Foundation Training Pharmacist (FTP)

Barts Health NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in the UK is seeking motivated Junior Pharmacists for a rotational Foundation Training programme. Join us to enhance your skills while delivering care across multiple hospital sites. You will participate in a structured programme and work towards a postgraduate diploma. Duties include supporting clinical teams and promoting safe prescribing practices. An ideal candidate will possess an MPharm degree and have NHS experience. This role offers excellent developmental opportunities and a commitment to inclusive working environments.

Qualifications

• Registered as a pharmacist or awaiting registration.
• Clinical experience in hospital setting.
• Knowledge of NHS impacts on pharmacy.

Responsibilities

• Promote safe and cost-effective prescribing.
• Support clinical teams in pharmacy services.
• Participate in comprehensive pharmacy service.

Skills

Communication skills

Flexibility under pressure

Conflict handling

Empathy towards patients

Innovative problem solving

Education

MPharm Degree in Pharmacy

Registered with GPhC

Postgraduate diploma

Job description

Barts Health is looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic Junior Pharmacists to join our pharmacy team. You will be part of our band 6 rotational Foundation Training programme, which is aimed at helping you develop your knowledge and skills within the first 1000 days of practice. You will have the opportunity to deliver care across four sites - Newham University Hospital, St Bartholomew's, The Royal London and Whipps Cross University Hospital in a structured developmental programme and undertake a postgraduate diploma to consolidate your core foundation skills.

Main duties of the job

• Our vision is to create a world-class health organisation that builds on strong relations with our partners and the communities we serve. As members of UCL Partners, the largest academic health sciences system in the world, we aim to ensure that our patients are some of the first in the country to benefit from the latest drugs and treatments.
• To promote the responsible, safe and cost-effective prescribing of medicines within Barts Health to optimise clinical outcomes, minimise adverse reactions and improve medicines safety. The post holder will be supporting the clinical teams to deliver high quality clinical pharmacy services across the hospital sites.
• To participate in the delivery of a comprehensive pharmacy service and to provide operational support to the department as agreed in the rotational programme.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MPharm Degree in Pharmacy
• Registered as a pharmacist or imminently awaiting registration as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Working towards a postgraduate diploma

Experience

• Clinical experience gained during the pre-registration training period relating to the management of patients
• Clinical experience gained in a hospital setting

Knowledge

• Awareness of the current NHS and effects recent changes have had or will have on pharmacy
• Demonstrable knowledge to undertake clinical screening of prescriptions

Skills

• Demonstrates communication skills with a range of people on a range of matters
• Demonstrates ability to be flexible and work under pressure
• Demonstrates the ability to develop own skills
• Demonstrates an understanding of and supports equality and values diversity.
• The demonstrable ability to handle conflict appropriately.
• Shows a flexible approach to changing circumstances and have an innovative approach to problem solving

Other

• Shows empathy towards patients
• Recognises the value of other pharmacy team members and other healthcare professionals, and works effectively as part of these teams
• Good attendance and time keeping record
• Professional appearance
• Able to take part in the out of hours service, weekend and bank holiday commitments
• Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.