Clinical Pharmacist
- Employer
- Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
- Location
- Shropshire
- Salary
- £46,148 to £52,809 per annum
- Closing date
- 16 Nov 2024
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- Profession
- Other Health Profession
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part Time
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Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is a growing Trust withpharmacy teams based throughout services within Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin. We are seeking a pharmacist that is keen to develop their clinical skills.
This is a full time position, and the post holder will be covering two of the trusts community hospitals.
You will be a GPhC Registered Pharmacist who is organised and motivated. You will work closely with nursing staff and prescribers as part of the MDT, as well as our experienced Pharmacy Technicians, therefore, great communication and interpersonal skills are essential.
This would be an ideal role for a Community Pharmacist looking to change direction. Working in community pharmacy is challenging and so, we know you will have exceptional prioritisation skills.
Due to the need to travel between sites, having access to your own car is recommended. All hospital sites have access to free parking.
There is no weekend, bank holiday or on call commitment within this role, and in addition, we can offer you 27 days annual leave entitlement at joining, increasing with length of service to a maximum of 33 days, plus 8 bank holidays. We are dedicated to supporting you with completion of your IP qualification as part of your benefits package.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment. We will not accept candidates via an agency route.
Main duties of the job
Full training will be given, and you will shadow another Pharmacist as part of your induction, Once trained, you will be work alongside one of our experienced Pharmacy Technicians. All of our medicines are externally sourced, this means there is very little on site dispensing required, this allows you the time you need to undertake clinical checks to ensure patient safety is maintained.
About us
The Trust is in a position to offer a monetary recruitment incentive for the right candidate, subject to meeting eligibility criteria and terms and conditions. For more information please contact the recruitment team.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see further information on the attached document entitled job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
Skills
Essential
Employer details
Employer name
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
Address
Community Hospitals
Shropshire
Shropshire
SY2 6FG
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
825-6758190-OPS
This is a full time position, and the post holder will be covering two of the trusts community hospitals.
You will be a GPhC Registered Pharmacist who is organised and motivated. You will work closely with nursing staff and prescribers as part of the MDT, as well as our experienced Pharmacy Technicians, therefore, great communication and interpersonal skills are essential.
This would be an ideal role for a Community Pharmacist looking to change direction. Working in community pharmacy is challenging and so, we know you will have exceptional prioritisation skills.
Due to the need to travel between sites, having access to your own car is recommended. All hospital sites have access to free parking.
There is no weekend, bank holiday or on call commitment within this role, and in addition, we can offer you 27 days annual leave entitlement at joining, increasing with length of service to a maximum of 33 days, plus 8 bank holidays. We are dedicated to supporting you with completion of your IP qualification as part of your benefits package.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment. We will not accept candidates via an agency route.
Main duties of the job
Full training will be given, and you will shadow another Pharmacist as part of your induction, Once trained, you will be work alongside one of our experienced Pharmacy Technicians. All of our medicines are externally sourced, this means there is very little on site dispensing required, this allows you the time you need to undertake clinical checks to ensure patient safety is maintained.
- To support the delivery of an effective and efficient medicines management service to the Community Hospitals and other clinical teams by working closely with the wider multi-disciplinary team across SCHT.
- To ensure service compliance with medicines legislation, in particular controlled drugs legislation.
- To provide input into policy, procedures, audit and research affecting the use of pharmaceuticals at SCHT sites where appropriate.
- To liaise with our out-sourced pharmacy supply function, to ensure provision of an effective dispensing and supply service.
- To support the training and development agenda for clinical practitioners and non-medical prescribing practitioners at SCHT where appropriate.
- To provide holiday or study leave cover for other pharmacists and deputise for them at meetings.
- To provide clinical supervision of pharmacy technicians.
- Will work as a Non-Medical Prescriber or be willing to work towards completing their NMP qualification.
About us
The Trust is in a position to offer a monetary recruitment incentive for the right candidate, subject to meeting eligibility criteria and terms and conditions. For more information please contact the recruitment team.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see further information on the attached document entitled job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent.
- Registered with the GPhC.
- NMP Independent Prescribing Qualification or willing to work towards achieving.
Experience
Essential
- Expresses commitment to undertake IP qualification
- Have current experience of working as a clinical pharmacist
- To have undertaken clinical audit.
- Commitment to CPD
Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills.
- Able to work as part of a wider team with medical and non-medical staff.
- Communicates with medical, nursing and pharmacy staff in clear precise and appropriate manner.
Employer details
Employer name
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
Address
Community Hospitals
Shropshire
Shropshire
SY2 6FG
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
825-6758190-OPS
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