Band 6 - Rotational Pharmacist

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking motivated Junior Pharmacists to join their dynamic pharmacy team. This exciting role offers a comprehensive rotational Foundation Training programme, designed to enhance your clinical skills across various areas such as technical services, surgery, and patient care. As part of a collaborative environment, you will provide essential pharmacy services, engage in multidisciplinary team meetings, and contribute to optimizing patient medication management. If you are passionate about pharmacy and eager to grow in your career, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Participation in out of hours service

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in hospital pharmacy and comprehensive foundation training.
• Ability to provide clinical pharmacy services and medication advice.

Responsibilities

• Provide a high-quality ward-based clinical pharmacy service.
• Participate in audits and service improvement initiatives.
• Monitor medication effectiveness and report safety concerns.

Skills

Clinical Pharmacy Service

Medication Dosage Advice

Patient Counseling

Prescription Review

Multidisciplinary Team Participation

Education

Pharmacy Degree

Foundation Training Year

Tools

Datix Reporting System

Job description

Our current vacancies

If you want to be part of the Royal Free London team, search our current vacancies below to find the job for you.

Main area: Band 6 - Rotational Pharmacist
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (On call, late duty and weekends)
Job ref: 391-RFL-6911863

Site: Royal Free Hospital
Town: London
Salary: £44,806 - £53,134 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 30/01/2025 23:59

Royal Free London is looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic Junior Pharmacists to join our pharmacy team. All trainee pharmacists, newly qualified, or pharmacists considering a sector change are welcome to apply. You will be part of our band 6 rotational Foundation Training programme, aimed at helping you develop your knowledge and skills.

You will have the exciting opportunity to partake in a variety of rotations designed to provide a sound development of clinical foundation in your pharmacy careers. The rotations include technical services/manufacturing, medicine, care of the elderly, surgery (including vascular, orthopedics, hepatobiliary surgeries), renal, patient services, obstetrics and gynaecology, medicines advice, PITU (Planned Investigation and Treatment Unit) and HIV.

Main duties of the job

To provide professional and clinical input to the pharmaceutical services in all relevant areas of the pharmacy department on a rotational basis. The successful candidate(s) will complete a comprehensive training programme in these rotations: patient services, renal, acute medicine, surgical, HIV services, manufacturing services, and medicines information.

Key duties of the role include:

• Provision of a comprehensive clinical pharmacy service for the Royal Free London hospital you are appointed to work at
• Provision of screening, dispensing, and checking services through the main or satellite dispensaries
• Provision of medicines advice to other health professionals and patients
• Provision of a technical pharmacy service including final product release
• Opportunities to partake in audits, service improvement, high-cost drug applications, and drug usage reviews as you progress through your training

Annual leave starts at 27 days a year plus bank holidays. You will also be expected to participate in the out of hours, weekend and bank holiday service including responsibility for the securing of the department.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Throughout all rotations, the post-holder will contribute to the safe, clinically effective, and cost-efficient use of medicines to optimise patient care. The responsibilities include:

• To provide a high-quality ward-based clinical pharmacy service according to the Trust agreed standards
• Individual prescription review to optimise therapy
• Advice on medication dosage, side-effects, cautions, and monitoring required
• Advice on the administration of medicines
• Monitoring the effectiveness and appropriateness of medication
• Reporting via Datix of any safety concerns/malpractice
• Education and counselling patients on their medication
• Active participation on ward rounds and multidisciplinary team meetings

The Pharmacy Services of the Royal Free London are constantly evolving to meet the needs of patients and our healthcare colleagues and partners.

Person specification

Experience

• Comprehensive foundation training year
• Hospital experience

Please note:

• Due to the high number of applications received for some posts, we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can if you are interested and meet the requirements of the Person Specification.
• Only candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.