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Job summary
Job Title: Bank Clinical Pharmacist Company: HCRG Care Group Location: Chelmsford Job Type: Temporary Salary: £27.69
Job Description: Package Description
As a Bank Clinical Pharmacist, youll be working as part at HMP Chelmsford Prison. As well as the attractive hourly rates of pay, at HCRG Care Group you will benefit from: £27.69 an hour 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 Opportunities to work in different areas and various s...
Main duties of the job
As a Bank Clinical Pharmacist, you'll join our multi-disciplinary healthcare team at HMP Chelmsford. This role offers flexible bank working arrangements and high-quality pharmaceutical care in a uniquely rewarding healthcare setting. You'll collaborate with GPs, nurses, mental health practitioners, and healthcare professionals to optimize medicines management, improve patient safety, and support effective prescribing within the prison population.
Key responsibilities include
providing specialist clinical pharmacy services, conducting medication reviews, supporting effective prescribing practices, reviewing prescriptions, providing pharmaceutical advice, identifying and managing risks, promoting patient medicine understanding, and contributing to audits and improvements. Essential qualifications include GPhC registration, a Master's degree in Pharmacy, and UK experience in prison or hospital settings.
About us
Established in 2006, HCRG Care Group is one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services. The company collaborates with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services, focusing on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. HCRG Care Group delivers a range of services, including adult and children community health, primary care (such as urgent care, sexual health, dermatology, and MSK services), adult social care, and wellbeing services. They support communities of millions and help over half a million people annually. The organisation emphasizes its simple values: 'we care, we think, we do,' and maintains a commitment to equal opportunities, inclusivity, and high clinical and quality standards. They support employees with resources for personal and professional development and safeguarding protocols.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Package Description
As a Bank Clinical Pharmacist, youll be working as part at HMP Chelmsford Prison. As well as the attractive hourly rates of pay, at HCRG Care Group you will benefit from:
- £27.69 an hour
- 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.
- Working in an environment focused on the highest clinical and quality standards
- Opportunities to work in different areas and various different servicesto gain new knowledge and experience
- 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
- Access to our free well-being service available 24/7/365 online and by telephone including; counsellors, post trauma incident support, legal, debt and practical life management helpline, guided self-help, telephonic career coaching and monthly well-being newsletters
- 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
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Job Introduction
We are seeking a motivated and patient-focused Bank Clinical Pharmacist to join our multidisciplinary healthcare team at HMP Chelmsford. This role offers flexible bank working arrangements and the opportunity to provide high-quality pharmaceutical care within a uniquely rewarding healthcare setting.
As a Clinical Pharmacist, you will work closely with GPs, nurses, mental health practitioners, and wider healthcare professionals to optimise medicines management, improve patient safety, and support effective prescribing across the prison population.
Please follow the below link to get a full insight on a 'day in the life of' one of our valued Pharmacy Technicians:
https://www.hcrgcaregroup.jobs/day-in-the-life-pharmacy-technician
If you would like more information please contact:
Hiring manager: Jignesh Chavda [email protected]
Recruitment Advisor: Louise Ledward on 07884 659608 or [email protected]
Main Responsibilities
- Provide specialist clinical pharmacy services to patients within the prison healthcare setting.
- Conduct medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new admissions and transfers.
- Support safe, effective, and cost-efficient prescribing practices.
- Review prescription requests and authorise medication in line with clinical competence and organisational policies.
- Provide pharmaceutical advice and support to clinicians and healthcare staff.
- Identify and manage medicines-related risks, incidents, and clinical governance issues.
- Promote patient understanding of medicines through education and counselling.
- Contribute to audits, service development, and quality improvement initiatives.
- Support the management of long-term conditions and complex clinical cases.
The Ideal Candidate
Essential
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) as a Pharmacist
- Masters degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- An independent prescriber
- Previous experience in UK-based prison, hospital, or community pharmacy settings
Desirable
- Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy
- Experience delivering services to patients with mental health conditions or substance misuse issues
- Ideally an Independent Prescriber
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 including 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. Were 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 doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As youd 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.
Finally, we need to let you know that the company youll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job well need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) as a Pharmacist, Masters degree in Pharmacy or equivalent, An independent prescriber, Previous experience in UK-based prison, hospital, or community pharmacy settings
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
HCRG Care Group
Address
HCRG Care Group
Chelmsford
CM2 6JT
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)