Specialist Pharmacist Intensive Care and Surgery

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust; Eastbourne; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension

Staff restaurants

Onsite parking

Accommodation

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust seeks an experienced hospital pharmacist to strengthen clinical pharmacy services within the Diagnostics, Anaesthetics and Surgery (DAS) Division. You will work with consultants, nurses, and pharmacy staff to ensure safe, effective medicine use, while contributing to training and staff development.

The role involves supporting Intensive Care and Surgical Assessment Unit wards, with occasional dispensary support and a commitment to weekend/on-call service after

Qualifications

• Commitment to personal and staff development.
• Ability to work with clinicians to ensure safe, effective, evidence-based medicine use.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical pharmacy services to Intensive Care and Surgical Assessment Unit wards.
• Train and mentor pre-registration pharmacists, pharmacy undergraduates and rotational clinical pharmacists.
• Support weekend and on-call service after orientation.
• Collaborate with consultants and medical staff to optimize medicine use.

Skills

Clinical pharmacy

Hospital pharmacist

Mentoring & training

Job description

We are seeking a patient focused pharmacists aiming to build on established clinical skills and work closely with clinicians in providing a high-quality service to patients within ESHT. We also require someone who can demonstrate a commitment to personal and staff development. This specialist pharmacist post is based within the Diagnostics, Anaesthetics and Surgery (DAS) Division and is responsible for supporting the Lead Divisional Pharmacist in providing clinical pharmacy and business level support within East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust., We are looking for a dynamic and experienced hospital pharmacist to work with us in a portfolio style role within Diagnostics, Anaesthetics and Surgery (DAS) Division. Under the supervision of a designated Lead Pharmacist, you will work closely with consultants, other medical staff, nurses, pharmacy staff and other allied healthcare professionals in ensuring that medicine use is safe, effective and evidence based across ESHT. The post holder will be involved in providing clinical pharmacy services to Intensive Care and Surgical Assessment Unit wards and occasional support to the dispensary. This post also holds an education and training commitment, which in the past has proved successful in developing staff. The successful candidate will also be responsible for helping to train and mentor pre-registration pharmacists, pharmacy undergraduates and rotational clinical pharmacists. The applicant will be required to join the department weekend and on-call service on a rota basis following a period of orientation and induction.

A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries. staff restaurants and accommodation.

In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.

There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.