Job summary
Foundation Pharmacist (AfC Band 6)
Permanent
We are looking for ambitious, highly motivated pharmacists or current foundation trainee pharmacists who want to develop their knowledge and skills and progress their career in Clinical Pharmacy as part of the pharmacy team at Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
We offer a broad range of clinical services, including Primary Care, Renal medicine (we are a Regional Centre) and Paediatrics. You will have the opportunity to experience all of these.
Our Foundation Training programme provides excellent senior support, clear progression and the opportunity to undertake a fully funded Pharmacy Clinical Diploma including Independent Prescribing. The attached document provides further detail.
As a department we have particular strength in supporting pharmacists who come from an overseas background (with the General Pharmaceutical Council OSPAP accrediation) or who have English as a second language, we welcome these applications.
A relocation package is available for this vacancy (subject to eligibility criteria). Do contact any of as below for more information in relation to this or for any other questions you may have.
Interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams
Main duties of the job
We provide a supportive learning environment with excellent training and development opportunities. We take your professional and personal development seriously.
Our Senior Pharmacists have experience and practice depth having worked across different practice sectors and in leading teaching hospitals UK wide.
The successful candidate will be encouraged and supported to undertake the post-graduate Clinical Diploma. We also encourage and support our pharmacists to undertake the Non-Medical Prescribing Programme, whether as part of or in addition to the Clinical Diploma.
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is an award winning, modern hospital situated within easy walking distance of the historic town centre of Dorchester. It employs around 3,000 members of staff, who provide acute hospital services to a population of around 250,000, living within Weymouth and Portland, West Dorset, North Dorset and Purbeck. We also provide renal services for patients throughout Dorset and South Somerset. Dorchester itself is an intriguing mix of historic and the modern, with the new Brewery Square development offering a vibrant and sophisticated leisure and shopping complex. Take a look at Visit Dorset to see what the area has to offer.
About us
The purpose-built pharmacy provides a clinical pharmacy service to Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The dispensary was recently redesigned alongside a new ARX BD robot installation. Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration is in use in the majority of the hospital.
We are an innovative forward-thinking department that has just undergone an exciting renovation. A series of in-house developments are still underway, giving the opportunity for successful candidates to be involved in dynamic projects which offer professional progression.
Our staff are our most precious resource, and so the growth and development of those that work within this dynamic department is prioritised.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Our team comprises Clinical Pharmacists, Medicines Management Technicians and Trainees. When working in Pharmacy and at ward level you will be supervised and supported by a variety of clinical and technical staff and will be part an experienced team.
You will be a highly valued member of the Pharmacy and specialist teams and committed to delivering outstanding medicines management.
The Foundation Training Programme is structured on the foundation level framework with core experience in the dispensary and rotations in the following clinical areas:
- Acute medicine
- Cardiology and Respiratory Services
- Medicine for Older People
- Surgery (emergency and elective)
- Aseptics
- Primary Care Networks (PCN)
- Cancer services
- Paediatrics
- Renal Services
The post includes weekend working, participation in the bank holiday rota and on-call.
We are committed to equal opportunities, improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview about the opportunities available.
For further details /informal visits contact:
Ursula Gotel Principal Pharmacist Surgery and Family Services Division, ursula.gotel@dchft.nhs.uk (working hours Mon, Tue (08:30 - 14:00), Thur, Fri (08:30 17:00)
Celina Tadel Principal Pharmacist Urgent and Integrated Care Division , celina.tadel@dchft.nhs.uk (working hours Tue-Fri (09:00 - 15:00)
Sophie Wiseman Advanced Pharmacist Critical Care, sophie.wiseman@dchft.ns.uk
Samantha Gale - Advanced Pharmacist Renal Services, samantha.gale@dchft.nhs.uk
Or call us direct on Tel: 01305 254316
Job description
Job responsibilities
Our team comprises Clinical Pharmacists, Medicines Management Technicians and Trainees. When working in Pharmacy and at ward level you will be supervised and supported by a variety of clinical and technical staff and will be part an experienced team.
You will be a highly valued member of the Pharmacy and specialist teams and committed to delivering outstanding medicines management.
