Specialist Pharmacist Medicines Resource Centre

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is seeking a pharmacist to join their Medicines Resource Centre team in High Wycombe, UK. The role involves providing high-quality medicines information, managing the centre, and supporting colleagues in improving the safe use of medicines. Candidates require registration with the GPhC and experience within primary or secondary care, along with a focus on training and development in a supportive workspace.

Qualifications

• Registered pharmacist with experience in primary or secondary care.
• Completed or undertaking a recognized post-graduate diploma in pharmacy practice.
• Experience working in a hospital medicines information service.

Responsibilities

• Support patients, clinicians, and primary care colleagues with safe medicine use.
• Manage, maintain, and develop the Medicines Resource Centre.
• Develop and supervise colleagues within the MRC.

Skills

Clear and concise verbal and written communication

Knowledge of MI resources and general therapeutics

Ability to recognise limits of competencies

Education

Registered pharmacist with the GPhC

Post-graduate diploma in pharmacy practice or equivalent

Experience in hospital medicines information services

Job description

Would you like to be part of a dynamic patient focussed team? As part of our Medicines Resource Centre (MRC) team you would be an integral member providing high quality medicines information, with a varied portfolio of work.

Your MRC colleagues are a strong, cohesive and supportive team who are passionate about our roles, and work closely developing each other, and our colleagues across our healthcare system. We are committed to developing our colleagues and you will receive training to deliver Medicines Information services for this role.

Main duties of the job

This role provides support to patients, clinicians, and services within Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, and to primary care colleagues to improve the safe and effective use of medicines.

You will be expected to help manage, maintain, and develop the Medicines Resource Centre (MRC) to ensure the provision of a high quality, patient focused, evaluated and unbiased, evidence based pharmaceutical information and advisory service.

You will:

• Develop, train, and supervise colleagues working within the MRC.
• Support MRC workstreams with a focus on Medicines Information and other workstreams including Formulary and Governance as required.
• Actively contribute to the development, monitoring and integration of written guidelines, policies and patient group directions (PGDs).
• Provide clinical pharmacy services at a department and ward level, according to rotas.

About us

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [e-mail] quoting the vacancy reference numbers

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [e-mail] quoting the vacancy reference numbers.

Person Specification

Education, Qualification & Training

• Registered pharmacist with the GPhC, General Pharmaceutical Council
• Experience of working as a pharmacist within primary or secondary care.
• Completed or undertaking a post- graduate diploma in pharmacy practice or recognised equivalent
• Experience of working within a hospital medicines information (MI) service.

Skills, abilities and knowledge

• Clear and concise verbal and written communication
• Able to recognise limits of own competencies and to refer and seek advice from colleagues.
• Prepared to attend any training sessions necessary for personal and service development
• Knowledge of MI resources and general therapeutics.

Experience

• Experience of working as a pharmacist within primary or secondary care.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£47,810 to £54,710 a yearper annum pro rata