Specialist Clinical Pharmacist – Acute Medicine & Training

Job summary

We are looking to recruit a confident, dynamic, highly motivated clinical pharmacist with excellent communication skills to cover an anticipated period of maternity leave for the current post-holder (8 months).

The Pharmacy Department is committed to the strategy of developing and growing its own workforce. The individual will join the team who co-ordinate the education and training programme for all pharmacy staff, ensuring they undertake the appropriate induction and relevant maintenance of competence on an ongoing basis. The post is ideal for those who want to use their clinical skills daily and have a strong interest in developing staff. It is an excellent opportunity to further develop both clinical and leadership skills.

Main duties of the job

The post is split 50:50 between the provision of clinical duties and staff development.You will work alongside the lead pharmacist for education and training.

• Assisting the planning and delivery of the Trainee Pharmacist Foundation programme at the Trust.
• Developing newly qualified pharmacists undertaking the Medicines Management Diploma.
• Acting as a professional role model and mentor in clinical pharmacy practice to trainees and newly qualified pharmacists / technicians.
• Effectively contributing to the training of other pharmacy staff and health care professionals.

The post holder will assist the divisional lead pharmacists in delivering a pharmacy service to acute medical patients. You will have a vital role assessing patients' drug therapy, recommending optimal treatment, monitoring effectiveness of treatment, and acting as the ward-based focus for medicines advice for doctors, nurses, and patients.

Previous experience in staff development is desirable but not essential as full support and training will be provided. You should have qualified hospital pharmacist experience, excellent communication skills and hold, or be expecting to complete within the next few months a Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy.

This person would be expected to support late night, weekend, and bank holiday working.

About us

Thank you for your interest in this role.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care and have ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands in a recent survey. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work for the organisation, and we were the Health Service Journals Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark and Mansfield Community Hospitals as Good. Overall, we were rated Outstanding for care.

Trust Pharmacy services are centred in a modern, state of the art hospital on the King's Mill site, which provides excellent facilities for patients and staff. Our modern dispensary and stores are automated and allow supply of medicines via remote connection. Our ethos over recent years has been to provide Pharmacy services close to patients and make the best use of the skills of our staff. Please get in contact to have a chat if you think this is the post for you.

We would love for you to come and join us.