Pharmacist

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

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Job summary

This post is based at St. Mary's Hospital, Parkhurst Rd, Newport PO30 5TG

Calling all Pharmacists!

Are you ready to develop your knowledge, skills and pharmaceutical expertise? Have you thought about your next career step? Do you share the same passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care? We encourage Pharmacists of all skills to apply!

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust (IWT) welcomes you to join us on our journey towards this goal. IWT are thrilled to offer a fantastic opportunity to join our Pharmacy Team. We are recruiting to our Foundation Pharmacist position (Band 6-7 progression posts.)

Main duties of the job

The Pharmacy Team based at St Marys Hospital are energetic and forward looking, with a strong culture of patient safety and service quality. We believe in technology supporting excellent clinical practice and releasing time to care, with Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) having been embedded in practice for over 10 years. It is used creatively to enhance clinical practice with a fully integrated medicines management system that seamlessly interfaces EPMA with pharmacy dispensing, stock control, clinical area automated medicines cabinetry (Omnicell) and further robotics within the Pharmacy department.

You will get the chance to work in many clinical areas including our Emergency Department, Acute Assessment Unit, General Medicine, Stroke, Care of Older People, General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Oncology, Haematology and Hospice care.

Visits to our team are welcomed and would encourage you to spend the day with us, we will be able to support your travel costs.

About us

This post is based at St. Mary's Hospital, Parkhurst Rd, Newport PO30 5TG

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Isle of Wight NHS Trust.

Isle of Wight is a tourist destination for many on the south coast. Whether your passion is the outdoors, with beaches, sailing, kite surfing, and hiking on our doorstep, or culture the Isle of Wight has something for everyone. If you enjoy beautiful countryside and beaches that span a 70 mile coastline, coupled with a rich history of multiple architectures then this could be your perfect location.

If retail therapy is more likely to float your boat, discount designer-label shopping then a short trip across the Solent to Gunwharf Quays attracts shoppers from far and wide. If you like to travel and explore, ferries from Portsmouth sail to the Channel Islands, France and Spain and cruise ships depart from nearby Southampton to the Mediterranean, Baltic and Nordic seas. Southampton airport is less than 25 miles away, serving destinations across the British Isles and Europe

Date posted

25 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

Depending on experience 37338 - 44962

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

REF1220Z

Job locations

St. Mary's Hospital

Newport

PO30 5TG


Job description

Job responsibilities

Foundation Pharmacists Key Responsibilities:

  • Complete Trust funded programme (2 Years). We will support you to develop your skills to match the RPS Foundation Pharmacist Framework
  • Provide support and underpinning of the clinical work of senior clinical pharmacists.
  • Support to Urgent and Emergency Services, Medical, Surgical and Orthopaedic wards, Stroke and Coronary Care Services, Hospice, Medicines Advice services, and dispensary/discharge activities on a rotational basis and competencies needed to provide this support will be attained through the pharmacist rotational training programme.
  • You will undertake Medicines Reconciliation and core clinical pharmacy duties.
  • You will ensure systems for facilitating discharge medicines to meet patients and general practitioners needs.
  • Be actively involved in the training and development of pharmacy team members.
  • Support in education and health promotion with patients and the public.
  • Provide a core weekday service with some weekend and on-call duties.
  • On-call pharmacist duties are undertaken from home and calls are first screened via the Trust Clinical Site Management Team to ensure they are appropriate.

We are looking for someone who:

  • Puts patient care first.
  • Will apply good clinical knowledge.
  • Has strong teamworking and communication skills.
  • Has good problem solving, time management and prioritisation skills.
  • Has a strong commitment to learning and development of themselves and others.
  • Is adaptable and resilient.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Foundation Pharmacists Key Responsibilities:

  • Complete Trust funded programme (2 Years). We will support you to develop your skills to match the RPS Foundation Pharmacist Framework
  • Provide support and underpinning of the clinical work of senior clinical pharmacists.
  • Support to Urgent and Emergency Services, Medical, Surgical and Orthopaedic wards, Stroke and Coronary Care Services, Hospice, Medicines Advice services, and dispensary/discharge activities on a rotational basis and competencies needed to provide this support will be attained through the pharmacist rotational training programme.
  • You will undertake Medicines Reconciliation and core clinical pharmacy duties.
  • You will ensure systems for facilitating discharge medicines to meet patients and general practitioners needs.
  • Be actively involved in the training and development of pharmacy team members.
  • Support in education and health promotion with patients and the public.
  • Provide a core weekday service with some weekend and on-call duties.
  • On-call pharmacist duties are undertaken from home and calls are first screened via the Trust Clinical Site Management Team to ensure they are appropriate.

We are looking for someone who:

  • Puts patient care first.
  • Will apply good clinical knowledge.
  • Has strong teamworking and communication skills.
  • Has good problem solving, time management and prioritisation skills.
  • Has a strong commitment to learning and development of themselves and others.
  • Is adaptable and resilient.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Masters Degree in Pharmacy.
  • Registration with the GPhC.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Masters Degree in Pharmacy.
  • Registration with the GPhC.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Address

St. Mary's Hospital

Newport

PO30 5TG


Employer's website

https://www.porthosp.nhs.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Address

St. Mary's Hospital

Newport

PO30 5TG


Employer's website

https://www.porthosp.nhs.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Pharmacist

Nicola Wright

nicola.wright28@nhs.net

Date posted

25 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

Depending on experience 37338 - 44962

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

REF1220Z

Job locations

St. Mary's Hospital

Newport

PO30 5TG


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