Job summary

Are you an experienced clinical pharmacist looking for a rewarding role where your expertise can make a real difference? We are seeking a motivated Band 7 Prison Services Clinical Pharmacist to join our integrated healthcare team at HMP Guys Marsh. You will lead medicines optimisation for patients with long-term and acute conditions, manage repeat prescribing, and deliver structured medication reviews and minor ailment clinics. Working closely with GPs, nurses, pharmacy colleagues, mental health and substance misuse teams, you will support the safe, effective and patient-centred use of medicines within a secure environment. This is an excellent opportunity to use your clinical knowledge, leadership skills and commitment to service improvement while helping patients achieve better health outcomes.

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

Main duties of the job

• Coordinate and deliver structured medication review and minor ailment clinics.
• Manage repeat prescribing and reauthorisation through SystmOne.
• Provide medicines advice, adherence support and clinical reviews.
• Support patients with long-term conditions and high-risk medicines.
• Make evidence-based recommendations to prescribers.
• Support medicines governance, formulary management and clinical audits.
• Analyse medicines data and identify risks and areas for improvement.
• Provide education and training to pharmacy and healthcare colleagues.
• Undertake clinical screening and final accuracy checks when working in the dispensary.

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

30 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,387 to £56,515 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-8270038-GUYS-A

Job locations

HMP Guys Marsh

Shaftesbury

SP7 0AH

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team to identify patients at risk of medicine-related harm, optimise treatment and reduce avoidable hospital admissions. You will develop and maintain repeat prescribing procedures and searches within SystmOne, support long-term condition clinics and provide specialist pharmaceutical advice to healthcare professionals and patients. The role includes contributing to clinical governance and medicines management committees, developing policies and procedures, completing audits, supporting public health initiatives and implementing improvements arising from national guidance and medicines safety alerts. You must hold a Masters degree in Pharmacy or equivalent and be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council. You will have relevant clinical pharmacy experience, strong clinical reasoning and communication skills, and a commitment to continuous professional development. Experience within prison, GP, hospital, community, mental health or substance misuse services would be advantageous. The successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check and prison security vetting.

Job description Job responsibilities You will work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team to identify patients at risk of medicine-related harm, optimise treatment and reduce avoidable hospital admissions. You will develop and maintain repeat prescribing procedures and searches within SystmOne, support long-term condition clinics and provide specialist pharmaceutical advice to healthcare professionals and patients. The role includes contributing to clinical governance and medicines management committees, developing policies and procedures, completing audits, supporting public health initiatives and implementing improvements arising from national guidance and medicines safety alerts. You must hold a Masters degree in Pharmacy or equivalent and be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council. You will have relevant clinical pharmacy experience, strong clinical reasoning and communication skills, and a commitment to continuous professional development. Experience within prison, GP, hospital, community, mental health or substance misuse services would be advantageous. The successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check and prison security vetting.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Professional Registration

Essential

• Master's degree in Pharmacy or equivalent.
• Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy, General Pharmacy Practice or equivalent, or currently working towards this.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Relevant Clinical Pharmacy Experience

Essential

• At least three years' experience delivering clinical pharmacy services.
• Experience in a UK prison, hospital or community pharmacy setting.
• Experience undertaking medication histories, structured medication reviews and medicines optimisation.
• Experience working within multidisciplinary teams and providing prescribing advice.

Clinical Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Recent clinical practice in a GP, hospital, or prison setting.
• Strong clinical reasoning and ability to interpret evidence and make safe recommendations.

Desirable

• IT literacy; SystmOne experience is desirable

Person Specification Qualifications and Professional Registration Essential Master's degree in Pharmacy or equivalent. Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council. Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy, General Pharmacy Practice or equivalent, or currently working towards this. Evidence of continuing professional development. Relevant Clinical Pharmacy Experience Essential At least three years' experience delivering clinical pharmacy services. Experience in a UK prison, hospital or community pharmacy setting. Experience undertaking medication histories, structured medication reviews and medicines optimisation. Experience working within multidisciplinary teams and providing prescribing advice. Clinical Knowledge and Skills Essential Recent clinical practice in a GP, hospital, or prison setting. Strong clinical reasoning and ability to interpret evidence and make safe recommendations. Desirable IT literacy; SystmOne experience is desirable

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 Guys Marsh

Shaftesbury

SP7 0AH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Guys Marsh

Shaftesbury

SP7 0AH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job summary

As part of the Kent Prison Healthcare contract awarded to Oxleas NHS trust, we are able to expand recruitment and are looking for compassionate, knowledgeable and motivated Staff Nurse to join our friendly teams working across our Kent prisons on Bank.

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 the role you will be required to work at least two days in a 6-week period to have supervision, talks with colleagues, attended team meetings etc. In order to work as a bank only worker you will need to have completed preceptorship training or obtained 6 months post qualification experience.

Main duties of the job

We have 7 prisons in Kent: HMP Elmley, HMP Swaleside and HMP Standford Hill are all located on the Isle of Sheppey.

HMP Rochester, HMP Cookham Wood, HMP Maidstone and HMP East Sutton Park are located in West Kent.

We are looking for bank staff who will be able to pick up regular shifts at any of the sites above.

As a Staff Nurse you will provide a quality primary care service and a range of specialist interventions for offenders.

To support junior colleagues such as healthcare assistants.

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

Job summary

We seek to appoint an experienced, confident mental health nurse, interested in working with comorbidities, to join the Greenwich Mental Health Liaison Team. The team is settled, experienced and held in high esteem for carrying out bio-psycho-social assessments on people who present with mental health difficulties, referred from the Emergency Department and the medical wards. The team also deals with Sect 136 patients who are brought to the Emergency Dept. by the police. As an emergency assessment team, the focus is on mental state- and risk- assessment and management. The work is interesting and varied and the team is well supported by the acute psychiatric wards, Home Treatment teams and other community mental health teams. This is a busy team in a stressful environment, but the team members are very supportive of colleagues. Good practice is encouraged by regular reflective team supervision, as well as individual supervision, and there are opportunities for personal and professional development and training.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a qualified mental health nurse, registered with the NMC and with at least 2-yrs post-qualification relevant experience. Prior experience of work in a Home Treatment or other assessment team is highly recommended, as the post-holder will be expected to carry out independent assessments and formulate robust risk management plans. To be successful in this role the post-holder will need a good knowledge of both the MHA and the MCA. The job role further requires good communication and interface skills, good time-keeping and organisational skills, team work, and leadership qualities.

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

Job summary

As part of the Kent Prison Healthcare contract awarded to Oxleas NHS trust in 2022, we are able to expand recruitment and are looking to recruit acompassionate, knowledgeable and motivated Offender Healthcare Paramedicto join our friendly team at HMP Swaleside.

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 primary careteam, 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.

