Job summary
We are recruiting for a Rotational Pharmacist Specialist who share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
We are looking for highly motivated pharmacists to join our award winning, innovative, progressive, patient-centred pharmacy team. We are a friendly department and will support you to become an outstanding clinical pharmacist and help you fulfil your full potential.
We offer a structured rotational program which includes specialities such as ED, acute medicine, critical care, endocrinology, respiratory, Frailty (new exciting rotation), gastroenterology, vascular surgery, aseptic oncology / haematology and a renowned renal services unit, working with a Consultant Renal Pharmacist.
We will fully fund and support you to undertake relevant post graduate training including the prescribing qualification and leadership training.
We will develop your portfolio of skills to prepare you for more senior roles within the department through involvement in directorate and project work focused on improving quality of clinical services and patient-focused care.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
To join the multidisciplinary team and provide expert pharmacy services to a variety of inpatient wards.
To utilise specialist pharmaceutical skills to drive innovation and continuous improvement within selected specialties.
To support Pharmacy Team Leads for Unplanned Care/Planned Care, in directorate reporting, audits, guideline/policy updates and financial and medicines information.
To be a clinical mentor and guide junior pharmacists, foundation trainee pharmacists throughout their training programmes.
To participate in the departmental emergency duty rota, currently less than 1 in 20.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Teaching Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
o The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
o New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
o Hertford County, Hertford
o Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Master Degree MPharm
- Competency assessed and examined professional registration MRPharmS
- Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
- Pharmacy Practice or equivalent or successful completion of General Practice Diploma Core Course and examination or equivalent experience
Previous Experience
Essential
- Appropriate post qualification experience in hospital pharmacy
- Previous experience in providing clinical services to wards
- Medicines Information experience
- Computer literacy - Word/Excel
- Experience of working as part of a multi -disciplinary team
- Proven experience of audit
Desirable
- Project management
- Clinical tutoring of post graduate trainee pharmacist
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills verbal and written
- Able to work alone or in a team
Desirable
- Can show appropriate applications of clinical knowledge and effective pharmaceutical care skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Good Clinical Knowledge at consultant level
- Up to date knowledge of national pharmacy issues
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Master Degree MPharm
- Competency assessed and examined professional registration MRPharmS
- Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
- Pharmacy Practice or equivalent or successful completion of General Practice Diploma Core Course and examination or equivalent experience
Previous Experience
Essential
- Appropriate post qualification experience in hospital pharmacy
- Previous experience in providing clinical services to wards
- Medicines Information experience
- Computer literacy - Word/Excel
- Experience of working as part of a multi -disciplinary team
- Proven experience of audit
Desirable
- Project management
- Clinical tutoring of post graduate trainee pharmacist
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills verbal and written
- Able to work alone or in a team
Desirable
- Can show appropriate applications of clinical knowledge and effective pharmaceutical care skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Good Clinical Knowledge at consultant level
- Up to date knowledge of national pharmacy issues
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).
