Primary Care Medicines Optimisation Pharmacist

We are seeking an experiences Pharmacist, with experience in primary care to join our multidisciplinary healthcare team at HMP Wymott and HMP Garth.
This role focuses on delivering high-quality pharmaceutical care in prisons, ensuring the safe, effective, and appropriate use of medicines.
You will play a crucial part in managing medication for patients with complex needs, supporting health promotion, and providing expert clinical advice to both patients and healthcare staff. Working in line with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) Professional Standards for Optimising Medicines in Secure Environments (2017), the role requires a collaborative approach to improve health outcomes through patient-centered care, effective communication, and active involvement in medicines optimisation.
As a Primary Care Pharmacist in a secure setting, you will uphold the principles outlined in the RPS standards, including ensuring the safe prescribing, administration, and monitoring of medicines.
Key responsibilities include managing medicines reconciliation, supporting risk management, and delivering education on the appropriate use of medication within this unique population.
Additionally, you will contribute to reducing health inequalities by addressing specific challenges faced in secure environments.
Your role will help support the safe, timely, and equitable access to essential medicines, in line with the RPS standards and best practices in prison healthcare., + To contribute to the development and delivery of primary healthcare within the health and justice division ensuring that prescribing and medicines management standards are in accordance with national policies and guidelines for offender health and the Trusts medicines management strategy.
+ To carry out medication review clinics including structured medication reviews (SMRs) and making prescribing and deprescribing decisions to optimise patient's medication regimens.
+ To provide complex medicines management advice to patients, healthcare professionals, prison staff and external agencies that have involvement in patients care.
+ To develop excellent working relationships with GPs, consultants, NMPs, mental health and substance misuse providers and to ensure that prescribing decisions support the work of all involved in the patients care.
+ To ensure effective communication with patients about changes in their medication. Overcome barriers to understanding and communication with patients who have physical, mental, social, language, hearing or sight problems., We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we'd love to hear from you.

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer., If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.
Do you have experience outside the NHS?
We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.
We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment. Please contact our Recruitment Team for more information.

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users., The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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All time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight)
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Time plus 41%
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Time plus 35%
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+ 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
+ Excellent pension
+ Cycle to work scheme
+ Salary sacrifice car scheme
+ Wellbeing programme
+ Blue Light Card Discounts
+ fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)