Specialist Clinical Pharmacist

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust; Wigan; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a clinical Pharmacist to support hospital areas with a diverse range of medicines and services. The role includes participation in multidisciplinary meetings, patient education and counselling, and involvement in medicines safety and information.

The post is fixed-term for maternity cover and may become permanent in the future.

Responsibilities

• Attend multidisciplinary team meetings.
• Provide patient education and counselling.
• Participate in clinical audits, medicines safety and medicines information.
• Contribute to dispensary and aseptics commitments and 7-day on-call service.

Job description

As a member of this busy but friendly team you will experience many core aspects of pharmacy practice, as well as the clinical work, you will have commitments to the dispensary and aseptics, and be expected to contribute to our 7-day working and on call service.

Pharmacists are part of an engaged and progressive Pharmacy team working to support our hospital areas where we help staff cope with the ever-increasing population and their complex needs.

Working closely with the multidisciplinary team, key aspects of this clinical post will include attending multidisciplinary team meetings, patient education and counselling, clinical audit, medicines safety and medicines information.

This vacancy is open to all internal and external candidates. NHS Employees should ideally secure their manager’s agreement for a secondment arrangement ideally prior to applying, as this will be a condition of any offer made.

This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term basis as it has been established to provide cover for maternity leave and will end after a period of 12 months or when the substantive postholder returns.

Whilst this post is advertised on a fixed term basis there is the potential that this post may become permanent in the future.

As a member of this busy friendly team you will experience many core aspects of pharmacy practice. We operate with 2 dispensaries on 4 main sites and your rotation will allow you to experience a full range of clinical activities.

• Medicine including medical admissions unit, cardiology and gastroenterology;
• Surgery including ICU and Surgical Admissions;
• Orthopaedics including Wrightington Hospital where you will gain experience of anti-TNF therapy and Rheumatology. This hospital has an international reputation and the pharmacy team has significant involvement with consultants & nurse specialists to support and deliver this care;
• Oncology and Parenteral Nutrition;
• Paediatrics;
• Women's Health;
• Medicines Information;
• Medicines Safety;
• Clinical trials

The department is fully modernised & has ARX robot, EMIS software and has successfully implemented Allscripts Electronic Prescribing in the last 3 years.

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is proud to provide high‑quality acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, our staff are central to everything we do — we believe that happy staff make for happy patients, and this ethos underpins our culture and our success.

We have a strong, recognised track record in staff engagement and in living our values:

• People at the Heart
• Listen and Involve
• Kind and Respectful
• ONE Team

We are committed to placing patients at the heart of every decision and delivering safe, effective care that protects dignity and enhances experience. We seek to recruit people who share our values, our passion for high‑quality care, and our belief in working together as One Team.

At WWL, we recognise the strength that comes from a rich and diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all sections of society and are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ali Al-Chalabi Job title: Clinical Lead Pharmacist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01942 778835

or

Jayne Dormand

[e-mail]