Senior Clinical Pharmacist – Critical Care and Theatre Services

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 23 January 2025

Job summary

Are you an enthusiastic & experienced pharmacist looking for a career change & your next challenge?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Clinical Pharmacist to join our modern purpose-built facilities at Colchester Hospital and help the department develop and progress the clinical pharmacy service within Critical Care and associated specialist areas.

You will be based within the Pharmacy department but will spend a significant amount of time working at ward/clinical level, ensuring the delivery of all aspects of pharmacy service to specialist high-risk patients.

Our friendly pharmacy team are dedicated to nurturing, mentoring and developing our staff to reach their full potential. As well as direct one-to-one training, the department provides pharmacy forums, clinical huddles and other educational activity. We support personal development plans, smart objective setting and opportunities for study.

ESNEFT is about to embark on a full, site wide implementation of the EPIC electronic patient record which includes electronic prescribing and administration and pharmacy stock control system replacement.

In addition to our fully automated dispensaries, we host one of the NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service medicines advice sites and the Regional Pharmacy Manufacturing Unit (including a brand new Aseptic facility).

This post is fixed term / secondment until 5th January 2026. Internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only.

Main duties of the job

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Provide an advanced level clinical pharmacy service to Critical Care patients in line with the pharmacy Key Performance Indicators and agreed clinical standards.

Provide oversite and clinical expertise to patients within Recovery and Theatre areas.

Support the wider Nutrition Service affecting patients within the speciality

Provide a key level of support to the Lead Clinical Pharmacist for Critical Care Services.

Provide ongoing clinical support and leadership to other pharmacy colleagues and the multidisciplinary team contributing to practice within the specific areas of working.

Assist senior multidisciplinary colleagues in ensuring that all required medication safety and clinical governance issues are actioned and implemented in a timely manner within the respected specialities.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Date posted

09 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

11 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR1978-24

Job locations

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Previous extensive hospital experience inclusive of Clinical Pharmacy practice
Demonstrated experience of multi-disciplinary working
Handling of high risk medicines
Previous experience of educating and training other staff

Desirable

Previous experience of working with Critical Care patients
Previous experience of working with Total Parenteral Nutrition
Experience of writing guidelines and procedures

Qualifications

Essential

GPhC Registered
Masters Degree plus Pre-registration training
Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Practice or clinical equivalent
Evidence of, and commitment to, Continuing Professional Development

Desirable

Non-Medical Prescribing qualification

Knowledge

Essential

Medicines Management / optimisation
Basic clinical knowledge of issues relevant to Critical Care and Nutrition patients gained through training & experience
Good all-round clinical knowledge in other areas and practical skills

Desirable

Knowledge of governance frameworks and Risk Management
Basic understanding of clinical issues relating to theatre practice

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Previous extensive hospital experience inclusive of Clinical Pharmacy practice
Demonstrated experience of multi-disciplinary working
Handling of high risk medicines
Previous experience of educating and training other staff

Desirable

Previous experience of working with Critical Care patients
Previous experience of working with Total Parenteral Nutrition
Experience of writing guidelines and procedures

Qualifications

Essential

GPhC Registered
Masters Degree plus Pre-registration training
Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Practice or clinical equivalent
Evidence of, and commitment to, Continuing Professional Development

Desirable

Non-Medical Prescribing qualification

Knowledge

Essential

Medicines Management / optimisation
Basic clinical knowledge of issues relevant to Critical Care and Nutrition patients gained through training & experience
Good all-round clinical knowledge in other areas and practical skills

Desirable

Knowledge of governance frameworks and Risk Management
Basic understanding of clinical issues relating to theatre practice

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.