Bank Pharmacist - HMP Norwich

Job Introduction

As a Bank Clinical Pharmacist, you’ll be working as part of the HCRG Care Group Team at HMP Norwich.

As well as the attractive hourly rates of pay, you’ll benefit from:

• Self-booking and access to all bank shifts! Staff are given access to all Bank shifts within their Business Unit and can self-book providing they meet the shift requirements.
• Request a Duty – Staff can make shifts or Day Off requests prior to the creation of a roster up to six weeks in advance. This helps promote a better work life balance and allows for personal commitments to be met
• HCRG Care Group is pleased to offer access to Wagestream - which lets you track your pay throughout the month and stream your earned wages into your bank account if you need them. No more high-interest loans or overdraft fees - simply get paid as you go.
• Working in an environment focused on the highest clinical and quality standards
• Access to our Strive for Better networks, a national support and professional network made up of NHS professionals like you, giving you the chance to constantly develop industry-leading care and quality

Free statutory and mandatory training, as well as access to a range of courses and e-learning to develop further skills and in-house opportunities continuing your professional development

Innovative forward-thinking culture with the opportunity to put forward your ideas to contribute to the way we work. You will be encouraged to apply for national funding to drive your initiatives locally to benefit our patients and service users

Rewarding and supportive teams, you will be recognised and have opportunities to recognise others by nominating for local and national awards annually and taking part in our new virtual “Ask our Executives” event, where you can submit questions to the board and hear updates regularly on company strategy and objectives

Working in an environment focused on the highest clinical and quality standards with majority of our services being rated overall good or outstanding by the Care Quality Commission.

Job Introduction

Join our team as a Bank Clinical Pharmacist and play a key role in delivering safe, effective, and person‑centred pharmacy services within a secure environment. Working as part of a supportive multi‑disciplinary team and reporting to the Lead Pharmacist, you will ensure the highest standards of medicines optimisation in line with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Professional Standards for people in secure settings.

In this role, you’ll provide clinical advice, support prescription and medication queries, and help manage repeat and acute prescriptions. You will act as the Responsible Pharmacist when required and ensure all practice meets General Pharmaceutical Council guidelines.

You will also contribute to quality improvement, support GPs with cost‑effective prescribing, and assist in the day‑to‑day management of the pharmacy team.

This is a rewarding opportunity to use your clinical expertise to make a meaningful difference to patient care within the prison setting while working flexibly as part of our bank workforce.

Main Responsibilities

Skilled at involving patients in decisions about their medicines and supporting adherence.

Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills, including explaining complex or sensitive information clearly.

Confident in medicines optimisation for long‑term conditions, including planning, reviewing and advising.

Competent IT skills and ability to analyse complex clinical or technical information.

Able to work under pressure, meet deadlines and produce accurate, timely reports.

Strong influencing, negotiating and motivation skills, even where barriers exist.

Works effectively both independently and as part of a wider multidisciplinary team.

Demonstrates accountability and professionalism in all aspects of clinical practice

Desirable

• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
• Understanding of primary care prescribing, rational prescribing and approaches to improving prescribing practice.
  
  

About The Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services in

cluding urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do .

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone .

While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

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