157 per year

Posted 10 day(s) ago

Reference: 277-8225469-LEY-A

Job summary

Our healthcare team have a real impact on promoting health and well-being to those in prison and we pride ourselves on using skills and strategies that instil hope for patients future resettlement back into the community. We directly deliver Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy and Clinical Substance Misuse in an integrated healthcare delivery model to provide effective and responsive care to improve wellbeing and support better outcomes in the future.

As part of our administration team, you will enjoy all the benefits of NHS AfC employment (inc pension) with the opportunity to work within a forward-thinking service, who encourage career and personal development to all staff to increase their clinical and interpersonal skills.

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

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as a Custodial Flow Coordinator to provide quality healthcare to those incarcerated in prisons.

Your primary job role will be toprovide safe and effective care pathways for all offenders identified for transfer to external NHS or independent in-patient services.

You will be working alongside the prison clinical team, and will act as the link between external providers and the prison teams to ensure a co-ordinated approach to transfer planning, which results in effective and timely transfers in accordance with national time scales (e.g. 14 days for mental health transfers).

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

We're Kind
We're Fair
We Listen
We Care

Details

Date posted

23 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£28,392 to £31,157 a year pa inc

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-8225469-LEY-A

Job locations

HMP Leyhill

Tortworth Road, Wotton-under-Edge

Gloucestershire

GL12 8BT

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Maintain accurate and timely transfer activity, information and data on the electronic data tracker system
Be responsible for timely referrals to external provider
Be responsible for tracking the progress of all referral
Promote timely medical and nursing assessments by external providers
Maintain close links with the Ministry of Justice to ensure timely transfers
Throughout the duration of an offenders stay in external services the post holder will act as a point of contact to ensure the smooth flow and exchange of information and attend all relevant forums relating to the offender
Promote timely return to prison
Contribute to service developments and plans aimed at improving and developing services.
To provide timely data and reports as directed on offender transfer activity
Support the development of prison-based care to minimise length of hospital admission and promote site based interventions.
Maintain oversight of the escort and discharge database for each site.
Report all disputes and delays to management in a timely fashion
Ensure that appropriate systems are in place, which enable and facilitate the effective Care Programme Approach, care coordination and continuity of car
Support senior staff in the development of plans for the achievement of clinical excellence and demonstrate high standards of clinical practice to the team.
As required attend case conferences, clinical reviews and CPAs.
As required attend and/or minute other meetings and forums as directe
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 soughtfrom: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).

Job description

Job responsibilities

Maintain accurate and timely transfer activity, information and data on the electronic data tracker system
Be responsible for timely referrals to external provider
Be responsible for tracking the progress of all referral
Promote timely medical and nursing assessments by external providers
Maintain close links with the Ministry of Justice to ensure timely transfers
Throughout the duration of an offenders stay in external services the post holder will act as a point of contact to ensure the smooth flow and exchange of information and attend all relevant forums relating to the offender
Promote timely return to prison
Contribute to service developments and plans aimed at improving and developing services.
To provide timely data and reports as directed on offender transfer activity
Support the development of prison-based care to minimise length of hospital admission and promote site based interventions.
Maintain oversight of the escort and discharge database for each site.
Report all disputes and delays to management in a timely fashion
Ensure that appropriate systems are in place, which enable and facilitate the effective Care Programme Approach, care coordination and continuity of car
Support senior staff in the development of plans for the achievement of clinical excellence and demonstrate high standards of clinical practice to the team.
As required attend case conferences, clinical reviews and CPAs.
As required attend and/or minute other meetings and forums as directe
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 soughtfrom: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).

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

GSCE/NVQ Level 3 or equivalent

Experience

Essential

Experience of leading and working within multi-disciplinary teams
Experience of Prison Health Care.

Skills

Essential

Basic knowledge of the Care Programme Approach (CPA)
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to communicate proficiently at all
Ability to work to tight deadlines.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

GSCE/NVQ Level 3 or equivalent

Experience

Essential

Experience of leading and working within multi-disciplinary teams
Experience of Prison Health Care.

