Senior Pharmacist - General Surgery & Orthopaedics

Wye Valley Nhs Trust; Hereford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in England is looking for an experienced Pharmacist to lead their pharmacy service for General Surgery and Orthopaedics. The role involves working closely with medical teams to improve patient care and safety, coordinating clinical services, and providing training to healthcare professionals. The ideal candidate will have experience in surgery and orthopaedics. This position offers a supportive work environment in a picturesque rural area.

Benefits

Great work-life balance

Supportive staff development environment

Qualifications

• Experience in General Surgery and Orthopaedics.
• Ability to lead and support pharmacy service.
• Strong communication skills with healthcare professionals.

Responsibilities

• Lead the pharmacy service for General Surgery & Orthopaedics.
• Coordinate clinical services and oversee medicine safety incidents.
• Provide training and education to healthcare professionals.

Job description

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Pharmacist with an interest in General Surgery & Orthopaedics. The post involves leading the provision of medicines optimization to our General Surgery & Orthopaedic Directorate teams in a varied and dynamic division. The successful candidate will work closely with the ward based teams implementing the principles of the modern day ward round, using skills, knowledge and experience to directly impact on patient care.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and support the pharmacy Service provided to the General Surgery & Orthopaedics directorates.
• Work closely with the consultant workforce, the lead and specialist nurses, and other staff members associated with the pharmacy service to the General Surgery & Orthopaedics directorates.
• Be responsible for coordinating pharmacy clinical services to the Directorate, oversee and investigate medicines related safety incidents in the Directorate, monitor financial and clinical governance in the Directorate.
• Lead on evidence-based prescribing advice to ensure effective, appropriate, sustainable, cost-effective and safe use of medicines and promote patient‑centred care for all patients.
• Lead on guidelines for the prescribing, administration and storage of surgical related medicines to facilitate good practice within the General Surgery & Orthopaedics directorates, within the Acute Trust and across the primary and secondary care interface.
• Provide training and education to all levels of Healthcare professionals in acute and primary care whilst linking into national networks to learn about developments to share across the network.
• Support 7‑day clinical services to the Trust on a rotational weekend, public holiday and On Call (EDC) rota basis.

About Wye Valley NHS Trust

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT, the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross‑on‑Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work‑life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values – Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence – are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.