Bank Medicine Management Technician HMP Elmley/Swaleside | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	14 Ionawr 2026
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£38,511 Pa Pro Rata incl HCAS
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	13 Chwefror 2026
Lleoliad:	Sheerness, ME12 4DZ
Cwmni:	Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	7736657/277-Bank-SWALE-B6

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Thank you for taking an interest in ourMedicine Management Technician bank position. We hope that you find this overview useful and look forward to receiving your application.

Our healthcare departments operate across seven prisons each of which require a bespoke service responding to the prisoner and prison needs:



Prison

Location

Category

Population

Healthcare

HMP Elmley



Isle of Sheppey

‘B’ Remand

1,200 (male)

24/7

Inc. Inpatient Unit

HMP Swaleside

‘B’ High Security

1,200 (male)

HMP Standford Hill

‘D’ Open

500 (male)

Standard

HMP Rochester/ HMP Cookham Wood

Rochester

‘C’

650 (male)

24/7

HMP Maidstone

Maidstone

‘C’

500 (male)

24/7

HMP E Sutton Park

‘D’ Open

100 (female)

Standard




The seven prisons are located across three estates, Isle of Sheppey, Rochester andMaidstone, with the Isle of Sheppey prisons being with a few minutes’ walk from each other and East Sutton Park approximately 7 miles from Maidstone.

This advert is to apply for a bank position to cover HMP Elmley and HMP Swaleside specifically, which are both located in the Isle of Sheppey, however once you are on the bank you can pick up shifts across Kent prisons if you wish. Please note the Isle of Sheppey is not easily accessed by public transport so access to a vehicle is needed.




We are looking for dedicated Medicine Management Technicians To (1) provide a medicines management service to allocated prison(s), (2) administer medicines on the house blocks against valid prescriptions to offenders.



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

Key Task and Responsibilities

To provide a medicines management service to the allocated prison(s) on a daily basis with the professional support of a prison services pharmacist.

To oversee the ordering/supply of repeat prescriptions.

To utilise stock supplies and out of hours supplies when patients own medication is not available.

To have accreditation as a checking technician and/or medicines optimisation.

To ensure high standards of work and that Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are read and adhered to.

To facilitate the medication supply on repeat prescriptions (using System1), this will include tasking GP’s/NMP’s to generate repeat prescriptions, ensure they are signed and given to pharmacy promptly with in the Repeat Prescription management process.

To assist primary care staff to ensure prompt medicine administration times are adhered to.

To be competent in advising patients in all aspects of their medication to ensure adherence and compliance. This should, include but not be exclusive to, inhaler technique, interaction, mechanism of drug action/normal doses regimen, side effects.

To ensure high standards of work in Primary Care and to ensure all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Oxleas and Oxleas Prison Services Policies including – Standards of Medicine Management, IP Policy, Homely Remedies Policy are read, understood, and adhered to.

To have, or work towards, an awareness/knowledge of medicines information to support adherence and compliance by using BNF, BNF-e, e-MC, Medicines information line and other recognized sources of information.

1. To escalate any concerns about patients and their medication – including non-compliance – to appropriate staff and within confidentiality guideline, including concerns of patients who need support from the Mental Health Team, Substance mis-use team or Prison staff.

2. Controlled Drugs – to order, monitor and maintain all legal paperwork concerning medication patients with controlled drugs in accordance with local policy.

3. Cool chain management and administration of fridge line medication – to ensure daily fridge temperatures checks are completed and recoded and any breaches of the cold chain are escalated according to SOP/Policy.

4. To use System1 to document any information about patients and their medication- non-compliance/non- attendance (intentional and unintentional), allergies and raise concerns with appropriate staff/teams.

5. To use System1 to create ledgers and call up lists for patients to attend Healthcare/Houseblock treatment rooms to facilitate medicines administration daily.

6. Record keeping – to ensure all policies and protocols are adhered to and documented on S1 as well as keeping meticulous paper records.

7. To Administer medicines to offenders against a valid prescription on the house blocks/Healthcare safely and promptly whilst adhering to all policies and SOP’s using S1 to facilitate this.

8. To use Datix to report any incidents or concerns.

9. To have knowledge of the Critical medication List– to administer critical medication when required and report any concerns/non-compliance to appropriate teams /staff.

Management responsibilities

To manage own workload when providing medicines management services.

To supervise and enhance training opportunities for new members of staff and students.

To utilise time management skills in order to plan and manage workload within the team.

Clinical

To provide:

1.Medication Administration services as allocated for the prison.

a) Participate in monthly clinical visits to the allocated prison(s), under the professional supervision of a pharmacist. undertake a stock top-up service for all areas in which medicines are stored.

b)review the expiry dates and storage facilities for all such medicines and report any deficiencies to the prison service pharmacist for that prison.

c)assist the prison service pharmacist to provide advice to prisoners and staff about the appropriate use of medicines.

d)undertake 3-monthly controlled drugs stock checks, when necessary and report any issues to the Lead Pharmacy Technician and Lead Pharmacist under the supervision of Oxleas Prisons Pharmacy (OPS)Undertake monthly medicines management audits using AIM electronic system, when necessary under the supervision of Oxleas Prisons Services (OPS)

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. Recognise clinical signs of withdrawal, under the influence, overdose, being aware of needs of medication omitting for clinical reasons.

Complete in possession risk assessment (IPRA) and be aware of policies and procedures in place to monitor.

Adhere to ACCT ( Assessment in Care and Custody Team Working) policies and procedures and attend review meetings.

Deliver accurate and timely record keeping with basics keyboard skills using System1 templates and processes.

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.

Research

To participate in clinical and departmental audits as required.

To participate in any quality improvement projects.

Assisting with the implementation of any new ideas and updates to SOP’s.

Communication

Internally: Pharmacy staff, prison staff, primary care staff, prison mental health service staff, IDTS and CARAT teams, prison security staff.

Externally: GP surgeries, Community Pharmacies, Hospitals

Use the summary care record for medicine reconciliation.

iaison with home care team services.

Custodial Responsibilities

Assume personal responsibility for the security of issued keys.

Understand and comply with prison orders, procedures, and instructions in your area of work.

Comply with all security requirements.

Respond to any situation or circumstance that might indicate a threat to security of the establishment or to the safety of an individual, completing Incident, Security, Injury, or other reports as appropriate.



Report breaches of order and discipline including reporting and recording untoward incidents according to local protocol.



Contribute to effective risk assessment and management procedures.






This advert closes on Wednesday 28 Jan 2026

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