Specialist Clinical Pharmacist - Surgery

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust; Stanley; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 32,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

27 days holiday + Bank Holidays

Employee health & wellbeing services

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust is seeking a part-time Clinical Pharmacist to join the surgical pharmacy team across General Surgery, Urology, Orthopaedics, Plastics and Burns. You will perform medicines reconciliation on admission and discharge, review prescriptions using your prescribing qualification, provide patient counselling and contribute to training of staff.

You will deliver a clinical pharmacy service to surgical in-patients, support service development and audits, supervise a

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacist with GPhC
• Experience in medicines optimisation and clinical pharmacy in hospital setting
• Experience across multiple surgical specialties preferred

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical pharmacy service to surgical in-patients
• Complete medicines reconciliation on admission and discharge
• Review prescriptions and counsel patients
• Contribute to training of pharmacy staff
• Support service development and audits

Skills

Medicines optimisation

Clinical pharmacy

Prescribing qualification

Team supervision

Education

GPhC registration

Job description

Contact information

Siobhan Conaghan, Lead Clinical Pharmacist - Division of Surgery Tel [phone]

About the role

This opportunity to join our surgical pharmacy team on a part time (26.5 hours/week) basis will suit an enthusiastic pharmacist with an interest in medicines optimisation for surgical in-patients. You will work across a variety of surgical specialties such as General Surgery, Urology, Orthopaedics, Plastics and Burns.

You will join our friendly team to complete medicines reconciliation on admission and discharge, prescription review including using your prescribing qualification, patient counselling and contributing to training of pharmacy staff.

Main duties

Provide a clinical pharmacy service to surgical in-patients across the Trust

Support service development and audit work within the specialties

Supervise a trainee pharmacist during their training year

Contribute to the pharmacist weekend, bank holiday and on-call rotas

Please see attached Job description for full detail

Essential person specification requirements

Registered as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council.

Experience in pharmacy practice obtained through pre-registration training and examination.

A broad experience of clinical working in a number of specialty areas at a developed level

Please see attached Person specification for full detail

Be part of MY team

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients' homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Our benefits

• Access to the NHS pension plan
• Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
• Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
• Extensive benefits and support, including:
• Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
• Home electronics scheme
• Cycle to work scheme - subject to eligibility criteria
• Car lease salary sacrifice scheme - subject to eligibility criteria
• Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
• Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
• Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
• Career progression, training and support

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