Lead Pharmacist Critical Care and Theatres

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Join Our Dynamic Pharmacy Team as an ITU Pharmacist!

Are you a passionate and experienced ITU Pharmacist looking for your next exciting challenge? We are seeking a dedicated, forward-thinking clinical pharmacist to join our innovative pharmacy team at Wexham Park Hospital.

As an ITU Pharmacist, you will play a key role in delivering exceptional care within our critical care setting, working alongside a highly skilled multidisciplinary team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with specialized knowledge in critical care who is eager to develop their practice to the highest level in a cutting-edge environment.

Why Join Us?

  • Professional Growth: This role offers unparalleled opportunities for professional development, including support for attending critical care training pathways and pursuing management and leadership development.
  • Innovative Environment: You'll be part of a forward-thinking team, continually evolving and driving improvements in patient care.
  • Leadership Opportunities: Take on cross-site responsibilities with leadership roles across the Trust, impacting care and influencing change on a broader scale.

While based at Wexham Park Hospital, this role includes leadership responsibilities across multiple sites within the Trust, giving you the opportunity to make a real impact across the organization.

If you're ready to take the next step in your career and work in a challenging, rewarding environment, we'd love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

To work with other senior pharmacists, clinicians, nursing staff and other senior managers to develop the clinical pharmacy service to patients within the critical care and theatres directorate

To support the training and development of pharmacist independent prescribers

To act as a role model in the field of clinical pharmacy practice and provide a consistently high standard of clinical service in line with the pharmacy objectives.

  • To attend ward rounds where appropriate
  • To lead on proposing policy or service changes to improve the quality of the pharmacy service to the directorate and understanding its impact on other areas.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Date posted

06 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,877 to £62,626 a year 0

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

151-SL0395

Job locations

Wexham Park Hospital

Wexham street

Slough

SL2 4HL


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description and personal specification attached to the documents tab they are attached a one whole document

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description and personal specification attached to the documents tab they are attached a one whole document

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Pharmacy degree ( Masters level 4)
  • Registered with GPHC
  • Post grad clinical diploma or equivalent
  • Independent prescriber ( or intention to become one)
  • Evidence of continuous professional development

Desirable

  • MSC or higher degree
  • UKCPA membership
  • RPS membership
  • Formal management qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of producing guidelines
  • Experience of producing drug appraisals
  • Experience of managing staff
  • Significant post qualification experience as a pharmacist in a clinical environment

Desirable

  • Regular experience of providing clinical support service
  • Clinical audit experience
  • Teacher /tutoring experience

professional

Essential

  • Excellent oral and written skills
  • Ability to work with Consultants and MDT

Desirable

  • UKCPA foundation in critical care
  • Formal management /leadership qualification
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Pharmacy degree ( Masters level 4)
  • Registered with GPHC
  • Post grad clinical diploma or equivalent
  • Independent prescriber ( or intention to become one)
  • Evidence of continuous professional development

Desirable

  • MSC or higher degree
  • UKCPA membership
  • RPS membership
  • Formal management qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of producing guidelines
  • Experience of producing drug appraisals
  • Experience of managing staff
  • Significant post qualification experience as a pharmacist in a clinical environment

Desirable

  • Regular experience of providing clinical support service
  • Clinical audit experience
  • Teacher /tutoring experience

professional

Essential

  • Excellent oral and written skills
  • Ability to work with Consultants and MDT

Desirable

  • UKCPA foundation in critical care
  • Formal management /leadership qualification

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wexham Park Hospital

Wexham street

Slough

SL2 4HL


Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wexham Park Hospital

Wexham street

Slough

SL2 4HL


Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Principal Pharmacist Surgery

Rashmi Selli

rashmi.selli@nhs.net

03006153289

Date posted

06 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,877 to £62,626 a year 0

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

151-SL0395

Job locations

Wexham Park Hospital

Wexham street

Slough

SL2 4HL


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