We have a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and driven pharmacist, to join our friendly patient focused team at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. You will need to be motivated, organised, and willing to work as part of a team with a 'can-do' positive attitude.

Responsible for leading, managing, delivering, planning and developing the clinical pharmaceutical services to the Acute and Emergency Care.

Looking after our patients is never dull, optimising patient medicines and developing services as part of the acute team is key. There is always a new treatment combination, clinical trial, patient pathway development or new drugs to be implemented to improve care.

So if you have a curious nature, like learning and enjoy a fast-paced action orientated environment and want to impact patient care for the better each day, please consider applying for our band 8 pharmacist position.

Main duties of the job

To support and delegate responsibility for the provision of clinical pharmaceutical services to the area of responsibility within the Division. To deputise for the Pharmacy Team Lead Integrated Medicine when appropriate. To provide a consistently high pharmaceutical service to patients in line with the Trust corporate objectives and the NHS plan. To provide leadership and training of the team that delivers this service to ensure service provided is to high standards To manage medicine related risks and ensure Trust Medicines policy and medicines legislation is complied with within the areas of responsibility To work with the Pharmacy Team Lead and Emergency care pharmacist in further developing and enhancing the ED Pharmacist role to Same Day Emergency care and Emergency medical unit To be a senior member of the Pharmacy department To work as an independent prescriber (where qualified) within an agreed area of practice to meet local best needs of patients

About us

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile workingopportunities,alongside your NHS benefits ofgenerous annual leave entitlement, pension andaccess toNHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We're committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity withinourBHT familyimprovespositive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
• A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number.

Person Specification

Education, Qualification & Training

Essential

• Registered Pharmacist on GPhC register.

Desirable

• Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (MRPharmS) or equivalent professional body
• Post-graduate diploma in clinically-based pharmacy or recognised equivalent
• First line management course
• Independent Prescribing Qualification
• RPS faculty Stage II accreditation
• Management Training

Experience

Essential

• Significant post registration experience as a hospital pharmacist
• Delivery of pharmacy services to a range of specialities
• Evidence of significant relevant Continuing Professional Development
• Significant experience of delivery of pharmacy services to a broad range of specialties including Acute and Emergency Care

Desirable

• Experience of project management, service implementation or redesign
• Experience in preregistration training
• Experience of line managing pharmacy staff
• Experience in teaching doctors and nurses
• Experience of managing staff
• Experience in trainee pharmacist training
• Experience of training other pharmacy staff
• Experience of conducting service audits and the use of performance indicators
• Experience of delivery of clinical pharmacy service to a specialist level

Skills, Abilities & Knowledge

Essential

• Able to prioritise and manage own workload
• Work , communicate and provide effective leadership within a team
• Clear and concise verbal and written communication to ensure liaison with multi-disciplinary team, at meetings, with patients and carers and to ensure records are kept accurately and in a legible manner.
• To have a positive attitude, be able to recognise and communicate need for change and be able to participate in change management processes.
• Prepared to attend any training sessions necessary for personal and service development

Desirable

• Able to recognise limits of own competencies and to refer and seek advice from colleagues.
• Able to recognise and embrace new ideas and developments in clinical practice and implement under supervision of superiors
• To have experience in interviewing and appraising staff

Special Circumstances

Essential

• Able to travel to other sites within the Trust and to venues for training

Employer details

Employer name

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Stoke Mandeville Hospital or Wycombe hospital

Mandeville Road

Aylesbury

HP21 8AL

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

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