Please visit the below link for more information

Working in offender healthcare

Main duties of the job

As an expert practitioner and source of expert advice to clinicians, allied health professionals, offenders and the prison staff, you will provide specialist paramedic interventions to patients and support to junior colleagues. Assisting and supporting the Operational Manager to lead a nurse-led integrated primary care service, developing a specialist practice-based clinical model of care.

This role requires individuals who are driven, ambitious and passionate about the provision of high quality, safe and effective care to offenders with a desire to influence and work in close partnership with clinical and managerial staff.

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

Job summary

As part of the Kent Prison Healthcare contract awarded to Oxleas NHS trust, we are able to expand recruitment and are looking for compassionate, knowledgeable and motivated Staff Nurse to join our friendly teams working across our Kent prisons on Bank.

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 the role you will be required to work at least two days in a 6-week period to have supervision, talks with colleagues, attended team meetings etc. In order to work as a bank only worker you will need to have completed preceptorship training or obtained 6 months post qualification experience.

Main duties of the job

We have 7 prisons in Kent: HMP Elmley, HMP Swaleside and HMP Standford Hill are all located on the Isle of Sheppey.

HMP Rochester, HMP Cookham Wood, HMP Maidstone and HMP East Sutton Park are located in West Kent.

We are looking for bank staff who will be able to pick up regular shifts at any of the sites above.

As a Staff Nurse you will provide a quality primary care service and a range of specialist interventions for offenders.

To support junior colleagues such as healthcare assistants.

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

Job summary

We are looking for a motivated and innovative therapist to join our team as a band 6 specialist SLT, delivering services in our School Years' and Special Schools' teams, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. You will be part of a large and supportive team comprising Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, therapy assistants and a well resourced admin team.

You will have access to a comprehensive programme of supervision and CPD. We will work closely with you to develop your own areas of clinical and operational interests.

Main duties of the job

The Greenwich Children's Integrated Therapies - Speech and Language Therapy service offer a range of services across three sub-teams: Early Years, School Years and Special Schools. Clinical specialist expertise is available across the whole service and includes: AAC, ASD, Deafness, DLD, Phonology, Dysphagia and SEMH. As the post holder you will:

• independently manage a caseload whilst utilising knowledge and skills of colleagues
• have opportunity to refine both assessment and intervention skills
• work as part of a team with teachers, outreach services and other health professionals
• support parent/carers and children/young people in all issues related to clinical care with support from more experienced colleagues
• provide a specialist clinical and advisory Speech and Language Therapy service to children and young people with diverse speech, language and communication needs
• work with Principal and Highly Specialist colleagues leading on service improvement plans

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

Job summary

We are looking for an experienced, motivated and innovative Speech and Language Therapist to join our Children's Integrated Therapies Service in a newly created Early Years complex needs communication role.

The Children's Therapy Services identify, assess, support and manage the health needs of children and young people aged 0-18 years, working closely with children and their families in health settings and family homes and with education colleagues in early years and school settings.

The successful post holder will be part of a large and supportive team comprising Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, therapy assistants and a well-resourced admin team.

We are part of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust working in the London Royal Borough of Greenwich,serving children, young people and their families.

We have an organisational commitment for CPD to enhance clinician's skills within areas of clinical interest. The service has excellent internal supervision and support structures and provides a friendly environment to develop clinical skills, with opportunities to contribute towards service development projects.

Main duties of the job

The role will primarily, but not exclusively, involve managing a caseload of children aged 0-4 year who have complex communication needs. You will be supporting these children with their communication development and, when qualified, their eating, drinking and swallowing skills. You will be working across the Early Years Communication team and the Dysphagia and Complex Needs Team with support and supervision from senior therapists.

You will take the lead, with support from senior SLTs, in developing evidence based assessment and intervention pathways for children with complex communication and health needs.

You will work across the Royal Borough of Greenwich supporting pre-school children with complex needs and their families in the community. Knowledge of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) is important. Dysphagia competencies would be ideal but are not essential to 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 Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Job summary

Are you an experienced clinical pharmacist looking for a rewarding role where your expertise can make a real difference? We are seeking a motivated Band 7 Prison Services Clinical Pharmacist to join our integrated healthcare team at HMP Bristol You will lead medicines optimisation for patients with long-term and acute conditions, manage repeat prescribing, and deliver structured medication reviews and minor ailment clinics. Working closely with GPs, nurses, pharmacy colleagues, mental health and substance misuse teams, you will support the safe, effective and patient-centred use of medicines within a secure environment. This is an excellent opportunity to use your clinical knowledge, leadership skills and commitment to service improvement while helping patients achieve better health outcomes.

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

Main duties of the job

• Coordinate and deliver structured medication review and minor ailment clinics.
• Manage repeat prescribing and reauthorisation through SystmOne.
• Provide medicines advice, adherence support and clinical reviews.
• Support patients with long-term conditions and high-risk medicines.
• Make evidence-based recommendations to prescribers.
• Support medicines governance, formulary management and clinical audits.
• Analyse medicines data and identify risks and areas for improvement.
• Provide education and training to pharmacy and healthcare colleagues.
• Undertake clinical screening and final accuracy checks when working in the dispensary.

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

28 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£55,524 to £62,652 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-8390913-BRIS

Job locations

HMP Bristol

Bristol

BS7 8PS

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team to identify patients at risk of medicine-related harm, optimise treatment and reduce avoidable hospital admissions. You will develop and maintain repeat prescribing procedures and searches within SystmOne, support long-term condition clinics and provide specialist pharmaceutical advice to healthcare professionals and patients. The role includes contributing to clinical governance and medicines management committees, developing policies and procedures, completing audits, supporting public health initiatives and implementing improvements arising from national guidance and medicines safety alerts. You must hold a Masters degree in Pharmacy or equivalent and be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council. You will have relevant clinical pharmacy experience, strong clinical reasoning and communication skills, and a commitment to continuous professional development. Experience within prison, GP, hospital, community, mental health or substance misuse services would be advantageous. The successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check and prison security vetting.

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 You will work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team to identify patients at risk of medicine-related harm, optimise treatment and reduce avoidable hospital admissions. You will develop and maintain repeat prescribing procedures and searches within SystmOne, support long-term condition clinics and provide specialist pharmaceutical advice to healthcare professionals and patients. The role includes contributing to clinical governance and medicines management committees, developing policies and procedures, completing audits, supporting public health initiatives and implementing improvements arising from national guidance and medicines safety alerts. You must hold a Masters degree in Pharmacy or equivalent and be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council. You will have relevant clinical pharmacy experience, strong clinical reasoning and communication skills, and a commitment to continuous professional development. Experience within prison, GP, hospital, community, mental health or substance misuse services would be advantageous. The successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check and prison security vetting. 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 and Professional Registration

Essential

• Master's degree in Pharmacy or equivalent.
• Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
• Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy, General Pharmacy Practice or equivalent, or currently working towards this.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Relevant Clinical Pharmacy Experience

Essential

• At least three years' experience delivering clinical pharmacy services.
• Experience in a UK prison, hospital or community pharmacy setting.
• Experience undertaking medication histories, structured medication reviews and medicines optimisation.
• Experience working within multidisciplinary teams and providing prescribing advice.

