Job summary
Band 7 Specialist Pharmacist: Your Opportunity to Excel
on the Beautiful Isle of Wight!
Are you an ambitious pharmacist ready to significantly
advance your career? The Isle of Wight NHS Trust are seeking Band 7 Specialist
Rotational Pharmacists to join our dynamic and supportive Pharmacy Team at St
Mary's Hospital. This is your chance to develop specialist expertise on our
stunning Island!
Here's what makes this opportunity special:
Rapid Skill Development:
Our well-established rotational program offers invaluable experience
across a diverse range of specialties.
Technology-Driven Practice: Benefit from a fully integrated medicines
management system, including EPMA (embedded for over 10 years), seamless links
to dispensing, stock control, Omnicell, and pharmacy robotics.
Be a Key Influencer: Work directly with
Consultant-led teams, contributing your pharmaceutical expertise to prescribing
decisions and making a tangible difference to patient outcomes.
Invested in Your Growth: We provide comprehensive
support for your foundation training.
A Collaborative Environment: Join our
forward-thinking team with a strong culture of patient safety and service
quality, where your contributions will be valued.
Island Life Awaits: Imagine a work-life balance that
includes access to beautiful beaches, sailing, hiking, and a rich cultural
scene. Enjoy the unique charm of the Isle of Wight with convenient links to
mainland shopping, international travel, and major cities.
Main duties of the job
As a Specialist Rotational Pharmacist, you will:
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams on prescribing decisions.
- Undertake rotations in Oncology/Haematology, frailty and older person care, Urgent and Emergency Services, and other clinical areas.
- Monitor prescriptions and develop patient-centred pharmaceutical care plans.
- Ensure seamless pharmaceutical care through accurate drug histories and discharge planning.
- Actively contribute to medicines safety and quality improvement initiatives.
- Mentor and train other pharmacy and healthcare professionals.
- Provide line management support.
- Participate in education and health promotion activities.
- Represent pharmacy in Trust meetings.
- Contribute to a weekday service with some weekend and on-call duties (home-based with initial screening).
About us
Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We
hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our
hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it
right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Isle
of Wight NHS Trust.
Isle of Wight is a tourist destination for many on the south
coast. Whether your passion is the outdoors, with beaches, sailing, kite
surfing, and hiking on our doorstep, or culture the Isle of Wight has something
for everyone. If you enjoy beautiful countryside and beaches that span a 70
mile coastline, coupled with a rich history of multiple architectures then this
could be your perfect location.
If retail therapy is more likely to float your boat,
discount designer-label shopping then a short trip across the Solent to
Gunwharf Quays attracts shoppers from far and wide. If you like to travel and
explore, ferries from Portsmouth sail to the Channel Islands, France and Spain
and cruise ships depart from nearby Southampton to the Mediterranean, Baltic
and Nordic seas. Southampton airport is less than 25 miles away, serving
destinations across the British Isles and Europe.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in
terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender
identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veterans
status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job purpose:
- The purpose of the post is to develop and operate high quality clinical pharmacy services to a number of defined clinical areas within a rotation. This is a practitioner post, and the post holder would be expected to work on their own initiative within guidelines and directions from the Head of Clinical Pharmacy Services and to supervise Trainee pharmacists, junior pharmacists, and technical staff.
- The post holder will have involvement in policy writing, undertaking and initiating audit and active involvement in training and development of pharmacy staff and other healthcare professional groups.
Job statement:
- Act as a specialist pharmacist providing an advanced level clinical pharmacy service to Oncology/Haematology, frailty and older person care, Urgent and Emergency.
- Services in addition to providing clinical pharmacy services across the Trust.
- Prescription monitoring and provision of pharmaceutical care plans ensuring the active involvement of patients and carers.
- Ensure the continuity of pharmaceutical care by provision of drug history, prescription monitoring, clinical monitoring of drugs and discharge planning.
- You will be supported to develop your specialist skills in a range of clinical areas. This will help prepare you for future Advanced-level practice.
Communication and relationship:
- Participate in and assist in the provision of clinical pharmacy services to the Trust in liaison with the Clinical Pharmacy Team Leaders.
- Be a pharmaceutical representative at Trust meetings within defined clinical specialities providing advice on medicines use and expenditure.
- Liaise with Medical, Nursing and other staff in the provision and development of clinical pharmacy services, including complex drug or medication related information, and act on any associated problems which may arise.
- Liaise with patients, carers, or their relatives as necessary regarding medicines.
For a detailed overview of the role, please see the attached Job description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job purpose:
- The purpose of the post is to develop and operate high quality clinical pharmacy services to a number of defined clinical areas within a rotation. This is a practitioner post, and the post holder would be expected to work on their own initiative within guidelines and directions from the Head of Clinical Pharmacy Services and to supervise Trainee pharmacists, junior pharmacists, and technical staff.
- The post holder will have involvement in policy writing, undertaking and initiating audit and active involvement in training and development of pharmacy staff and other healthcare professional groups.
Job statement:
- Act as a specialist pharmacist providing an advanced level clinical pharmacy service to Oncology/Haematology, frailty and older person care, Urgent and Emergency.
- Services in addition to providing clinical pharmacy services across the Trust.
- Prescription monitoring and provision of pharmaceutical care plans ensuring the active involvement of patients and carers.
- Ensure the continuity of pharmaceutical care by provision of drug history, prescription monitoring, clinical monitoring of drugs and discharge planning.
- You will be supported to develop your specialist skills in a range of clinical areas. This will help prepare you for future Advanced-level practice.
Communication and relationship:
- Participate in and assist in the provision of clinical pharmacy services to the Trust in liaison with the Clinical Pharmacy Team Leaders.
- Be a pharmaceutical representative at Trust meetings within defined clinical specialities providing advice on medicines use and expenditure.
- Liaise with Medical, Nursing and other staff in the provision and development of clinical pharmacy services, including complex drug or medication related information, and act on any associated problems which may arise.
- Liaise with patients, carers, or their relatives as necessary regarding medicines.
For a detailed overview of the role, please see the attached Job description.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working in a pharmaceutical environment.
- Significant clinical pharmacy knowledge and experience.
- Significant experience of working in hospital pharmacy.
Qualifications
Essential
- Master of Pharmacy.
- Current listing on the Pharmacist Register with the GPhC.
- Diploma in pharmacy practice or equivalent experience.
- Completed general level framework competency training
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of national guidelines relating to medicines and pharmaceutical practice
- Specialist knowledge and experience in clinical speciality
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working in a pharmaceutical environment.
- Significant clinical pharmacy knowledge and experience.
- Significant experience of working in hospital pharmacy.
Qualifications
Essential
- Master of Pharmacy.
- Current listing on the Pharmacist Register with the GPhC.
- Diploma in pharmacy practice or equivalent experience.
- Completed general level framework competency training
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of national guidelines relating to medicines and pharmaceutical practice
- Specialist knowledge and experience in clinical speciality
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).
