Clinical Pharmacist

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust; Bridgnorth; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking

Job summary

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is seeking a GPhC registered pharmacist to join our community health team, providing medicines management across community hospitals. You will work with MDT, prescribers and pharmacy technicians, focusing on clinical checks and patient safety while supporting non-medical prescribing where qualified.

Full induction, shadowing, and training will be provided; occasional travel to hospital sites is expected, with free parking on site.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate ability to communicate medicine information to clinical staff and patients.
• Experience in medicines management and drug expenditure monitoring.
• Ability to participate in clinical audits and training activities.
• Experience coordinating with external pharmacy supply and non-medical prescribing.

Responsibilities

• Support medicines management across SCHT community hospitals.
• Ensure compliance with medicines legislation, including controlled drugs.
• Liaise with outsourced pharmacy supply to ensure effective dispensing.
• Provide training and development support for clinical practitioners.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Teamwork

Clinical knowledge

Education

Master's Degree in Pharmacy

Job description

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We expect all staff to demonstrate compassion not only through their words, but through their actions: by listening attentively, communicating clearly and kindly, and recognising individual needs, feelings, and circumstances of those in our care.

Effective communication is central to safe and high-quality healthcare. We value colleagues who take the time to understand others, explain information in a meaningful way, and respond to concerns with patience and understanding.

By joining our team, you are committing to uphold these values — ensuring that every patient feels heard, respected, and valued, and that compassion is embedded in every interaction, every day.

Job overview

We have a fantastic opportunity for a pharmacist who is keen to develop their clinical skills to join our team at Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust.

You will be a GPhC Registered Pharmacist who is organised, enthusiastic 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.

Full training will be provided, and you will shadow another pharmacist as part of your induction. Once trained, you will be working alongside one of our experienced pharmacy technicians. All our medicines are externally sourced; this means there is very little on site dispensing which allows you the time to undertake clinical work to ensure patient safety is maintained.

You must be able to travel to and having access to your own car is recommended. All hospital sites have access to free parking.

This is a part-time position and the post holder will be covering two of the community hospitals

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.

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 (if qualified)

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see further information on the attached document entitled job description and person specification.

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.

Person specification

Training and Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
• Mandatory registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council

Experience

• Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate medicine related information to clinical staff and patients and service leads
• Monitoring and advising on drug expenditure
• To have undertaken clinical audit
• Training and education

Knowledge and Skills

• Clinical and critical appraisal skills
• 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
• To have an awareness of national and local priorities
• The ability to identify and manage risks

Other

• Ability to meet the travel requirements for the post

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and above all, values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicants who require this in order to have the right to work in the UK, providing that the role you have been offered meets the requirements set by the Home Office.

Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa (such as data analysts, IT and finance professionals, etc) will need to meet the salary threshold of £41,700 or the 'going rate' for the job you will be doing (whichever is higher). For a limited number of clinical posts ( listed here ), applications to the Health and Care Visa route will need to meet the national pay scale for their role or the minimum salary threshold of £25,000 (whichever is higher ). We advise that you check that the role you wish to apply for meets the requirement for sponsorship before applying.

Further guidance on eligible roles can be found here.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

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.