Clinical Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Recent clinical practice in a GP, hospital, or prison setting.
• Strong clinical reasoning and ability to interpret evidence and make safe recommendations.

Desirable

• IT literacy; SystmOne experience is desirable

Person Specification Qualifications and Professional Registration Essential Master's degree in Pharmacy or equivalent. Current registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council. Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy, General Pharmacy Practice or equivalent, or currently working towards this. Evidence of continuing professional development. Relevant Clinical Pharmacy Experience Essential At least three years' experience delivering clinical pharmacy services. Experience in a UK prison, hospital or community pharmacy setting. Experience undertaking medication histories, structured medication reviews and medicines optimisation. Experience working within multidisciplinary teams and providing prescribing advice. Clinical Knowledge and Skills Essential Recent clinical practice in a GP, hospital, or prison setting. Strong clinical reasoning and ability to interpret evidence and make safe recommendations. Desirable IT literacy; SystmOne experience is desirable

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

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

Bristol

BS7 8PS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

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 Senior Registered Nurse 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 unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.

Main duties of the job

As a senior registered nurse you will provide high quality primary care services and a range of specialist interventions for offenders. At HMP Guys Marsh, we deliver a nurse-led integrated primary care service and operate a specialist practice-based clinical model of care.

You will be delivering high quality clinical care within the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison, demonstrating robust expert clinical skills and providing evidence-based nursing practice to those in prison.

Our senior registered nurses carry out a range of duties including; reception screening, emergency response, long term conditions management, planned care (e.g. running clinics), enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services and health promotion activities.

As a senior member of our team, you will hold a complex caseload and support more junior colleagues with any help or advice they may require. You will also be responsible for the day-to-day co-ordination of the healthcare team and provide clinical supervision to junior team members including band 5 nurses, healthcare assistants and students.

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

28 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-8391424-GUYS

Job locations

HMP Guys Marsh

Shaftesbury

SP7 0AH

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy and have the ability to plan and reach complex and critical judgments and have decision making skills.

To deliver high quality clinical care within the Integrated Healthcare Service forthe prison. This will include acute & primary care, long term conditions management, enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services and health promotion activities and be in line with the NHS Plan, public health indicators and National Service Frameworks.

To demonstrate and provide robust expert clinical skills with a sound understanding of evidence-based nursing practice to provide a pro-active approach to ensure quality and outcome driven practice on a day-to-day basis.

To support the development of evidence-based practice in the specialist field and to promote research as appropriate.

To participate in managerial and professional clinical supervision programme, to ensure junior staff receive appropriate supervision, training and annual appraisal and to ensure that it becomes an integral part of team practice.

To ensure the implementation of effective and appropriate patient centred care planning tools, long-term condition registers and consistent delivery throughout all the prisons within the service.

The post holder will work collaboratively with the Clinical Lead, GPs, and other clinicians to meet and review service needs as required.

To deputise for the Team manager as required

To work positively and effectively in a difficult and often hostile environment.

Be aware of environmental hazards in the working area; ensure staffs are aware of relevant health & safety policies deriving from the Health & Safety at Work Act.

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 The post holder will exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy and have the ability to plan and reach complex and critical judgments and have decision making skills. To deliver high quality clinical care within the Integrated Healthcare Service forthe prison. This will include acute & primary care, long term conditions management, enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services and health promotion activities and be in line with the NHS Plan, public health indicators and National Service Frameworks. To demonstrate and provide robust expert clinical skills with a sound understanding of evidence-based nursing practice to provide a pro-active approach to ensure quality and outcome driven practice on a day-to-day basis. To support the development of evidence-based practice in the specialist field and to promote research as appropriate. To participate in managerial and professional clinical supervision programme, to ensure junior staff receive appropriate supervision, training and annual appraisal and to ensure that it becomes an integral part of team practice. To ensure the implementation of effective and appropriate patient centred care planning tools, long-term condition registers and consistent delivery throughout all the prisons within the service. The post holder will work collaboratively with the Clinical Lead, GPs, and other clinicians to meet and review service needs as required. To deputise for the Team manager as required To work positively and effectively in a difficult and often hostile environment. Be aware of environmental hazards in the working area; ensure staffs are aware of relevant health & safety policies deriving from the Health & Safety at Work Act. 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/Qualifcations

Essential

• Professional Qualification (Registered General Nurse)
• Post graduate qualification or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

• Substantial experience at Band 5 level setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of care.
• Experience of multi-professional collaboration including working in partnership with other statutory and voluntary organisations
• Working knowledge or interest of current issues/agendas facing prison/offender healthcar

Desirable

• Experience of working within secure & prison settings

Skills/Knowledge

Essential

• Ability to lead and empower people to make decisions and to plan ahead.
• Ability to work effectively and autonomously

Person Specification Education/Qualifcations Essential Professional Qualification (Registered General Nurse) Post graduate qualification or equivalent experience Experience Essential Substantial experience at Band 5 level setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of care. Experience of multi-professional collaboration including working in partnership with other statutory and voluntary organisations Working knowledge or interest of current issues/agendas facing prison/offender healthcar Desirable Experience of working within secure & prison settings Skills/Knowledge Essential Ability to lead and empower people to make decisions and to plan ahead. Ability to work effectively and autonomously

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 Guys Marsh

Shaftesbury

SP7 0AH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Guys Marsh

Shaftesbury

SP7 0AH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

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?

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 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.

**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." 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 KindWe're FairWe ListenWe Care

Details

Date posted

28 October 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

277-8329810-PORT

Job locations

HMP Portland

The Grove, Grove Road

Portland

DT5 1DL

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Task and 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)

Oxleas Prison Services Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and provides the pharmacy services to the prison pharmacy contracts. Due to the recent contract award from NHS England, we are now providing pharmacy services (OPS Ltd) and Healthcare Services (Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust) to the Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Devon and Dorset Prisons and are recruiting to newly established posts.

Oxleas Prison Services Ltd and Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust has a long history of innovation, with established prescribing guidelines, excellent relationships with medical staff, a strong culture of leading clinical audit and research projects and an excellent publication record. All of these attributes we wish to extend to the prison pharmacy and healthcare services.