The Foundation Training Programme is structured on the foundation level framework with core experience in the dispensary and rotations in the following clinical areas:
- Acute medicine
- Cardiology and Respiratory Services
- Medicine for Older People
- Surgery (emergency and elective)
- Aseptics
- Primary Care Networks (PCN)
- Cancer services
- Paediatrics
- Renal Services
The post includes weekend working, participation in the bank holiday rota and on-call.
We are committed to equal opportunities, improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview about the opportunities available.
For further details /informal visits contact:
Ursula Gotel Principal Pharmacist Surgery and Family Services Division, ursula.gotel@dchft.nhs.uk (working hours Mon, Tue (08:30 - 14:00), Thur, Fri (08:30 17:00)
Celina Tadel Principal Pharmacist Urgent and Integrated Care Division , celina.tadel@dchft.nhs.uk (working hours Tue-Fri (09:00 - 15:00)
Sophie Wiseman Advanced Pharmacist Critical Care, sophie.wiseman@dchft.ns.uk
Samantha Gale - Advanced Pharmacist Renal Services, samantha.gale@dchft.nhs.uk
Or call us direct on Tel: 01305 254316
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Masters degree or equivalent in Pharmacy (from an accredited University registered with GPhC).
- GPhC Registration
Desirable
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experience of pharmacy computer systems, including EPMA
- Experience in Clinical Audit
- Hospital experience through pre-registration year or other means
- Understands pharmacy priorities
- Awareness of patient safety concerns
- Evidence of current clinical knowledge (demonstrated level of competency necessary for the post)
Desirable
- Post-registration experience as a pharmacist
- Understanding of Trust priorities
- Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the principles of clinical governance
- Previous experience of delivering educational materials to junior colleagues
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Accurate dispensing/clinical checking skills
- Adherence to legal standards and knowledge of medicines legislation
- Evidence of being able to work effectively under pressure
- Evidence of good timekeeping
- Ability to plan and prioritise own work
- Good computer literacy
- Able to work without direct supervision with respect to medicines management issues
- Ability to identify patient safety concerns
- Able to participate in out-of-hours on-call service
- Able to work on weekday late duties, Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays (on rota)
- Good work attendance record
- Maintains standards of patient care
- Ability to communicate in a verbal or written manner with patients, pharmacy, nursing. Medical and other multidisciplinary staff
- Displays honesty and integrity, is aware of ethical dilemmas relating to medicines use, respects confidentiality
- Identifies own training needs
Desirable
- Able to evaluate quality of own work
- Demonstrates ability to meet service targets
- Demonstrates initiative
- Implements the findings of pharmacy practice research
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Masters degree or equivalent in Pharmacy (from an accredited University registered with GPhC).
- GPhC Registration
Desirable
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experience of pharmacy computer systems, including EPMA
- Experience in Clinical Audit
- Hospital experience through pre-registration year or other means
- Understands pharmacy priorities
- Awareness of patient safety concerns
- Evidence of current clinical knowledge (demonstrated level of competency necessary for the post)
Desirable
- Post-registration experience as a pharmacist
- Understanding of Trust priorities
- Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the principles of clinical governance
- Previous experience of delivering educational materials to junior colleagues
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Accurate dispensing/clinical checking skills
- Adherence to legal standards and knowledge of medicines legislation
- Evidence of being able to work effectively under pressure
- Evidence of good timekeeping
- Ability to plan and prioritise own work
- Good computer literacy
- Able to work without direct supervision with respect to medicines management issues
- Ability to identify patient safety concerns
- Able to participate in out-of-hours on-call service
- Able to work on weekday late duties, Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays (on rota)
- Good work attendance record
- Maintains standards of patient care
- Ability to communicate in a verbal or written manner with patients, pharmacy, nursing. Medical and other multidisciplinary staff
- Displays honesty and integrity, is aware of ethical dilemmas relating to medicines use, respects confidentiality
- Identifies own training needs
Desirable
- Able to evaluate quality of own work
- Demonstrates ability to meet service targets
- Demonstrates initiative
- Implements the findings of pharmacy practice research
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).
