Senior Pharmacist

Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust; Harlow; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider seeks a Senior Pharmacist to enhance patient care through clinical pharmacy services. This full-time role offers the chance to work in a dynamic environment, focusing on patient-centered care and collaboration. The successful candidate will gain valuable experience across various medical disciplines while contributing to the development of innovative pharmacy practices. With a commitment to staff development and a supportive work culture, this position promises a fulfilling career path in the NHS, where your expertise will directly impact patient outcomes.

Benefits

Free car parking

Minimum 27 days annual leave

Access to NHS Pension scheme

Flexible working options

Onsite creche facilities

Discounted hospital restaurant

In-house training courses

Staff health and wellbeing services

Qualifications

• Extensive hospital-based experience is essential.
• Registered with GPhC and relevant qualifications required.

Responsibilities

• Participate in Clinical Pharmacy services across all wards.
• Assess patients for specialized needs and oversee pharmacy team.
• Liaise with GPs and community pharmacists regarding medication.

Skills

Hospital-based pharmaceutical experience

Medicines optimisation knowledge

Clinical Pharmacy services

Education

Registered with GPhC

Clinical Diploma in General Pharmacy practice

NMP qualification

Job description

Main area Senior Pharmacist Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent: Full time 37.5 hours per week Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Rotational Post including weekend and/or on call duties) Job ref 292-7171600-CSS

Employer The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site The Princess Alexandra Hospital Town Harlow Salary £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum plus 5% high cost area supplement Salary period Yearly Closing 14/05/2025 23:59

NHS AfC: Band 7

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.

Our values

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) promise to our patients, as identified by our three values which will contribute to improving our patients’ experiences, is:

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts.

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both.

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care.

Job overview

The Pharmacy department is looking for Senior Rotational Pharmacists to join the team. You should be enthusiastic, self-motivated and have extensive hospital-based pharmaceutical experience.

Over the last 12 months there has been significant investment within services at PAHT, including our new older people’s assessment and liaison unit (OPAL) and our same day emergency care unit (SDEC). As a senior rotational pharmacist at PAHT you will gain exposure and experience in general medicine, surgery, endocrinology, care of the elderly, fractured neck of femur, technical services (9 month rotations) and medicine information.

You will use your medicines optimisation knowledge and skills to enhance the patient experience and improve flow across the Trust. In return we can offer support to develop your career and we actively encourage all of our Senior Pharmacists to undertake the Non-Medical Prescribing course

Main duties of the job

• Participate in the provision of Clinical Pharmacy services, including near-to-patient schemes, to a ll wards at Princess Alexandra Hospital and Trusts to which Pharmacy provide a service.
• Assess patients for specialised needs i.e. monitored dose systems.
• Oversee the work of other members of the pharmacy team (pharmacists, technicians and ATO’s).
• Liaise with GP’s and community pharmacists regarding medication information at discharge.
• Support work of designated directorate pharmacist and to deputise for them in their absence to w ork as a member of the directorate team and act as the directorate pharmacist when required
• Participate in the provision of specialist clinical services e.g. Total Parental Nutrition (TPN), clinical screening of prescriptions for interferons, HIV, anti-TNF drugs and other high cost drugs

Working for our organisation

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in West Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients is identified by our 3 values, which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details, please refer to the attached job description and person specification which is available to download at any time.

Person specification

Experience

• Extensive hospital-based experience

Qualifications

• Registered with GPhC
• Clinical Diploma in General Pharmacy practice or relevant experience
• NMP qualification or working towards this

What we can offer you:

• Full induction and onboarding process in our organisation
• Free car parking for our staff
• Structured pay scheme, including additional living supplement to your basic salary
• Minimum 27 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time staff)
• Access to our Alex Lounge, our staff only rest area with free tea and coffee
• Access to NHS Pension scheme
• Flexible working options available, in line with our flexible working policy
• Onsite creche facilities
• Annual appraisals with career pathways
• In-house training courses
• Discounted hospital restaurant
• Staff health and wellbeing health services and complimentary health provision
• Our Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all its employees. We welcome applications from anyone who meets the specific criteria of the post regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Reasonable adjustments to the interview process can also be made for any candidates with a disability
• All new colleagues joining PAHT will be subject to a probationary period of six months
• The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment
• Our Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and vulnerable adults. Offers of employment are subject to pre-employment NHS screening checks
• Providing false or misleading information or unsatisfactory pre-employment checks may result in the offer of a post being withdrawn

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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.