Job summary
Clinical Pharmacist - Rotational
Division: Cancer and Core Clinical Services
Band: 7
Interview: 21st March 2024
We are recruiting for a Clinical Pharmacist - Rotational who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best Peopleand has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
The overaching goal of this position is to provide a comprehensive, high quality and compassionate pharmaceutical service to patients at Medway Hospital. The post holder will promote the safe, cost effective and rational use of drug therapy to provide optimal patient care whilst participating in education and training and supervision of other staff, as appropriate.
This is position is for a enthusiastic and passionate pharmacists to be a part of a team of 8 other rotational pharmacists. Clinical rotations are usually 6 - 9 months in length and are tailored to the individual pharmacist and service needs. Examples of rotations include acute medicine, cardiology, frailty, surgery, paediatrics, oncology and critical care.
In addition to a core clinical rotation, the post holder will gain experience in taking on additional areas of responsibility including: aseptic services, clinical governance, medicines safety, research, audit, homecare, medicines finance, medicines optimisation and antimicrobials. We support training for the clinical pharmacy deploma and the independent prescribing course.
About us
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of theBest of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
B - Bold
E - Every person counts
S - Sharing and open
T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Refer to the job description.
The overaching goal of this position is to provide a comprehensive, high quality and compassionate pharmaceutical service to patients at Medway Hospital. The post holder will promote the safe, cost effective and rational use of drug therapy to provide optimal patient care whilst participating in education and training and supervision of other staff, as appropriate.
This is position is for a enthusiastic and passionate pharmacists to be a part of a team of 8 other rotational pharmacists. Clinical rotations are usually 6 9 months in length and are tailored to the individual pharmacist and service needs. Examples of rotations include acute medicine, cardiology, frailty, surgery, paediatrics, oncology and critical care.
In addition to a core clinical rotation, the post holder will gain experience in taking on additional areas of responsibility including: aseptic services, clinical governance, medicines safety, research, audit, homecare, medicines finance, medicines optimisation and antimicrobials. We support training for the clinical pharmacy deploma and the independent prescribing course.
We welcome pharmacists from any background and are experienced in providing developmental training. We will consider band 6 to 7 progression opportunities for the right candidate. Our goal is to support our clinical pharmacists to develop into strong band 8a specialist clinical pharmacists and beyond within the department.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Refer to the job description.
The overaching goal of this position is to provide a comprehensive, high quality and compassionate pharmaceutical service to patients at Medway Hospital. The post holder will promote the safe, cost effective and rational use of drug therapy to provide optimal patient care whilst participating in education and training and supervision of other staff, as appropriate.
This is position is for a enthusiastic and passionate pharmacists to be a part of a team of 8 other rotational pharmacists. Clinical rotations are usually 6 9 months in length and are tailored to the individual pharmacist and service needs. Examples of rotations include acute medicine, cardiology, frailty, surgery, paediatrics, oncology and critical care.
In addition to a core clinical rotation, the post holder will gain experience in taking on additional areas of responsibility including: aseptic services, clinical governance, medicines safety, research, audit, homecare, medicines finance, medicines optimisation and antimicrobials. We support training for the clinical pharmacy deploma and the independent prescribing course.
We welcome pharmacists from any background and are experienced in providing developmental training. We will consider band 6 to 7 progression opportunities for the right candidate. Our goal is to support our clinical pharmacists to develop into strong band 8a specialist clinical pharmacists and beyond within the department.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's degree in Pharmacy and registered with GPhC as a Pharmacist in the UK (or eligble to be)
- Diploma fully complete (1 point) only party complete or certificate only (1 point)
Experience
Essential
- 12 months of post qualification experience within pharmacy
- Hospital pharmacy experience
- Evidence of MDT working
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of good core therapeutic knowledge
- Evidence of Understanding of medicines management
- Demonstrates an understanding of medicines safety
Skills
Essential
- Evidence of excellent communication skills (verbal and written) with healthcare professionals and patients.
- Methodical and able to prioritise workload
- Evidence of leading/mentoring/coaching
- Demonstrates problem solving
Values Based Question
Essential
- Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a 'can do' attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's degree in Pharmacy and registered with GPhC as a Pharmacist in the UK (or eligble to be)
- Diploma fully complete (1 point) only party complete or certificate only (1 point)
Experience
Essential
- 12 months of post qualification experience within pharmacy
- Hospital pharmacy experience
- Evidence of MDT working
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of good core therapeutic knowledge
- Evidence of Understanding of medicines management
- Demonstrates an understanding of medicines safety
Skills
Essential
- Evidence of excellent communication skills (verbal and written) with healthcare professionals and patients.
- Methodical and able to prioritise workload
- Evidence of leading/mentoring/coaching
- Demonstrates problem solving
Values Based Question
Essential
- Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a 'can do' attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome
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).