Skills

Essential

Basic knowledge of the Care Programme Approach (CPA)
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to communicate proficiently at all
Ability to work to tight deadlines.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Leyhill

Tortworth Road, Wotton-under-Edge

Gloucestershire

GL12 8BT

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Leyhill

Tortworth Road, Wotton-under-Edge

Gloucestershire

GL12 8BT

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Prison Services Pharmacy Technician

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs

Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area, South West England

Permanent

Radiographer

GBP 32,073 - 39,043 per year

Posted 10 day(s) ago

Reference: 277-8304150-BRIS

Job summary

Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment? Do you want to work with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past?

This is an excellent opportunity for a pharmacy technician to join our team of diverse, talented healthcare professionals to deliver care that is not only efficient but deeply centred on the patient.

Our healthcare team have a real impact on promoting health and well-being to those in prison and we pride ourselves on using skills and strategies that instil hope for patient's future resettlement back into the community. We directly deliver Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy and Clinical Substance Misuse in an integrated healthcare delivery model to provide effective and responsive care to improve wellbeing and support better outcomes in the future.

This position isn't just a job; it's a chance to blend your clinical knowledge, personal skills and a commitment to delivering the highest standards of care in an environment that is as rewarding as it is challenging.

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

We welcome applications from both full and part-time applicants. We have a range of shift patterns and days available which can be discussed during interview

Main duties of the job

As a Pharmacy Technician, you will be providing a medicines management service to patients within the prison with the professional support of a prison service pharmacist. You will administer medicines to patients against a valid prescription, ensuring this is taken correctly, provide advice to patients about the appropriate use of medicines and promote healthy lifestyles to aid their rehabilitation.

You will dispense prescriptions and stock items, whilst supervising assistants when in the dispensary. There will also be elements of stock control involved in your role, such as undertaking stock top-up services and reviewing expiry dates and storage facilities for all medicines, reporting any deficiencies to the prison service pharmacist.

Wondering what it's like to work within offender healthcare?

"I really enjoy working in the Pharmacy Service for Oxleas, my role is extremely varied and I work within a very supportive team. I find my role rewarding as it is all about enabling patient's rehabilitation and I enjoy interacting with patients daily and building relationships with them. Oxleas are a good employer and there are plenty of opportunities to be supported through qualifications and training which then allows you to progress through different bands within the team." Amanda - Pharmacy Tech.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

We're Kind
We're
We Listen
We Care

Details

Date posted

23 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-8304150-BRIS

Job locations

HMP Bristol

19 Cambridge Road

Bristol

BS7 8PS

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide a medicines optimisation services to the prison.
To provide a medicines administration service to offenders at the medicines administration times as part of a 7 day per week rota.
To undertake medicines reconciliation for prisoners admitted to the prison.
To supervise assistants, when in the dispensary in providing dispensing services.
To be an accredited checking technician providing final dispensing checks or medicines optimisation qualification.
To ensure high standards of work in the dispensary, in clinics and for when out on the wings 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 optimisation SOPs.

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).

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide a medicines optimisation services to the prison.
To provide a medicines administration service to offenders at the medicines administration times as part of a 7 day per week rota.
To undertake medicines reconciliation for prisoners admitted to the prison.
To supervise assistants, when in the dispensary in providing dispensing services.
To be an accredited checking technician providing final dispensing checks or medicines optimisation qualification.
To ensure high standards of work in the dispensary, in clinics and for when out on the wings 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 optimisation SOPs.

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).

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent
Registration with GPhC as a pharmacy technician
Evidence of CPD

Desirable

Working towards Accredited Checking or MM Technician Certificate

Experience

Essential

2 years' experience of working in a pharmacy

Desirable

Previous prison or mental health pharmacy experience

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Good knowledge of working within a set of SOPs
Ability to use (or learn to use) computer packages including Pharmacy Manager/ JAC and Microsoft

Desirable

Some understanding of mental illness and substance misuse and their treatment
Ability to use initiative to problem solve

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent
Registration with GPhC as a pharmacy technician
Evidence of CPD

Desirable

Working towards Accredited Checking or MM Technician Certificate

Experience

Essential

2 years' experience of working in a pharmacy

Desirable

Previous prison or mental health pharmacy experience

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Good knowledge of working within a set of SOPs
Ability to use (or learn to use) computer packages including Pharmacy Manager/ JAC and Microsoft

Desirable

Some understanding of mental illness and substance misuse and their treatment
Ability to use initiative to problem solve

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Bristol

19 Cambridge Road

Bristol

BS7 8PS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Bristol

19 Cambridge Road

Bristol

BS7 8PS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Bank Prison Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician - HMP Exeter

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs

Inner London, Greater London

Permanent

Radiographer

GBP 34,592 per year

Posted 10 day(s) ago

Reference: 277-BankPharmB5-HMPExe-F

Job summary

Bank Prison Services Pharmacy Technician - HMP Exeter, Band 5

Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment? Do you want to escape your current job role and work with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past? Now is the time to break into offender healthcare and develop your career.

As part of the South West Prison Healthcare contract awarded to Oxleas NHS trust in 2022, we are able to expand recruitment and are looking for compassionate, knowledgeable and motivated Pharmacy Technician's to join our friendly team on bank at HMP The Verne.

Our healthcare team have a real impact on promoting health and well-being to those in prison and we pride ourselves on using skills and strategies that instil hope for patients future resettlement back into the community. We directly deliver Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy and Clinical Substance Misuse in an integrated healthcare delivery model to provide effective and responsive care to improve wellbeing and support better outcomes in the future.

As part of our pharmacyteam, you will work within a forward-thinking service, who encourage career and personal development to all staff to increase their clinical and interpersonal skills.

Main duties of the job

Working under the supervision of our Senior Pharmacy Technicians and Regional Pharmacists you will contribute towards the smooth and efficient running of the pharmacy and medicines management service on site within the prison.

This will include:

All aspects of stock control (routine ordering, receipt of goods, computer input, storage of medicines).
Requesting and managing prescriptions and dealing with patients' medication requests.
You will work out of Medication Administration Points (Meds hatches) on the wings and in the healthcare department, administering medication to the patients or acting as the second checker for controlled drug administration.

About us

Oxleas - About Us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

We're Kind
We're Fair
We Listen
We Care

Details

Date posted

23 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£34,592 a year Per annum pro-rata

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

277-BankPharmB5-HMPExe-F

Job locations

HMP Exeter

30 New N Rd

Exeter

EX4 4EX

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide a Medicines Management service to the allocated prison(s) 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 dispense prescriptions and stock items when in the dispensary.
To work towards accreditation as a checking technician and/or medicines administration to provide final dispensing checks and medicines administration services, if not already achieved.
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.

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 photographicID

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)

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide a Medicines Management service to the allocated prison(s) 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 dispense prescriptions and stock items when in the dispensary.
To work towards accreditation as a checking technician and/or medicines administration to provide final dispensing checks and medicines administration services, if not already achieved.
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.

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 photographicID

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)

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy Services (or equivalent)
Registration with GPHC as a Pharmacy Technician

Desirable

Accredited Checking Technician Certificate and/or Medicines Optimisation Accreditation

Experience

Essential

Experience of working within a pharmacy

Desirable

Previous prison or mental health Pharmacy experience.
Knowledge and experience of checking dispensed prescriptions

Skills/Knowledge

Essential

Ability to use (or learn to use) computer packages including Pharmacy Manager, JAC and Microsoft

Desirable

Some understanding of mental illness and substance misuse and their treatment.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ Level 3 Pharmacy Services (or equivalent)
Registration with GPHC as a Pharmacy Technician

Desirable

Accredited Checking Technician Certificate and/or Medicines Optimisation Accreditation

Experience

Essential

Experience of working within a pharmacy

Desirable

Previous prison or mental health Pharmacy experience.
Knowledge and experience of checking dispensed prescriptions

Skills/Knowledge

Essential

Ability to use (or learn to use) computer packages including Pharmacy Manager, JAC and Microsoft

Desirable

Some understanding of mental illness and substance misuse and their treatment.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Exeter

30 New N Rd

Exeter

EX4 4EX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Exeter

30 New N Rd

Exeter

EX4 4EX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Bank Medicines Management Pharmacy Technician - HMP Bristol

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs

Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area, South West England

Permanent

Radiographer

GBP 34,592 per year

Posted 10 day(s) ago

Reference: 277-BankPharmB5-HMPBris-V

Job summary

Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment? Do you want to escape your current job role and work with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past? Now is the time to break into offender healthcare and develop your career.

As part of the South West Prison Healthcare contract awarded to Oxleas NHS trust in 2022, we are able to expand recruitment and are looking for compassionate, knowledgeable and motivated Medicine Management Pharmacy Technician'sto join our friendly team at HMP Bristol on bank.

As part of our pharmacy service (OPS), you will enjoy all the benefits of NHS AfC employment (inc pension) with the opportunity to work within a forward-thinking service, who encourage career and personal development to all staff to increase their clinical and interpersonal skills.

Main duties of the job

As a Pharmacy Technician, you will be providing a medicines management service to patients within the prison with the professional support of a prison service pharmacist. You will administer medicines to patients against a valid prescription, ensuring this is taken correctly, provide advice to patients about the appropriate use of medicines and promote healthy lifestyles to aid their rehabilitation.

You will dispense prescriptions and stock items, whilst supervising assistants when in the dispensary. There will also be elements of stock control involved in your role, such as undertaking stock top-up services and reviewing expiry dates and storage facilities for all medicines, reporting any deficiencies to the prison service pharmacist.

Wondering what it's like to work within offender healthcare?

"I really enjoy working in the Pharmacy Service for Oxleas, my role is extremely varied and I work within a very supportive team. I find my role rewarding as it is all about enabling patient's rehabilitation and I enjoy interacting with patients daily and building relationships with them. Oxleas are a good employer and there are plenty of opportunities to be supported through qualifications and training which then allows you to progress through different bands within the team." Amanda - Pharmacy Tech.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

We're Kind
We're
We Listen
We Care

Details

Date posted

23 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£34,592 a year Per annum pro-rata

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

277-BankPharmB5-HMPBris-V

Job locations

HMP Bristol Pharmacy

19 Cambridge Road

Bristol

BS7 8PS

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide a Medicines Management service to the allocated prison(s) 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 dispense prescriptions and stock items when in the dispensary
To work towards accreditation as a checking technician and/or medicines administration to provide final dispensing checks and medicines administration services, if not already achieved
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 manage own workload when providing medicines management services.
To provide weekly clinical visits to the allocated prison(s), under the professional supervision of a pharmacist. On these visits the post-holder will:
- undertake a stock top-up service for all areas in which medicines are stored.
- 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.
Administer medicines to offenders against a valid prescription on the house blocks
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.
To participate in clinical and departmental audits as required.
To appreciate the secure environment, you are working in and to adhere to all prison procedures as necessary.
To undertake any other tasks at the request of the Lead Prison Services Pharmacist.

(Full JD can be downloaded in supporting documents section)

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 photographicID

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).

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide a Medicines Management service to the allocated prison(s) 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 dispense prescriptions and stock items when in the dispensary
To work towards accreditation as a checking technician and/or medicines administration to provide final dispensing checks and medicines administration services, if not already achieved
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 manage own workload when providing medicines management services.
To provide weekly clinical visits to the allocated prison(s), under the professional supervision of a pharmacist. On these visits the post-holder will:
- undertake a stock top-up service for all areas in which medicines are stored.
- 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.
Administer medicines to offenders against a valid prescription on the house blocks
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.
To participate in clinical and departmental audits as required.
To appreciate the secure environment, you are working in and to adhere to all prison procedures as necessary.
To undertake any other tasks at the request of the Lead Prison Services Pharmacist.

(Full JD can be downloaded in supporting documents section)

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 photographicID

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).

