Shift Working Pharmacist

Job summary

Are you a newly qualified pharmacist, or a trainee pharmacist hoping to qualify in 2025 and are looking for a challenge and a great start to your career? Are you ambitious, confident and enthusiastic?

Then join NUH as one of our shift working pharmacists! We have a well-established band 6 pharmacist training programme which is proven to develop your skills and knowledge and provide an excellent springboard to any avenue of pharmacy going forward. This programme will involve you working within a large but friendly and motivated shift working pharmacist team whilst being supported by experienced senior staff.

The pharmacy department is forward thinking and constantly implementing innovative ways of working to deliver the best possible care for patients. We continue to extend the ideal model of delivering medicines optimisation and pharmaceutical care where pharmacists are fully integrated into the medical teams, supported by a team of medicines management technicians and assistants.

Main duties of the job

Following a comprehensive induction, you will cover a wide range of medical and surgical specialities, medicines information and production. There will be potential for exposure to specialist areas which include respiratory, cardiology, paediatrics, renal, acute stroke, oncology, critical care and neurosciences. This will be done on a rotational basis allowing you to build up a wide experience base, excellent for building your career portfolio! During these rotations you will have the support of our team of specialist pharmacists to mentor you, in addition to our dedicated education and training team to guide you through. You will also be supported to work towards a postgraduate qualification and you have the option of being put forward to do the independent prescribing course as part of this.

As part of the shift-working team, you will be responsible for the provision of the Out-Of-Hours Pharmacy Services at NUH. This involves working shifts in our 'Trust Pharmacy' as part of a 100-hour contract along with shifts providing clinical pharmacy services to NUH inpatients at Queen's Medical Centre and City Hospital.

The Out-Of-Hours services are all based within 'Trust Pharmacy' working alongside a team of pharmacy support staff. You will have access to back-up support and advice which will be provided remotely by senior pharmacists.

About us

These posts offer you exceptional career building opportunities in one of the UK's largest and busiest acute teaching hospital Trusts.

Are you ready to join a dedicated, friendly pharmacy team that provides an excellent and caring service, working together to be the best for our patients? If so, we would be delighted to speak to you about these posts.

We are holding a couple of question and answer drop in virtual sessions with our senior residents and a new 1st year shift working pharmacist on Wednesday 8th January at 1230-1330 or 1900-2000 where you can ask them any questions about the role and their experiences.

Sign up here https://tinyurl.com/NUHB62024 to be sent an invite for the session, or use the joining links below.

Session 1: 1230-1330

https://tinyurl.com/NUHB62024S1

Session 2: 1900-2000

https://tinyurl.com/NUHB42024S2

To find out more about our hospitals, please visit our website.

Interviews will be face to face on 23rd, 24th & 27th January.

With over 19,000 staff,we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve.