Clinical Pharmacist – Band 6 to Band 7 Progression (Newly Qualified)

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Job summary

Join a leading NHS Trust as a Clinical Pharmacist, contributing to pharmaceutical care and service development in a vibrant department. You'll have the opportunity to provide high-quality pharmacy services while progressing your career through training and development initiatives. We're looking for enthusiastic, motivated individuals ready to make a difference to patient care.

Qualifications

• Pharmacy degree and registration with GPhC required.
• Willingness to pursue further qualifications like a postgraduate diploma.
• Experience in clinical pharmacy services is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality clinical pharmacy services.
• Supervise junior pharmacy technicians and assistants.
• Participate in departmental education and training programs.

Skills

Communication

Organisational Skills

Supervisory Skills

Medication Counselling

Education

Pharmacy degree (Masters level)

GPhC Registration as a Pharmacist

Willing to undertake clinical training

Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)

Job description

Main area Pharmacy Grade Band 6 to Band 7 Contract Permanent: 37.5 hours per week Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (As per 7 day service including on-calls, late and weekend duties) Job ref 418-DTO2509-KA

Employer Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Luton and Dunstable Hospital Town Luton Salary £37,338 - £52,809 pa Salary period Yearly Closing 06/07/2025 23:59

Clinical Pharmacist – Band 6 to Band 7 Progression (Newly Qualified)

Band 6 to Band 7

Job overview

Are you an enthusiastic, motivated pharmacist who wants to be part of an exciting future for pharmacy service development? Do you agree our patient’s safety and experience should be our priority? If so, look no further. We have a number of exciting opportunities to work at BHFT for newly qualified pharmacists to join at the band 6 entry point and those looking for the next step in their career (joining at band 6 or band 7 entry points, dependent on experience).

Our Pharmacy Department is a vibrant and forward thinking department, with a strong emphasis on teamwork. Here at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust, we offer the chance to broaden your experience through a structured rotation programme working in Clinical Pharmacy Services, see job description for further details. We are fully committed to your training and development to enable you to maximise your potential contribution to patient care. The opportunity to study for a post-graduate certificate, diploma or independent prescribing qualification alongside the general level competency framework will be available for permanent post-holders subject to funding.

Be sure to watch our recruitment videos in the supporting documents to learn more about our team!

Main duties of the job

• To provide a high quality ward based clinical pharmacy service, rotating through the various rotations. This includes reviewing drug charts for safety and efficiency, drug history taking and medicines reconciliation, medicine supply, patient medication consultations, medicines optimisation services, discharge medication service (DMS) and any other activities associated with medicines management.
• To participate in departmental and regional education and training programmes. In particular, to undertake study towards obtaining the Certificate/Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice.
• To provide pharmaceutical advice on both supply and clinical issues to other healthcare professionals as requested.
• To provide medication related advice to patients, focussing on medicines stopped/started or changed in hospital and side effects profiles enabling them to obtain the maximum benefit from their medicines.
• To assist in the education and training of pre-registration pharmacists and other staff in training grades.
• To supervise the daily activities of junior pharmacy technicians and pharmacy assistants.
• To participate in all activities of the pharmacy dispensary as required, including dispensing, clinical verification of prescriptions, prescription review, accuracy checking of prescriptions and a high quality patient medication consultation service.

Working for our organisation

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For pharmacists recruited at the band 6 entry point a pathway identifies criteria for progression and highlights the gradual introduction of key responsibilities as experience is gained working as a Band 6 Pharmacist. After typically being in post 19-24 months and being able to demonstrate they have met the key responsibilities the pharmacist will be eligible for progression to a band 7 post.

Please see full job description and person specification provided. If further information is required, please speak to our contact on advert.

Person specification

Qualifications/Training

• Pharmacy degree (Masters level)
• GPhC Registration as a Pharmacist or Provisionally Registered Pharmacist.
• Willing to undertake clinical training to post grad diploma level
• Train the Trainer qualification
• Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)

Experience

• • Experience of audit
• • Experience of accurate dispensary work
• • Experience of patient medication consultation
• • Experience of clinical pharmacy services
• • Experience of hospital pharmacy
• Experience of collaborative working in multidisciplinary settings
• Experience of training staff

Knowledge

• Demonstration of up to date clinical awareness in medicine
• Knowledge and understanding of medication interactions and common prescribing problems
• Awareness of current developments in Pharmacy practice
• Understanding the need of confidentiality awareness at all times
• Knowledge and awareness of current developments in pharmacy practice and NHS strategies

Personal skills

• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to influence other professionals
• Medication counselling skills
• Organised and able to plan and manage work programmes
• Ability to analyse problems and devise solutions
• Appropriate IT skills are required to utilise clinical information systems, pharmacy computer systems, databases and other software to improve patient care.
• Supervisory skills

Other

• Enthusiastic about delivering high quality pharmacy service focussed on the patient experience
• Able to thrive on development/change
• Flexible
• Good interpersonal skills
• Self motivated
• Accurate and precise
• Honest and trustworthy
• Confidence to interact at consultant /general manager level

It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.

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.

Name Matthew Lock Job title Principal Pharmacist - Medicine Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07551288883 Additional information

For more information please contact Matthew Lock, Principal Pharmacist - Medicine on 07551288883

If you have problems applying, contact

Address Luton & Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust
Lewsey Road
Luton
Bedfordshire
LU4 0DZ
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