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 Key Task and 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) Oxleas Prison Services Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and provides the pharmacy services to the prison pharmacy contracts. Due to the recent contract award from NHS England, we are now providing pharmacy services (OPS Ltd) and Healthcare Services (Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust) to the Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Devon and Dorset Prisons and are recruiting to newly established posts. Oxleas Prison Services Ltd and Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust has a long history of innovation, with established prescribing guidelines, excellent relationships with medical staff, a strong culture of leading clinical audit and research projects and an excellent publication record. All of these attributes we wish to extend to the prison pharmacy and healthcare services. 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

• Previous 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

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

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 Previous 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 Ability to use initiative to problem solve 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.

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 Portland

The Grove, Grove Road

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

The Grove, Grove Road

Portland

DT5 1DL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job summary

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

This is an excellent opportunity for a pharmacy 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.

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 Assistant, you will contribute towards the smooth and efficient running of the pharmacy service on site within the prison. This will include all aspects of stock control (routine ordering, receipt of goods, computer input, storage of medicines), dispensing clinically screened prescriptions and dispensing weekly/monthly in possession medication to patients.

Ideally applicants will have an NVQ Level 2 in Pharmacy Services, however we will accept applicants who have healthcare experience and are interested in being put through the NVQ L2 by 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

Job summary

This is an excellent opportunity for a Registered Nurse 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 role sits within our Pharmacy team and Medications Management is a core element of this role.

We strongly encourage applications from both newly qualified registered nurses (who will initially be offered a preceptorship position) and experienced Band 5 nurses looking for a career in offender healthcare, with a structured progression pathway to aid your development.

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 registered nurse you will provide high quality primary care services and a range of specialist interventions for offenders. At HMP Ashfield, we deliver a nurse-led integrated primary care service and operate a specialist practice-based clinical model of care. This role has a core focus on Medications Management and you will be responsible for working on meds hatches on a daily basis.

You will also be delivering high quality clinical care within the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison, demonstrating robust expert clinical skills and providing evidence-based nursing practice to those in prison.

Our registered nurses carry out a range of duties including:

• Reception screening
• Emergency response
• Long term conditions management
• Medications/Medications Management
• Planned care (e.g. running clinics)
• Enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services
• Health promotion activities

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

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." 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:

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

Details

Date posted

28 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£32,073 to £39,043 a year pa inc

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-8390166-ASH

Job locations

HMP Ashfield

Bristol

BS16 9QJ

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Task and 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)

Oxleas Prison Services Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and provides the pharmacy services to the prison pharmacy contracts. Due to the recent contract award from NHS England, we are now providing pharmacy services (OPS Ltd) and Healthcare Services (Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust) to the Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Devon and Dorset Prisons and are recruiting to newly established posts.

Oxleas Prison Services Ltd and Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust has a long history of innovation, with established prescribing guidelines, excellent relationships with medical staff, a strong culture of leading clinical audit and research projects and an excellent publication record. All of these attributes we wish to extend to the prison pharmacy and healthcare services.

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 Key Task and 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) Oxleas Prison Services Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and provides the pharmacy services to the prison pharmacy contracts. Due to the recent contract award from NHS England, we are now providing pharmacy services (OPS Ltd) and Healthcare Services (Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust) to the Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Devon and Dorset Prisons and are recruiting to newly established posts. Oxleas Prison Services Ltd and Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust has a long history of innovation, with established prescribing guidelines, excellent relationships with medical staff, a strong culture of leading clinical audit and research projects and an excellent publication record. All of these attributes we wish to extend to the prison pharmacy and healthcare services. 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

• Previous 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

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

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 Previous 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 Ability to use initiative to problem solve 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.

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 Ashfield

Bristol

BS16 9QJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP Ashfield

Bristol

BS16 9QJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job summary

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Primary Care Clinical Lead to lead the delivery and ongoing development of high-quality primary care services within our prison healthcare setting in Bristol. This is an opportunity to combine clinical leadership, operational management and service improvement in a challenging and rewarding environment where your work will directly improve patient care and outcomes.

Working as part of an integrated multidisciplinary team, you will provide visible and supportive leadership to nursing, paramedic and wider healthcare colleagues. You will help ensure that services are safe, effective, efficient and responsive to the needs of patients, while maintaining strong working relationships with prison colleagues, partner organisations and community services.

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

Main duties of the job

In this role, you will provide clinical and operational leadership for the primary care service. You will manage, support, supervise and appraise staff, promoting professional development and high standards of practice, while coordinating staffing and rotas to support safe, efficient and timely service delivery.

You will oversee referral, triage, care coordination and clinical review processes, maintain a small clinical caseload and provide evidence-based care for patients with acute, complex and long-term health needs.

You will also lead quality improvement, clinical audit and service evaluation activity, monitor performance, patient safety and standards of care, and take action where improvements are required. Working collaboratively with HMPPS, healthcare partners, community providers and other statutory and voluntary agencies, you will support integrated care and continuity of treatment.

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

28 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,387 to £56,515 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-8390879-BRIS

Job locations

HMP Bristol

Bristol

BS7 8PS

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Task and Responsibilities

• The post holder will act as clinical lead in the inpatient service.
• To provide quality primary care interventions to offenders.
• Provide direct line management, leadership and support to junior colleagues.
• Assist & support senior staff to deliver care within the service.
• Develop specialist practice-based clinical models of care.
• Provide a range of quality services and intervention.
• The post holder will be part of skilled multidisciplinary teams comprising all healthcare staff, including strategic partners, and prison managing a single referral pathway

Management responsibilities

• To play a lead role in the on-going development and delivery of an effective integrated healthcare service team clinical model.
• To be responsible for rotas, taking into account efficient use of resources, staff capacity and changing service needs.
• Ensure all clinics are delivered in a clinically effective, efficient & timely way, in line with service needs.
• Deliver strategies designed to promote and improve health and prevent disease, working proactively and collaborating with other professionals, organisations and agencies as directed

Leadership

• Responsible for staff supervision and annual appraisals.
• To demonstrate and provide robust clinical leadership to junior staff with a sound understanding of evidence based nursing practice to provide a pro-active approach to ensure quality and outcome driven practice on a day-to-day basis.
• To lead in the professional clinical supervision programme, to ensure all junior staff receive appropriate supervision, training and annual appraisal to ensure that it becomes an integral part of team practice

Clinical

• The post holder will exercise a degree of personal and professional autonomy, make complex and critical judgments under the supervision of the Inpatient manager and have decision making skills to satisfy the expectations of the role.
• To manage a clinical caseload.
• Maintain an effective case management service to ensure care and continuity of treatment is maintained throughout an offenders care pathway whilst detained in prison

Research

• To support and undertake research, clinical audit and evaluate the service as directed. This will include acute care, long term conditions management and health promotion activities and be in line with the NHS Plan, public health and National Service Frameworks.
• To participate in all monitoring systems to promote the development of evidence based practice in the specialist field and to promote research as appropriate.

Communication

• To liaise with others to share expertise, promote ideas and work collaboratively with key stakeholders, agencies and organisations as required.
• Develop and maintain inter-disciplinary and inter-agency working with all relevant agencies and organisations.

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 Key Task and Responsibilities The post holder will act as clinical lead in the inpatient service. To provide quality primary care interventions to offenders. Provide direct line management, leadership and support to junior colleagues. Assist & support senior staff to deliver care within the service. Develop specialist practice-based clinical models of care. Provide a range of quality services and intervention. The post holder will be part of skilled multidisciplinary teams comprising all healthcare staff, including strategic partners, and prison managing a single referral pathway Management responsibilities To play a lead role in the on-going development and delivery of an effective integrated healthcare service team clinical model. To be responsible for rotas, taking into account efficient use of resources, staff capacity and changing service needs. Ensure all clinics are delivered in a clinically effective, efficient & timely way, in line with service needs. Deliver strategies designed to promote and improve health and prevent disease, working proactively and collaborating with other professionals, organisations and agencies as directed Leadership Responsible for staff supervision and annual appraisals. To demonstrate and provide robust clinical leadership to junior staff with a sound understanding of evidence based nursing practice to provide a pro-active approach to ensure quality and outcome driven practice on a day-to-day basis. To lead in the professional clinical supervision programme, to ensure all junior staff receive appropriate supervision, training and annual appraisal to ensure that it becomes an integral part of team practice Clinical The post holder will exercise a degree of personal and professional autonomy, make complex and critical judgments under the supervision of the Inpatient manager and have decision making skills to satisfy the expectations of the role. To manage a clinical caseload. Maintain an effective case management service to ensure care and continuity of treatment is maintained throughout an offenders care pathway whilst detained in prison Research To support and undertake research, clinical audit and evaluate the service as directed. This will include acute care, long term conditions management and health promotion activities and be in line with the NHS Plan, public health and National Service Frameworks. To participate in all monitoring systems to promote the development of evidence based practice in the specialist field and to promote research as appropriate. Communication To liaise with others to share expertise, promote ideas and work collaboratively with key stakeholders, agencies and organisations as required. Develop and maintain inter-disciplinary and inter-agency working with all relevant agencies and organisations. 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

• Registered Nurse (Adult/General)
• Post graduate qualification to Masters level or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

• Substantial post-qualification practice
• Demonstrates senior management level or supervisory role including managing change and introducing new ways of working.
• Experience of multi-professional collaboration including working in partnership with other statutory and voluntary organisations.
• Experience of setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of care.

Desirable

• Experience of working within secure & prison settings
• Working knowledge of current issues and agendas facing prison/offender healthcare

Skills

Essential

• Demonstrate an understanding of change management and new ways of working.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential Registered Nurse (Adult/General) Post graduate qualification to Masters level or equivalent experience Experience Essential Substantial post-qualification practice Demonstrates senior management level or supervisory role including managing change and introducing new ways of working. Experience of multi-professional collaboration including working in partnership with other statutory and voluntary organisations. Experience of setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of care. Desirable Experience of working within secure & prison settings Working knowledge of current issues and agendas facing prison/offender healthcare Skills Essential Demonstrate an understanding of change management and new ways of working.

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

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

Bristol

BS7 8PS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job summary

The Trust is looking to recruit a Consultant in Geriatric Medicine, based at both the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) in Woolwich and in the Greenwich Community Frailty team based at Memorial Hospital, Shooters Hill, Woolwich. The postholder will join a team of 10 consultants in QEH and be part of the community frailty team delivered by Oxleas Foundation Trust.

The post has been created to develop and consolidate new ways of working, enabling flow from acute settings to community teams. This is an opportunity for a Consultant Geriatrician to develop a broad range of experience, working across both the acute Frailty service delivered by Lewisham and Greenwich Trust and the community frailty service which is currently expanding to form part of the four integrated neighbourhood teams in Greenwich.

The post is full time (10 PAs) and based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich and Memorial Hospital, Shooters Hill.

A formal job plan will be agreed between the post holder and their Clinical or Divisional Director for Lewisham and Greenwich Trust and the Clinical Director or Service Director of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust within three months of their commencement date. The role is equally split between the two Trusts.

Main duties of the job

To support the development on-going development of a comprehensive geriatric medicine service and development of Frailty within the Greenwich integrated neighbourhood teams

Support and develop the interface frailty services for ED and relevant clinical areas

Develop the Geriatrician role within the four integrated neighbourhood teams in Greenwich, specifically supporting the MDT needs of the moderately and severely frail population.

Support, lead and develop integrated care working with ICB's and community partners

Be an advocate for the care of older people within the organization.

Lead, support and mentor junior medical staff within the department and ensure training requirements are met.

About us

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream

Job summary

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

Do you want a career where your kindness and care make a tangible difference?

Oxleas NHS Trust is searching for compassionate and dedicated Healthcare Assistants to join our acute admission wards teams. You'll play a vital role in supporting adults experiencing mental health challenges, offering them hope and stability during a difficult time. We have vacancies in all our Psychiatric Intensive care Unit (PICU) on Tarn Ward at Oxleas House (Queen Elizabeth Hospital).

Why you'll love working here:o Make a Real Impact: Provide compassionate care and support to patients during a critical time in their lives.o Supportive Team: Join a collaborative and friendly team that values your contribution and offers opportunities for growth.o Develop Your Skills: Access excellent training and development programs to advance your career in the NHS.o Competitive Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package alongside the intrinsic rewards of working within the NHS.

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

Main duties of the job

Acute and Crisis Directorate : Healthcare Assistant (Mental Health) at Oxleas NHS Trust - Make a Difference Every Day

• To work as directed by a registered nurse.
• To work on a psychiatric Intensive Care Unit(PICU)
• To provide care physical care to patients in accordance with their care plan
• Understanding the need for and always maintaining confidentiality and security.
• Adhering to all organisational and ward policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Ensuring good working relationships with patients, carers, relatives, other professionals and prison and healthcare staff.
• Developing an understanding of and demonstrating use of clinical supervision to reflect upon and modify practice.
• Behaving at all times in a professionally acceptable manner

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

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 Registered Mental Health Practitioner 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 Mental Health Practitioner you will be providing specialist mental healthcare to offenders and working as part of the Mental Health In-Reach Team, plus wider mental health services. You will be required to work in a psychologically minded way with offenders in achieving their agreed goals and quality health outcomes.

Our Mental Health Team provide specialist interventions at primary and secondary care level including; referral management, screening assessment, triage, evidence-based interventions, care planning and risk assessing, plus one-to-one and group-work facilitation.

Our Mental Health Practitioners manage a mixed and challenging caseload and are required to perform robust assessment, screening and interventions to offenders with learning disabilities and mental health conditions. You will contribute to alternatives to inpatient admission and assisting with early discharge through the implementation of high intensity interventions and complex case management arrangements.

