Specialist Pharmacist - Intensive Care and Surgery

Sussexcommunity; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated Specialist Pharmacist to join their dynamic team. This role focuses on delivering high-quality clinical pharmacy services within the Intensive Care and Surgery divisions, ensuring safe and effective medication use. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with healthcare professionals, mentor junior staff, and contribute to ongoing personal and professional development. With a commitment to excellence and patient care, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a supportive environment that values innovation and teamwork.

Qualifications

• Post registration experience as a clinical pharmacist in the NHS managed sector.
• Commitment to personal development demonstrated through CPD portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical pharmacy services to Surgery/ITU inpatient wards.
• Train and mentor pre-registration pharmacists and pharmacy undergraduates.

Skills

Clinical Pharmacy

Communication Skills

IT Skills

Data Analysis

Risk Management

Education

BSc (Pharmacy) / BPharm / MPharm

GPhC Registration

Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Specialist Pharmacist - Intensive Care and Surgery

We are seeking two patient focused pharmacists aiming to build on established clinical skills and work closely with clinicians in providing a high-quality service to patients within ESHT. We also require someone who can demonstrate a commitment to personal and staff development. This specialist pharmacist post is based within the Diagnostics, Anaesthetics and Surgery (DAS) Division and is responsible for supporting the Lead Divisional Pharmacist in providing clinical pharmacy and business level support within East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a dynamic and experienced hospital pharmacist to work with us in a portfolio style role within Diagnostics, Anaesthetics and Surgery (DAS) Division. Under the supervision of a designated Lead Pharmacist, you will work closely with consultants, other medical staff, nurses, pharmacy staff and other allied healthcare professionals in ensuring that medicine use is safe, effective and evidence based across ESHT. The post holder will be involved in providing clinical pharmacy services to Surgery/ITU inpatient wards and occasional support to the dispensary. This post also holds an education and training commitment, which in the past has proved successful in developing staff. The successful candidate will also be responsible for helping to train and mentor pre-registration pharmacists, pharmacy undergraduates and rotational clinical pharmacists. The applicant will be required to join the department weekend and on-call service on a rota basis following a period of orientation and induction.

About us

We are proud to provide 'Outstanding' care and be a great place to work

We provide safe, compassionate, and high-quality care to half a million people living or visiting East Sussex. We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex, the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive services are provided by 7000 + members of staff working from acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye, and Uckfield, over 100 community sites and in people's own homes.

In 2020 the Care Quality Commission rated us as 'Good' overall, and 'Outstanding' for being caring and effective. The Conquest Hospital and our Community Services are rated 'Outstanding'. Eastbourne DGH rated 'Good'.

In 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious 'Building for our Future' programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to repair, redevelop and expand our hospitals, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description attached.

If you have any questions about the position, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BSc (Pharmacy) / BPharm / MPharm
• GPhC Registration (Vocational Master's degree in Pharmacy (4yrs) and 1 year's pre-registration training and experience)
• CPD portfolio that demonstrates an ongoing commitment to personal development
• Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy or pharmacy practice / other equivalent
• Training in change management

Experience

• Post registration experience working as a clinical pharmacist in the NHS managed sector (e.g. GP surgery, PCN, secondary care)
• Experience in utilising information technology within the workplace including inputting, retrieving information, and producing reports
• Good IT skills including knowledge of Microsoft Office - Word, Excel and Outlook
• Experience of working with clinicians as a clinical pharmacist
• Previous experience in mentoring and training pharmacy staff
• HEELaSE Practice Supervisor course or equivalent

Skills

• Demonstrates an understanding of the role and the responsibility as identified within the job description
• Demonstrates knowledge of current practice and policy relating to pharmacy and targets within the NHS
• Demonstrates an ability to plan, prioritise and organise own workload, to work under pressure and act with autonomy whilst retaining a sense of own capabilities and escalate when necessary
• Demonstrates good communication skills, verbal and written
• Demonstrates an ability to analyse and interpret data
• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of safe pharmacy practice including Medicines legislation and professional code of ethics
• Demonstrates an understanding of the needs of patients with relation to the provision of information on safe effective medicines use
• Demonstrates an understanding of risk management

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.

£46,148 to £52,809 a yearper annum, pro rata