Senior Pharmacist - Elective Surgical Hub & HNO (RRP)
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Job summary
**RELOCATION EXPENSES AVAILABLE**
This post will attract a Recruitment and Retention Premia** totalling £5,000 (payable in instalments over 2 years), plus a relocation package of up to £8,000 (subject to eligibility criteria). The RRP payment will be pro-rata for part-time employees.
We support flexible working options at Wye Valley and welcome applications for part-time and full-time positions.
** For further information and terms around RRP and relocation, please contact: recruitment@wvt.nhs.uk
Wye Valley NHS Trust is currently in the process of building three new day case theatres. This is an exciting venture and will support the Trust in addressing waiting times for the patients of Herefordshire and beyond. To find out more please click on the following link https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/work-with-us/elective-surgical-hub.aspx
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Pharmacist with an interest in Head, Neck and Orthopaedics. The post involves leading the provision of medicines optimization to our Head, Neck and Orthopaedics teams in a varied and dynamic division.
The successful candidate will work closely with the ward based teams implementing the principles of the modern day ward round, using skills, knowledge and experience to directly impact on patient care.
Main duties of the job
JOB SUMMARY
Wye Valley NHS Trust has invested £18 million for a new modern Elective Surgical Hub to support the National elective recovery plan, to be opened in March 2024. This includes 2 new day case surgery theatres and an ophthalmology theatre, to reduce long waiting lists for elective care. The Senior Pharmacist role will be imperative to setting up a new pharmacy service to the Hub for discharge at ward level and seamless throughput.
The post holder will split their time focused towards the Elective Surgical Hub and to the Head Neck and Orthopaedic Directorate, which involves clinical cover to Orthopaedics, elective and trauma.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
Worcestershire is our neighbouring county. The post holder will be required to travel between sites.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Details
Date posted
13 February 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£50,952 to £57,349 a year pa pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
229-CS-6053368
Job locations
Hereford County Hospital
Stonebow Road
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
Hereford County Hospital
Stonebow Road
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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