Rotational Clinical Pharmacist - Band 6/7

Job summary

Job Summary

We are looking for a motivated pharmacist to provide clinical pharmacy services at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust. This is an excellent opportunity for a forward-thinking pharmacist to develop their practice and skills.

We can offer:

• A comprehensive and structured rotational programme through all clinical areas, including medicine, surgery, antimicrobials, paediatrics, cancer services and many more.
• Specialist aseptic rotation at our brand new state-of-the-art facility.
• Opportunity to undertake a diploma/MSc in clinical pharmacy. After successful completion (and subject to suitable performance), the candidate will progress to band 7. Progression does not stop there! We encourage our pharmacists to develop even further.
• Participation in consultant wards rounds and multidisciplinary teaching sessions.
• Involvement in teaching undergraduates and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Established peer support and team working.

Job Title: Rotational Clinical Pharmacist Band 6/7

Hours: 08:40-17:05 Monday to Friday. Saturday morning and Bank holidays on rota basis

Department: Pharmacy

Site: Grantham and District Hospital, 101 Manthorpe Road, Grantham, NG31 8DG

Main duties of the job

An opportunity has arisen to join our expanding, friendly, diverse and inclusive pharmacy team.

Our progressive department is in the process of rapid transformational change to ensure that it is a service fit for the future and is at the forefront of Hospital Pharmacy.

We are dedicated to ensuring that medicines optimisation is embedded across all aspects of care within the Trust to deliver safe, efficient and cost-effective use of medicines.

We take pride in developing our pharmacists. We encourage our colleagues to pursue higher education qualifications, from clinical diplomas to DPharm and everything in between. We provide regular on-site clinical supervision and training. We will support you in delivering high-quality services to our patients and healthcare professionals.

The pharmacy department at ULHT is keen to create an environment where we can nurture and grow our talent. With this objective in mind, we have developed a progression programme, which supports the progression of our rotational band 6 pharmacists into band 7 posts without needing additional recruitment processes.

Applicants must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.

About us

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - "Outstanding Care Personally Delivered" - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.