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Pharmacy Undergraduate Summer Placement

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Division: Cancer and Core Clinical Services

Care Group: Diagnostics and Therapies

Band: 2

Salary: £23,615 per annum/pro rata

Please note this is Fixed term for 8 weeks

We are recruiting for a Pharmacy Undergraduate who shares our ambition and vision to deliver theBest 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

Our pharmacy department is friendly and progressive. We look forward to welcoming summer students for eight week placements in June 2025.

Students will be exposed to a range of clinical areas, as well as working in the dispensary and getting involved with project work as opportunities arise. This will be a broad and exciting introduction to hospital pharmacy.

The post holder will support the undertaking of various projects/audits, whilst also being given the opportunity to shadow clinical pharmacists on the wards.

During this placement, you will get little taster sessions across a range of pharmacy areas including homecare services, medicines management, aseptic services and dispensary.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

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.

Date posted

03 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£23,615 a year per annum/pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

8 weeks

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

275-2502USPP-2

Job locations

Pharmacy Department, Medway NHS Foundation Trust

Windmill Road

Gillingham

ME7 5NY

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will needgood interpersonal and communication skills, be well organised and committed. You must be an undergraduate pharmacy student studying on an MPharm programme. Whilst students from all years are welcome to apply, third year undergraduates will be prioritised in order to support them with their Oriel applications for Foundation Training.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

A levels (at least two sciences) or equivalent
Be undertaking a Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) Degree - ideally third year students but applications from lower years are welcomed

Experience

Essential

Previous pharmacy placement experience (including placements organised via university)
IT literacy including core Office programs

Knowledge

Essential

Pharmacy knowledge appropriate to students place in degree programme

Values Based Question

Essential

How would you ensure you represent MFT in a positive way?

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

A levels (at least two sciences) or equivalent
Be undertaking a Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) Degree - ideally third year students but applications from lower years are welcomed

Experience

Essential

Previous pharmacy placement experience (including placements organised via university)
IT literacy including core Office programs

Knowledge

Essential

Pharmacy knowledge appropriate to students place in degree programme

Values Based Question

Essential

How would you ensure you represent MFT in a positive way?

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).

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