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent
Registration with GPhC as a pharmacy technician
Evidence of CPD

Desirable

Working towards Accredited Checking or MM Technician Certificate

Experience

Essential

2 years' experience of working in a pharmacy

Desirable

Previous prison or mental health pharmacy experience

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Good knowledge of working within a set of SOPs
Ability to use (or learn to use) computer packages including Pharmacy Manager/ JAC and Microsoft

Desirable

Some understanding of mental illness and substance misuse and their treatment
Ability to use initiative to problem solve

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent
Registration with GPhC as a pharmacy technician
Evidence of CPD

Desirable

Working towards Accredited Checking or MM Technician Certificate

Experience

Essential

2 years' experience of working in a pharmacy

Desirable

Previous prison or mental health pharmacy experience

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Good knowledge of working within a set of SOPs
Ability to use (or learn to use) computer packages including Pharmacy Manager/ JAC and Microsoft

Desirable

Some understanding of mental illness and substance misuse and their treatment
Ability to use initiative to problem solve

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Bristol Pharmacy

19 Cambridge Road

Bristol

BS7 8PS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Bristol Pharmacy

19 Cambridge Road

Bristol

BS7 8PS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Bank Prison Services Pharmacy Technician - HMP Portland

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs

Inner London, Greater London

Permanent

Radiographer

GBP 34,592 per year

Posted 10 day(s) ago

Reference: 277-BankPharmB5-HMPPor-Q

Job summary

Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment? Do you want to escape your current job role and work with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past? Now is the time to break into offender healthcare and develop your career.

Oxleas NHS trust were awarded the South West prison contract in 2022 and currently have a portfolio of 19 prisons across the South of England. We are currently looking to expand our pool of bank workers by recruiting Pharmacy Technicians to work within the Prison service on a flexible basis.

Our healthcare team have a real impact on promoting health and well-being to those in prison and we pride ourselves on using skills and strategies that instil hope for patients future resettlement back into the community. We directly deliver Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy and Clinical Substance Misuse in an integrated healthcare delivery model to provide effective and responsive care to improve wellbeing and support better outcomes in the future.

Main duties of the job

As a Pharmacy Technician, you will be providing a medicines management service to patients within the prison with the professional support of a prison service pharmacist. You will administer medicines to patients against a valid prescription, ensuring this is taken correctly, provide advice to patients about the appropriate use of medicines and promote healthy lifestyles to aid their rehabilitation.

You will dispense prescriptions and stock items, whilst supervising assistants when in the dispensary. There will also be elements of stock control involved in your role, such as undertaking stock top-up services and reviewing expiry dates and storage facilities for all medicines, reporting any deficiencies to the prison service pharmacist.

Wondering what it's like to work within offender healthcare?

"I really enjoy working in the Pharmacy Service for Oxleas, my role is extremely varied and I work within a very supportive team. I find my role rewarding as it is all about enabling patient's rehabilitation and I enjoy interacting with patients daily and building relationships with them. Oxleas are a good employer and there are plenty of opportunities to be supported through qualifications and training which then allows you to progress through different bands within the team." Amanda - Pharmacy Tech.

About us

Oxleas - About Us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

We're Kind
We're Fair
We Listen
We Care

Details

Date posted

23 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£34,592 a year Per annum pro-rata

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

277-BankPharmB5-HMPPor-Q

Job locations

HMP Portland

104 Grove Rd

Portland

DT5 1DL

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide a medicines optimisation services to the prison.
To provide a medicines administration service to offenders at the medicines administration times as part of a 7 day per week rota.
To undertake medicines reconciliation for prisoners admitted to the prison.
To supervise assistants, when in the dispensary in providing dispensing services.
To be an accredited checking technician providing final dispensing checks or medicines optimisation qualification.
To ensure high standards of work in the dispensary, in clinics and for when out on the wings 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 optimisation SOPs.

(Full JD can be downloaded in supporting documents section)

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 photographicID

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).

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide a medicines optimisation services to the prison.
To provide a medicines administration service to offenders at the medicines administration times as part of a 7 day per week rota.
To undertake medicines reconciliation for prisoners admitted to the prison.
To supervise assistants, when in the dispensary in providing dispensing services.
To be an accredited checking technician providing final dispensing checks or medicines optimisation qualification.
To ensure high standards of work in the dispensary, in clinics and for when out on the wings 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 optimisation SOPs.

