Bank Pharmacist

Spire Healthcare Limited; Reading; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 44,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Competitive bank rates

Pension access

Blue Light Card discounts

Spire for You discounts

Wellbeing Centre access

Free uniform

Free DBS checks

Induction & training

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

Spire Dunedin Hospital in Reading is seeking a Bank Clinical Pharmacist for a part-time, flexible schedule. You will deliver a comprehensive pharmacy service across hospital departments, review patient histories and current prescriptions, and work with consultants and nurses to optimise medicines.

The role offers an engaging hospital environment, ongoing professional development, and opportunities for progression within Spire Healthcare’s Reading facilities.

Qualifications

• Pharmacists educated to degree level.
• Current GPhC registration with a minimum of 1 year post qualifying practice in hospital settings.
• Non-medical prescribing would be advantageous.
• Excellent communicator as you will interact with patients across various departments to identify pharmaceutical requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive clinical pharmacy services within the hospital.
• Advise and support consultants, nurses, and clinicians on safe, cost-effective medicine use.
• Interact with patients to review medication history and current prescriptions.
• Contribute to development of new processes and equipment to improve health outcomes and safety.

Skills

GPhC registration

Hospital pharmacy experience

Communication skills

Non-medical prescribing

Education

Pharmacist degree

Job description

Bank Clinical Pharmacist | Dunedin, Reading | Competitive hourly rates |Part time - Flexible Working

Spire Dunedin Hospitalhas anexcitingbank opportunity for a Clinical Pharmacist.This role is ideally suited to someonewho is looking for the challenge of delivering a comprehensive pharmacy service within hospital settings.

Our pharmacists are not solely pharmacy based so you will have the opportunity to interact with patients across various departments to find out their pharmaceutical requirements, review medication history, current prescriptions and relevant clinical data.

Spire Dunedin Hospital has been serving the Reading community for over 100 years, as a first-class medical facility. Based in the heart of Reading, the hospital has two theatres, 16 inpatient beds, three recovery bays, Oncology services and an Endoscopy Suite

Duties and responsibilities:

Spire Dunedin is a great place to develop your skills, because we are always looking for our pharmacists to keep up to date with the latest developments in prescribing practice. We are regularly broadening the range of clinical services we offer, which brings opportunities for our pharmacists to advance their knowledge in treating different patient groups, conditions and treatments.

• All our clinical teams are focused on delivering personalized care, and our pharmacists play a key role in treating patients with empathy and compassion
• You will provide advice and support to consultants, nurses and other clinicians ensuring the safe, appropriate and cost-effective use of medicines throughout the hospital
• Build strong working relationships with colleagues and consultants and to work together to improve patient outcomes
• Suggest new processes/new equipment to improve health outcomes and increase safety throughout the hospital

Who we're looking for:

• Pharmacists educated to degree level
• Current GPhC registration with a minimum of 1 year post qualifying practice in Hospital settings
• Someone who is looking for the challenge of delivering a comprehensive pharmacy service within a hospital setting
• Excellent communicator as you will interact with patients across various departments to find out their pharmaceutical requirements
• Non-medical prescribing would be advantageous

Benefits

• Bank colleagues are paid weekly
• We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
• Unsocial Enhancements, dependent upon shift pattern worked (won’t be applicable for all)
• Access to Spire Healthcare pension
• Access to Blue Light Card discounts
• Smart spending discounts (in addition to Blue Light discounts) via ‘Spire for You’
• Wellbeing Centre access via ‘Spire for You'
• Free uniform
• Free DBS
• Full induction, including mandatory training updates
• Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
• Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire’s specialist Resourcing Team
• We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness or annual leave.

Our Values

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion
• Keeping it simple
• Delivering on our promises
• Succeeding and celebrating together

“Spire Healthcare is a leading independent healthcare group in the United Kingdom, running 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland. It provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care, operates a network of private GPs and provides workplace health services to over 800 corporate clients. It also delivers a range of private and NHS mental health, musculoskeletal and dermatological services.”

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications