Rotational Senior Pharmacist

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

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in London seeks motivated pharmacists for a rotational Band 7 program at various hospitals. Responsibilities include delivering quality care, optimizing medications, and working with a multi-disciplinary team to enhance patient services. Ideal candidates will have an MPharm degree and clinical pharmacy experience. This role offers a dynamic working environment with opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Post registration experience in an acute hospital based clinical post.
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience delivering care in acute medicine and surgery specialties.

Responsibilities

• Deliver quality care to patients through efficient medicines optimization.
• Coordinate the supply of discharge medication.
• Work with the ward-based team to continually develop services.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Effective communication

IT literacy

Ability to work under pressure

Education

MPharm or equivalent

Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC

Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy/Pharmacy Practice or equivalent

Job description

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We are looking for motivated and dynamic pharmacists to join the department at Barts Health to participate in the rotational band 7 pharmacist programme. The programme includes 9-month rotations across the four different sites of Royal London hospital, St Bartholomew’s hospital, Whipps Cross hospital and Newham hospital.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work on the wards and deliver quality care to patients at ward level through efficient medicines optimization. This will include the assessment of patients' own drugs, medicine reconciliation, original pack dispensing at ward level, counselling patients about their medicines, and coordinating the supply of discharge medication. The post holder will work with their ward-based team to continually develop the service, while maintaining high standards and achieving best practice to meet the needs of patients and the Trust. The role will also involve dispensary-based responsibilities.

Working for our organisation

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 new 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.

Detailed job description and main 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.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Person specification

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Able to complete documentation accurately with attention to detail
• Able to accurately follow written procedures under pressure
• Demonstrate numeracy skills and ability to perform accurate, complex calculations
• Ability to plan, prioritise and organise self and others
• Ability to manage times effectively and work to deadlines
• Ability to work unsupervised and under pressure
• IT literate; able to use Microsoft Office with intermediate IT skills including accurate data entry and use of specialist computer programs
• Able to communicate complex information effectively to all health and care professionals, colleagues, patients, and their loved ones
• Demonstrates ability to deliver staff training
• Experience investigating and managing medication related incidents

Qualifications

• MPharm or equivalent
• Registered as a pharmacist with the GPhC
• Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy/Pharmacy Practice or equivalent

Experience

• Post registration experience in an acute hospital based clinical post
• Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide patient care
• Experience of undertaking research, quality improvement or audit projects
• To have been involved in bringing about change to a service/department
• Experience delivering care in acute medicine and surgery specialties in a ward setting