One of our key aims is to ensure continuity of care for an offender on ordinary location and reduce the length of stay, both in relation to prison inpatient services and external NHS/independent in-patient services. You will work closely with community mental health teams to ensure appropriate sharing of information, continuity of care and the Care Programme Approach for all offenders as necessary.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. 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.

Our wider 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 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.

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

27 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£45,953 to £54,254 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-8326168-BRIS-A

Job locations

HMP Bristol

Bristol

BS7 8PS

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To perform robust assessment, screening, and interventions to service users with mental health and neurodevelopmental and trauma needs.
• Ensure that all waiting time, assessment and interventions are delivered in a timely manner, and positively contribute to the achievement of the services performance targets.
• Ensure integrated and collaborative working with other specialist services, including continuity of care and through the gate arrangements and liaison.
• Work closely with community mental health teams (CMHTs) to ensure appropriate sharing of information, continuity of care and the Care Programme Approach (CPA) for all service users where necessary.
• To provide comprehensive and timely reports and mental health expertise to multi agency public protection panels (MAPPA), police, probation services, solicitors and court liaison teams as directed.
• Deliver active clinical leadership and supervision within the team, covering for the manager and colleagues as required. To receive supervision as directed (line management and clinical).
• Close working relationships with all prison staff, to include participation in sentence planning, resettlement, safer custody, and the ACCT processes.
• The post holder will be required to undertake training to maximise uptake of screening, health promotion and prevention activity, including vaccinations.
• The post holder will be required to hold a caseload and care co-ordinate services uses with secondary mental health and complex needs. Ensuring a proactive, evidence-based approach to clinical interventions, health promotion/prevention activity, and management of acute and long-term conditions using a stepped care approach.

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 perform robust assessment, screening, and interventions to service users with mental health and neurodevelopmental and trauma needs. Ensure that all waiting time, assessment and interventions are delivered in a timely manner, and positively contribute to the achievement of the services performance targets. Ensure integrated and collaborative working with other specialist services, including continuity of care and through the gate arrangements and liaison. Work closely with community mental health teams (CMHTs) to ensure appropriate sharing of information, continuity of care and the Care Programme Approach (CPA) for all service users where necessary. To provide comprehensive and timely reports and mental health expertise to multi agency public protection panels (MAPPA), police, probation services, solicitors and court liaison teams as directed. Deliver active clinical leadership and supervision within the team, covering for the manager and colleagues as required. To receive supervision as directed (line management and clinical). Close working relationships with all prison staff, to include participation in sentence planning, resettlement, safer custody, and the ACCT processes. The post holder will be required to undertake training to maximise uptake of screening, health promotion and prevention activity, including vaccinations. The post holder will be required to hold a caseload and care co-ordinate services uses with secondary mental health and complex needs. Ensuring a proactive, evidence-based approach to clinical interventions, health promotion/prevention activity, and management of acute and long-term conditions using a stepped care approach. 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

Experience

Essential

• Previous experience working as a registered Mental Health Professional
• Evidence of well developed clinical skills in assessing and treating adults with complex mental health needs
• Experience of multi-professional collaboration including working in partnership with other statutory and voluntary organisations. Experience of setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of care.

Desirable

• Knowledge of current National Prison Health Quality & Performance Indicators
• Working knowledge of current issues/agendas facing prison/offender healthcare Experience Working within prison or secure settings

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional Registration - RMN, HCPC, Social Worker, Etc

Skills

Essential

• Good written/verbal communication skills

Person Specification Experience Essential Previous experience working as a registered Mental Health Professional Evidence of well developed clinical skills in assessing and treating adults with complex mental health needs Experience of multi-professional collaboration including working in partnership with other statutory and voluntary organisations. Experience of setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of care. Desirable Knowledge of current National Prison Health Quality & Performance Indicators Working knowledge of current issues/agendas facing prison/offender healthcare Experience Working within prison or secure settings Qualifications Essential Professional Registration - RMN, HCPC, Social Worker, Etc Skills Essential Good written/verbal communication skills

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

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

Bristol

BS7 8PS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job summary

Please note: This vacancy is only for HMP Portland, DT5 1DL. Please ensure you have checked the location and are able to travel here before applying.

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 several compassionate, knowledgeable and motivated HCA's to join our friendly team at HMP Portland on bank.

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 Healthcare Assistant you will assist in the delivery of high quality nursing care to patients in HMP Portland with the support of a registered nurse.

You will be providing physical care to patients according to a written care plan. This will include actively engaging with patients in the provision of holistic, needs-led care which will take into account 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.

This role will require you to be an effective communicator and you must be able to respond to patient needs in an honest, non judgemental and open manner.

Wondering what its like to work within offender healthcare?"Working in the prison service can seems scary at first but you'll have the support you need from your team to make a difference every day.I see the prison as an individual community where I work with a variety of people and provide urgent care, routine health screens like a GP practice and complex needs care to the patients. I have the unique opportunity to support someone throughout their time in prison and make a significant difference to their lives. Furthermore, see them grow, change and improve their general health." Ellen, Clinical Lead, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

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

27 October 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-BankHCA-HMPPOR-C

Job locations

HMP Portland

104 Grove Rd

Portland

DT5 1DL

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

• 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 takes into account the physical, psychological, emotional, social and spiritual needs of individuals and groups.
• Demonstrates a commitment to equal opportunities for all people.
• Demonstrates a knowledge of the term professional boundaries and how to applying this to working with patients, offenders and others.
• 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.
• Understanding the need for and assisting patients to attain optimal physical health and assisting with physical procedures in support of a registered nurse.
• Demonstrating good verbal and non-verbal communication skills
• Contributing appropriately to risk assessment and individualised care planning.

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 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 takes into account the physical, psychological, emotional, social and spiritual needs of individuals and groups. Demonstrates a commitment to equal opportunities for all people. Demonstrates a knowledge of the term professional boundaries and how to applying this to working with patients, offenders and others. 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. Understanding the need for and assisting patients to attain optimal physical health and assisting with physical procedures in support of a registered nurse. Demonstrating good verbal and non-verbal communication skills Contributing appropriately to risk assessment and individualised care planning. 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 or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

• Experience of facilitating /planning /supporting groups in a healthcare setting i.e. health improvement/ smoking cessation/ activities.
• Previous care experience

Skills

Essential

• Ability to assess risk and care plan effectively, whilst understanding the needs and rights of people.
• Participate in any audits, research projects
• To take responsibility for clinical equipment /resources with which you are allocated as well as patient property and valuables.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience Experience Essential Experience of facilitating /planning /supporting groups in a healthcare setting i.e. health improvement/ smoking cessation/ activities. Previous care experience Skills Essential Ability to assess risk and care plan effectively, whilst understanding the needs and rights of people. Participate in any audits, research projects To take responsibility for clinical equipment /resources with which you are allocated as well as patient property and valuables.

