Job summary
Bank Clinical Pharmacist
Band 6/7 depending on experience
Up to full time hours
Working at St Georges Hospital Stafford or Redwoods Shrewsbury.
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Main duties of the job
To ensure patients receive seamless pharmaceutical care both throughout their admission to hospital and following discharge into assigned community mental/physical health teams. This post involves being part of a team of specialist clinical pharmacists playing an active role in inpatient multidisciplinary teams and a significant amount of patient/carer contact.. This post involves playing an active role in inpatient and community multidisciplinary teams and a significant amount of patient/carer contact.
About us
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) is an award winning organisation with over 9000 employees. We are one of the largest integrated Health and Social Care providers, covering services across North & South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, Isle of Wight and Essex.
Demonstrating our strong commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, and in context of our objective aligned to the growth of diversity across the workforce; we are particularly seeking applications from individuals who may be from under-represented groups, such as black, Asian or other ethnic groups, individuals with a disability, or LGBTQ+ individuals who meet the specific criteria.
We are embedding values based and inclusive recruitment practices to ensure that all applicants, from any backgrounds, have an equal chance of success in achieving a role with us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for full details.
Deliver a high quality, patient-centred clinical pharmacist service to inpatient wards within MPFT.
Ensure patients receive seamless pharmaceutical care through transitions of MPFT care.
Visit allocated wards and community team bases to regularly review medicines cards and professionally check prescriptions, thereby ensuring compliance with UK and European medicines legislation, SPCs, national guidance, MPFT policies, procedures, formulary and guidelines.
Provide specialist advice and information about medicines and their use to medical, nursing and other healthcare professionals, thereby contributing to their safe, effective and economical use.
Provide pharmaceutical input at multi-disciplinary team meetings, rapid review meetings and community team meetings where necessary undertaking patient medication histories and devising pharmaceutical care plans.
Provide specialist advice and information about medicines and their use to patients, carers and the public.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description for full details.
Deliver a high quality, patient-centred clinical pharmacist service to inpatient wards within MPFT.
Ensure patients receive seamless pharmaceutical care through transitions of MPFT care.
Visit allocated wards and community team bases to regularly review medicines cards and professionally check prescriptions, thereby ensuring compliance with UK and European medicines legislation, SPCs, national guidance, MPFT policies, procedures, formulary and guidelines.
Provide specialist advice and information about medicines and their use to medical, nursing and other healthcare professionals, thereby contributing to their safe, effective and economical use.
Provide pharmaceutical input at multi-disciplinary team meetings, rapid review meetings and community team meetings where necessary undertaking patient medication histories and devising pharmaceutical care plans.
Provide specialist advice and information about medicines and their use to patients, carers and the public.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Qualifications
Desirable
- Post graduate diploma in Psychiatric or Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
Experience
Desirable
- Validated experience working in hospital as a clinical pharmacist and/or in mental health
Skills
Essential
- Demonstration of up to date clinical knowledge in specialist area
Skills
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of medicines legislation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Qualifications
Desirable
- Post graduate diploma in Psychiatric or Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
Experience
Desirable
- Validated experience working in hospital as a clinical pharmacist and/or in mental health
Skills
Essential
- Demonstration of up to date clinical knowledge in specialist area
Skills
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of medicines legislation
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).