(Full JD can be downloaded in supporting documents section)

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 photographicID

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).

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent
Registration with GPhC as a pharmacy technician

Experience

Essential

Previous experience of working in a pharmacy

Desirable

Previous prison or mental health pharmacy experience

Skills

Essential

Good knowledge of working within a set of SOPs
Ability to use (or learn to use) computer packages including Pharmacy Manager/ JAC and Microsoft

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ level 3 Pharmacy Services or equivalent
Registration with GPhC as a pharmacy technician

Experience

Essential

Previous experience of working in a pharmacy

Desirable

Previous prison or mental health pharmacy experience

Skills

Essential

Good knowledge of working within a set of SOPs
Ability to use (or learn to use) computer packages including Pharmacy Manager/ JAC and Microsoft

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Portland

104 Grove Rd

Portland

DT5 1DL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Portland

104 Grove Rd

Portland

DT5 1DL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Bank Healthcare Assistant - HMP Bristol

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs

Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area, South West England

Permanent

GP/General Practitioner

GBP 27,476 per year

Posted 10 day(s) ago

Reference: 277-BankSMSHCA-HMPBr-D

Job summary

Please note the location for this vacancy is HMP Bristol, BS7 8PS

Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment? Do you want to work with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past?

This is an excellent opportunity for a Healthcare Assistant to join our team of diverse, talented healthcare professionals to deliver care that is not only efficient but deeply centred on the patient.

Our healthcare team have a real impact on promoting health and well-being to those in prison and we pride ourselves on using skills and strategies that instil hope for patient's future resettlement back into the community. We directly deliver Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy and Clinical Substance Misuse in an integrated healthcare delivery model to provide effective and responsive care to improve wellbeing and support better outcomes in the future.

Applicants are required to have hospital/primary care or community care experience and be competent at taking blood pressure, ECGs and other observations. Knowledge of wound care is also a requirement for this post.

Main duties of the job

As a Healthcare Assistant working within the Substance Misuse Team you will assist in the delivery of high quality nursing care to patients in prison with the support of a registered nurse.

You will be providing physical care to patients according to a written care plan. This will include withdrawal observations, ECG's and wound care as well as supporting medication rounds.

You will be able to demonstrate good communication skills and be able to confidently liaise with other services to effectively support the patient throughout their time in prison setting.

You will be actively engaging with patients in the provision of holistic, needs-led care which will consider the physical, psychological, emotional, social and spiritual needs of the individual.

You will be promoting health and well-being through the delivery of health promotion activities and programmes, responding to patients needs and assisting patients to attain optimal physical health.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

We're Kind
We're
We Listen
We Care

Details

Date posted

23 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£27,476 a year per annum pro-rata

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

277-BankSMSHCA-HMPBr-D

Job locations

HMP Bristol

Bristol

BS7 8PS

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Providing physical care to patients according to a written care plan

To work as directed by a registered nurse.

Responding to the needs of patients in an honest, non-judgemental, and open manner, which respects the rights of individuals and groups.

Actively engaging with patients in the provision of holistic, needs-led care which considers the physical, psychological, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of individuals and groups.

Responding to the needs of people sensitively with regard for age, culture, race, gender, ethnicity, religion, and disability, especially regarding patient privacy and dignity.

Understanding the need for promoting health & well-being and the delivery of health promotion activities and programmes (including patient self-help programmes) in support of a registered nurse.

Understand the complex needs of those patients with a substance misuse history,

and assisting patients to attain optimal physical health and provide psychosocial support.

Developing an understanding of and demonstrating use of clinical supervision to reflect upon and modify practice.

Contributing appropriately to risk assessment and individualised care planning.

Ensuring good working relationships with patients, carers, relatives, other professionals and prison and healthcare staff.

Understanding the need for and always maintaining patient confidentiality and security.

Adhering to all organisational and prison policies, procedures, and guidelines.

Always behaving in a professionally acceptable manner.

Demonstrates a commitment to equal opportunities for all people.

Demonstrates a knowledge of the term professional boundaries and how to apply this to working with patients, offenders, and others.

Demonstrating good verbal and non-verbal communication skills.