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

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)

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

27 October 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-W

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 thesecure 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 thesecure 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)

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 Clinical Pharmacist 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.

Main duties of the job

To provide clinical pharmacy services to the allocated prisons and support the pharmacy technician(s) on these visits and be a responsible pharmacist in the dispensary when rostered.

Key Task and Responsibilities1. To organise on a weekly basis the pharmacy clinical service provision to the allocated prisons, planning your work and the work of others.2. To provide clinical services to the allocated prisons.3. To ensure you personally have high standards of work, both clinical and dispensing and follow all standard operating procedures (SOPs) as directed by the Lead Prison Services Pharmacist.4. To work as a team with the pharmacy technician in the allocated prisons and to support this technician professionally when on site.5. To implement the prison formulary, in collaboration with primary care colleagues.6. To generate monthly reports on drug expenditure for the allocated prisons and to advice the prescribers on areas for improvement and efficiencies.7. To provide clinical screening and final accuracy checks when working in the dispensary.8. To ensure all work is carried out in a timely manner to meet the requirements of the delivery service across the prisons.

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

27 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£51,932 a year per annum pro-rata

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

277-BankPharmacist-HMPBr-C

Job locations

HMP Bristol

19 Cambridge Road

Bristol

BS7 8PS

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Management Responsibilities1. To manage the day-to-day work of the pharmacy technician when on site in the allocated prisons.2. To manage your own time efficiently whilst on prison visits.

Clinical

1. To undertake scheduled clinical visits to the allocated prisons. On these visits you will:a. undertake MURs for offenders identified as requiring assistance by healthcare staff.b. review the medication history of newly admitted offenders to ensure prescriptions are correct and if necessary make recommendations to bring prescribing in line with local formulary choices.c. provide scheduled clinics for offenders to give advice and support on their prescribed medicines, OTC medicines and other medical issues they may raise.2. Monitor prescribing trends and give advice to healthcare staff to improve prescribing in line with formulary choices and/or current clinical thinking.3. Promote healthy lifestyles for offenders in line with local and national guidelines or promotions.4. To be an active member of the BSGW cluster clinical governance/medicines management committee(s).5. To work closely with the primary care providers to ensure safe prescribing, use, storage and transport of medicines within the secure environments.6. To liaise with the Specialist Prison Services Pharmacist and assist in writing, in collaboration with primary care colleagues in the BSGW cluster, Patient Group Directions (PGDs) when an appropriate use is identified. To train nursing staff in the BSGW cluster in the use of these PGDs and to monitor use/compliance on an on-going basis, reporting any discrepancies to the senior pharmacist prison services.7. To review PGDs in use every 1-2 years on a rolling basis as determined by the Lead Prison Services Pharmacist.8. To assist the Specialist Prison Services Pharmacist to introduce new prescribing guidelines/medicines within the BSGW cluster.9. To participate in the on-call rota (as necessary) to provide support and advice to the primary care teams when the pharmacy is closed and to liaise with local community pharmacies to dispense urgent medicines during these times.10. 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.

Dispensary1. To act as responsible pharmacist when rostered to do so in the dispensary.2. To dispense prescriptions and stock items when in the dispensary.3. To undertake clinical screening and final accuracy checks when working in the dispensary.4. To organise the sale of OTC medicines following a request from an offender in the allocated prison cluster.

(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 Management Responsibilities1. To manage the day-to-day work of the pharmacy technician when on site in the allocated prisons.2. To manage your own time efficiently whilst on prison visits. Clinical 1. To undertake scheduled clinical visits to the allocated prisons. On these visits you will:a. undertake MURs for offenders identified as requiring assistance by healthcare staff.b. review the medication history of newly admitted offenders to ensure prescriptions are correct and if necessary make recommendations to bring prescribing in line with local formulary choices.c. provide scheduled clinics for offenders to give advice and support on their prescribed medicines, OTC medicines and other medical issues they may raise.2. Monitor prescribing trends and give advice to healthcare staff to improve prescribing in line with formulary choices and/or current clinical thinking.3. Promote healthy lifestyles for offenders in line with local and national guidelines or promotions.4. To be an active member of the BSGW cluster clinical governance/medicines management committee(s).5. To work closely with the primary care providers to ensure safe prescribing, use, storage and transport of medicines within the secure environments.6. To liaise with the Specialist Prison Services Pharmacist and assist in writing, in collaboration with primary care colleagues in the BSGW cluster, Patient Group Directions (PGDs) when an appropriate use is identified. To train nursing staff in the BSGW cluster in the use of these PGDs and to monitor use/compliance on an on-going basis, reporting any discrepancies to the senior pharmacist prison services.7. To review PGDs in use every 1-2 years on a rolling basis as determined by the Lead Prison Services Pharmacist.8. To assist the Specialist Prison Services Pharmacist to introduce new prescribing guidelines/medicines within the BSGW cluster.9. To participate in the on-call rota (as necessary) to provide support and advice to the primary care teams when the pharmacy is closed and to liaise with local community pharmacies to dispense urgent medicines during these times.10. 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. Dispensary1. To act as responsible pharmacist when rostered to do so in the dispensary.2. To dispense prescriptions and stock items when in the dispensary.3. To undertake clinical screening and final accuracy checks when working in the dispensary.4. To organise the sale of OTC medicines following a request from an offender in the allocated prison cluster. (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

• Masters Degree of Pharmacy or equivalent
• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council of GB (GPhC)
• Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice/Clinical Pharmacy/Mental Health or equivalent (or working towards)
• Registered Independent Pharmacist Prescriber

Desirable

• A member of or working towards Faculty Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Experience

Essential

• Previous prison/hospital/community pharmacy experience in the UK
• At least 4 years experience of providing clinical pharmacy services
• At least 2 years experience of providing clinical services within prisons or GP practices

Desirable

• Experience of providing clinical services to mental health or substance misuse patients

Skills

Essential

• Recent clinical pharmacy practice in a GP practice or prison setting
• Sound clinical skills at diploma level

Person Specification Education & Qualifications Essential Masters Degree of Pharmacy or equivalent Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council of GB (GPhC) Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice/Clinical Pharmacy/Mental Health or equivalent (or working towards) Registered Independent Pharmacist Prescriber Desirable A member of or working towards Faculty Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Experience Essential Previous prison/hospital/community pharmacy experience in the UK At least 4 years experience of providing clinical pharmacy services At least 2 years experience of providing clinical services within prisons or GP practices Desirable Experience of providing clinical services to mental health or substance misuse patients Skills Essential Recent clinical pharmacy practice in a GP practice or prison setting Sound clinical skills at diploma level

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

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)

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

27 October 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-R

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)

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 Senior Registered Nurseto 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 senior registered nurse, you will provide high quality primary care services and a range of specialist interventions for our patients. At HMP Bristol, we deliver a nurse-led integrated primary care service and operate a specialist practice-based clinical model of care.

