Job summary
An exciting opportunity to try something new! We are looking for an experienced clinical pharmacist to be our orthopaedic pharmacy lead at Salisbury and teach on the University of Bath Clinical Pharmacy Diploma (secondary care) programme.
We are highly regarded, friendly and supportive teams who work together to help deliver the best possible medicines outcomes to our patients via our ward based clinical pharmacy service and postgraduate education provision.
Main duties of the job
The pharmacist we are looking for will be a strong clinician, organised, hardworking and dedicated with great communication skills and a passion for education and training. You will need to have a Postgraduate Clinical Diploma (or equivalent experience) and ideally be a current non-medical prescriber or willing to work towards the qualification. The role will focus on continually improving the clinical pharmacy service provided to our orthopaedic wards and to develop, deliver and assess units of teaching on the AP3T clinical pharmacy diploma at Bath University
You will be responsible for providing a high-quality patient-focused clinical pharmacy service; improving medicines safety through medicines reconciliation, discharge planning and utilising independent prescribing skills.
Current delivery of the AP3T university course is online so there is the possibility of some home/hybrid working
The team benefits from joint posts with local PCNs, Universities and the ICS. Collaboration across the wider health economy is actively encouraged and part of our exciting future.
About us
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
For a taste of what it is like to work within our team at Salisbury please visit: https://youtu.be/XhhadzI-0pY
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Applicants must be an experienced hospital pharmacist registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council. You should have a postgraduate clinical diploma or equivalent experience and ideally be an independent prescriber (or willing to work towards).
The pharmacy service is proactive and forward thinking and is committed to personal development and delivering outstanding outcomes for our patients. We benefit from integrated robotic dispensing, fully funded post graduate training, an independent outpatient service and are in the process of implementing electronic prescribing.
Our service is open 7 days a week and our current opening hours are Monday to Friday 8.30am-5pm (with no late night rota), Saturday 9am-1pm and Sunday 9.30am-1pm. Weekend shifts are 1 in 8 with one bank holiday per year.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Applicants must be an experienced hospital pharmacist registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council. You should have a postgraduate clinical diploma or equivalent experience and ideally be an independent prescriber (or willing to work towards).
The pharmacy service is proactive and forward thinking and is committed to personal development and delivering outstanding outcomes for our patients. We benefit from integrated robotic dispensing, fully funded post graduate training, an independent outpatient service and are in the process of implementing electronic prescribing.
Our service is open 7 days a week and our current opening hours are Monday to Friday 8.30am-5pm (with no late night rota), Saturday 9am-1pm and Sunday 9.30am-1pm. Weekend shifts are 1 in 8 with one bank holiday per year.
Person Specification
Essential criteria
Essential
- GPHC registered
- Post-graduate clinical diploma
- Significant hospital pharmacy experience
Desirable
- Non-medical prescribing qualification
Person Specification
Essential criteria
Essential
- GPHC registered
- Post-graduate clinical diploma
- Significant hospital pharmacy experience
Desirable
- Non-medical prescribing qualification
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.
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.
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).
