Emergency Acute Surgical Ward

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Emergency Acute Surgical Ward, Aylesbury

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Client:

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Location:

Aylesbury, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

034d45ae6909

Job Views:

9

Posted:

24.04.2025

Expiry Date:

08.06.2025

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Job Description:

Job overview

We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic pharmacist to develop and deliver the Antimicrobial Stewardship agenda at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. You will need to be motivated, organised, and willing to work as part of a team with a ‘can-do’ positive attitude.

The antimicrobial stewardship team is energetic and innovative, striving to deliver the safest, highest quality care to patients. You will require a broad-range of clinical experience and be able to demonstrate a strong aptitude for interpersonal and leadership skills to join our multidisciplinary teams.

You will work with teams throughout the Integrated Care System to ensure that optimal communication and clinical governance processes are in place. There will also be a need to network on a national platform.

We are committed to the development of our staff and can offer various opportunities to develop your senior management and leadership competencies to be a positive influence for change.

Please note that this is a progressional post, aimed at developing and training a pharmacist at a Band 7 level to gain and acquire skills, knowledge and experience to meet the requirements and transition into that of a Band 8a Advanced Pharmacist.

In the heart of the Buckinghamshire countryside the Trust is located conveniently close to London and Oxford. We provide services to three main hospital sites, Wycombe, Amersham and Stoke Mandeville and Community Services.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work with different clinical areas of the pharmacy service to support the Trust Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme.

This will involve:

1. Provision of Clinical Pharmacy services to the divisions, wards and departments,
2. Day to day supervision and support of Pharmacy staff working in those areas
3. Provision of specialist antimicrobial advice or referral of patients to the Multi-disciplinary Antimicrobial Stewardship Team
4. Support and deputising for the Lead Anti-Infectives Pharmacist

Working for our organisation

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
• A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Person specification

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

• Registered Pharmacist on GPhC register.
• Completed or undertaking a post-graduate diploma in pharmacy practice or recognised equivalent Member of RPS

EXPERIENCE

• Strong experience as a hospital pharmacist
• Delivery of pharmacy services to a range of specialties
• Evidence of significant relevant Continuing Professional Development

SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE

• Able to prioritise and manage own workload
• Work, communicate and provide effective leadership within a team
• Clear and concise verbal and written communication to ensure liaison with multi-disciplinary team, at meetings, with patients and carers, and to ensure records are kept accurately and legibly.
• To have a positive attitude, be able to recognise and communicate the need for change and participate in change management processes.
• Prepared to attend any training sessions necessary for personal and service development
• Able to recognise limits of own competencies and seek advice from colleagues.
• Able to recognise and embrace new ideas and developments in clinical practice and implement under supervision of superiors

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

• Able to travel to other sites within the Trust and to venues for training
• Full driving licence

PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

If you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before to the closing date.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

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