Senior Rotational Clinical Pharmacist

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 01 December 2024

Job summary

Senior Rotational Clinical Pharmacist

Royal Berkshire Pharmacy department is passionate about developing an excellent clinical pharmacy service and is looking for enthusiastic, innovative and self-motivated pharmacists to join our team.

Working in Royal Berkshire Pharmacy department, you will be given the opportunity to rotate across various specialties, spending enough time to engage with the multidisciplinary clinical team and make a difference.

Main duties of the job

As a band 7 rotational clinical pharmacist, you will be part of the pharmacy clinical ward team to help deliver a high quality specialist service to our patients and the MDT. We will support in developing your leadership and mentoring skills with an opportunity to line manage pharmacists.

Each post has an extended rotation of 1 year with management and project opportunities. including Gastro / Renal, ICU/ Nutrition, Admissions, Pediatrics, Surgery, Care of Elderly, Education and Training.

About us

The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country. The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006. It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority. The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, and including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is Reading's biggest employer.

Date posted

11 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

193-6699231NCG-2

Job locations

Royal Berkshire Hospital

London Road

Reading

RG1 5AN

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Pharmacist is responsible for professional aspects of the day-to-day pharmaceutical service provided by the Trust. To work closely with other members of the pharmacy team to provide a clinical pharmacy service to wards and to assist in developing pharmaceutical services.

For more details, please refer to the full Job Description and Personal Specification attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more details, please refer to the full Job Description and Personal Specification attached.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

Current registered Member of GPhC
Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent

Desirable

Member of UKCPA
Diploma in clinical pharmacy or General Pharmacy Practice.

Experience

Essential

Hospital Pharmacy Experience**
Extensive multi-disciplinary Teamwork**
Extensive patient contact

Desirable

Audit experience
Experience of Pharmacy computer technology

Person Specification

Education

Essential

Current registered Member of GPhC
Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent

Desirable

Member of UKCPA
Diploma in clinical pharmacy or General Pharmacy Practice.

Experience

Essential

Hospital Pharmacy Experience**
Extensive multi-disciplinary Teamwork**
Extensive patient contact

Desirable

Audit experience
Experience of Pharmacy computer technology

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.