You will be delivering high quality clinical care within the Integrated Healthcare Service for the prison, demonstrating robust expert clinical skills and providing evidence-based clinical practice to those in prison.

Our senior registered staff carry out a range of duties including; reception screening, emergency response, long term conditions management, planned care (e.g. running clinics), enhanced assessment and diagnostic intervention services and health promotion activities.

As a senior member of our team, you will hold a complex caseload and support more junior colleagues with any help or advice they may require. You will also be responsible for the day-to-day co-ordination of the healthcare team and provide clinical supervision to junior team members including band 5 healthcare professionals, healthcare assistants and students.

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

Job summary

Important Sponsorship Information for this post: Due to service budget restrictions we are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.

To assist the District Nursing team in the delivery of care for the population of Greenwich. The post holder will deliver quality evidence-based care to clients within their clinical area of work e.g. clients home, residential homes and other clinical environments under agreed Trust policies/guidelines.

The post holder will work under the direction and supervision of the trained community Nurse and report directly to the team leader (District Nurse).

The post holder need to meet the needs of the service by being available to work flexibly on a rota basis over a 7 day period including weekday, weekend and bank holidays.

Main duties of the job

• To undertake patient care delegated by the community staff nurses, where deemed competent to do so by the team leader in line with trust policies
• Provide clinical care and advice identified patients/clients
• To be responsible for reporting to the community staff nurses any changes or concerns in the patient/client condition or social circumstances
• To work independently under supervision in line with trust policies
• To work flexibly and relieve colleagues/rotate within the Trust as required and requested by the line manager to meet the needs of the service

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

Job summary

To provide Initial screening/assessments for new intakes, work collaboratively within the integrated Healthcare team to identify needs, create care plans and provide referrals, including Mental Health interventions and other appropriate support to ensure continuity of care for people resident in the prison.

Main duties of the job

Providing Initial Reception and secondary screening services for new intakes into the prison Estate, including assessment and identifying healthcare needs, highlighting appropriate care pathways, making appropriate referrals to the Integrated MDT and collaborating with people on initial plans of care.

Ensuring prompt and relevant referrals to appropriate teams for comprehensive healthcare interventions and following up on the referrals for the first 14 days after the patients' arrival at the prison.

Work as an integral member of the EDIC/Releases and Transfer team - including conducting pre-release planning clinics and all other relevant interventions as assigned by the EDIC Manager.

To provide Primary Mental Health engagement, reviews and interventions to people on the primary mental health caseload, including attending ACCT reviews, CPAs, caseload planning meetings, caseload reviews and MDT meetings.

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

27 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£45,953 to £54,254 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-8376337-ISIS

Job locations

HMP ISIS

Western Road, Thamesmead

London

SE28 0NZ

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Primary Mental/ EDiC Health Practitioner, you will;

Ensure that newly arrived prisoners are assessed, their healthcare needs identified, appropriate referrals made to relevant care pathways and that they are supported during their first 14 days in the prison to access relevant healthcare services and manage their general health and wellbeing whilst in prison.

Engage in Reception Health screenings and assessments for new intakes and other offenders; Secondary screenings; EDiC reviews; ACCT reviews, whenever required; medication administrations; including Depot medications; Mental health care planning and caseload reviews, including managing the Primary Mental health caseload as required; Releases and Transfer planning and any other duties as assigned by the EDIC Manager.

Development of an individualized crisis plan (early warning signs, what has been helpful before shared with all services and consistent with service specification

Collect and synthesize all relevant clinical history to ensure safety, continuity of care and minimal re-assessments for the patient and ensuring that the records held for patients are up to date and accurate.

Ensure ongoing care for every person requiring it, with clear pathway management in place that is understood by the patient and their families /significant others.

Information is shared where appropriate and consent has been given to ensure that care plans and risks for patients are widely understood by all staff supporting them, including HMPPS staff where appropriate. This will be done with full patient consent.

Job description Job responsibilities As a Primary Mental/ EDiC Health Practitioner, you will; Ensure that newly arrived prisoners are assessed, their healthcare needs identified, appropriate referrals made to relevant care pathways and that they are supported during their first 14 days in the prison to access relevant healthcare services and manage their general health and wellbeing whilst in prison. Engage in Reception Health screenings and assessments for new intakes and other offenders; Secondary screenings; EDiC reviews; ACCT reviews, whenever required; medication administrations; including Depot medications; Mental health care planning and caseload reviews, including managing the Primary Mental health caseload as required; Releases and Transfer planning and any other duties as assigned by the EDIC Manager. Development of an individualized crisis plan (early warning signs, what has been helpful before shared with all services and consistent with service specification Collect and synthesize all relevant clinical history to ensure safety, continuity of care and minimal re-assessments for the patient and ensuring that the records held for patients are up to date and accurate. Ensure ongoing care for every person requiring it, with clear pathway management in place that is understood by the patient and their families /significant others. Information is shared where appropriate and consent has been given to ensure that care plans and risks for patients are widely understood by all staff supporting them, including HMPPS staff where appropriate. This will be done with full patient consent.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Minimum 2 years post NMC registration as RMN/RLD

Experience

Essential

• Minimum 2 years working experience as an RMN/RLD

Management

Desirable

• Experience of managing junior staff

Person Specification Qualifications Essential Minimum 2 years post NMC registration as RMN/RLD Experience Essential Minimum 2 years working experience as an RMN/RLD Management Desirable Experience of managing junior 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

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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 ISIS

Western Road, Thamesmead

London

SE28 0NZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

HMP ISIS

Western Road, Thamesmead

London

SE28 0NZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

Job summary

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

We are looking for an enthusiastic Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist to join the Oxleas Intensive Community Support Team (ALD Services). This is a full time, fixed-term position (12 months). The role will require to support clients with learning disabilities presenting with complex needs and going through difficult times and their families and networks, providing specialist psychological assessments, interventions and treatment. The role would also entail supervising other psychological therapists and trainee clinical psychologists, and offering advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non-professional carers. We would expect the successful postholder to be able to work autonomously within professional guidelines and within the overall framework of the service's policies and procedures. The postholder will also be able to utilise research skills for audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.

Main duties of the job

To provide specialist psychological assessments of clients referred to the team based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological and neuropsychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client's care.

To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychological treatment and/or management of a client's mental health problems and other relevant issues, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the client's problems.

To be responsible for implementing a range of psychological interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups.

To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.

To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychologically-based standard care plans.

To provide specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to clients' formulation, diagnosis and treatment plan.

To provide clinical placements for clinical psychology trainees.

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

27 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£63,665 to £70,887 a year pa inc

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-8314952-ALD-A

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