Clinical Rotational Pharmacist - Progression Post

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is recruiting a Clinical Rotational Pharmacist to join our award-winning, patient-centred pharmacy team in Stevenage. This rotation covers multiple specialties and offers a clear progression pathway from band 6 towards band 7 with dedicated support.

You will gain experience across ED, acute medicine, critical care, endocrinology, gastroenterology and more, with funded postgraduate training including prescribing qualification and leadership

Qualifications

• Registered pharmacist with NHS qualifications.
• Willingness to undertake postgraduate training including prescribing and leadership development.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert pharmacy services to inpatient wards as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement within selected specialties.
• Support Pharmacy Team Leads for Unplanned Care/Planned Care in directorate reporting, audits, guideline updates and medicines information.
• Mentor and guide junior pharmacists and foundation trainees throughout their training programs.
• Participate in the departmental emergency duty rota.

Job description

We are recruiting for a Clinical Rotational Pharmacist who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

This is a band 6 to 7 progression role with clear objectives and guidance on progression. It's a great opportunity to secure a band 7 post with fantastic support provided to achieve the objectives, develop your portfolio of skills to prepare you for more senior roles within the department through involvement in directorate and project work focused on improving quality of clinical services and patient-focused care.

We are looking for highly motivated pharmacists to join our award winning, innovative, progressive, patient-centred pharmacy team.

We offer a structured rotational program which includes specialities such as ED, acute medicine, critical care, endocrinology, respiratory, Frailty (new exciting rotation), gastroenterology, vascular surgery, aseptic oncology / haematology and a renowned renal services unit, working with a Consultant Renal Pharmacist.

We will fully fund and support you to undertake relevant post graduate training including the prescribing qualification and leadership training.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

The successful candidate will join the multidisciplinary team and provide expert pharmacy services to a variety of inpatient wards.

You will utilise specialist pharmaceutical skills to drive innovation and continuous improvement within selected specialties.

You will also be required to support Pharmacy Team Leads for Unplanned Care/Planned Care, in directorate reporting, audits, guideline/policy updates and financial and medicines information.

The successful candidate will be a clinical mentor and guide junior pharmacists, foundation trainee pharmacists throughout their training programmes.

You will participate in the departmental emergency duty rota, currently less than 1 in 20.

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We Run The Following Hospitals

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Deepika Shah Job title: Deputy Chief Pharmacist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01438284032