Job summary
This is a great time to join our forward-thinking and innovative pharmacy team. We are developing our specialist pharmacist team and invite applications for bank pharmacists to support our out of hours and core pharmacy service.
You will have an impressive track record as an experienced clinical pharmacist, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. We offer a fulfilling role, in a friendly and collaborative department with opportunities for development.
Main duties of the job
You will provide the clinical pharmacy service in our dispensary and wards, ensuring the safe, clinical and cost effective use of medicines.
You will effectively communicate with the pharmacy team and healthcare professionals to provide quality care, education, clinical supervision and mentoring.
About us
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King's Lynn is West Norfolk has a superb unspoilt coastline with pretty villages, all with their own individual charm. The medieval port of King's Lynn has some very interesting architecture.
We provide a comprehensive range of specialist and general acute services to around 331,000 people across West and North Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire. We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers and approximately 500 beds on a single site. Some specialist services and clinics are provided in community facilities, such as the North Cambridgeshire hospital in Wisbech. We work in partnership with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services.
In February 2022 the QEH the Care Quality Commission rated the Trust as 'Good' in all of the core services they inspected, and recommended the Trust moves out of the recovery support system (formerly special measures).
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please access the attached Candidate Pack which introduces #TeamQE, our Pharmacy Department and the advantages of living and working in Kings Lynn/West Norfolk.
See the attached Job Description and person specification for further information about this role.
For an informal discussion about this post contact Ceinwen Mannall, Chief Pharmacist by email: ceinwen.mannall@qehkl.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please access the attached Candidate Pack which introduces #TeamQE, our Pharmacy Department and the advantages of living and working in Kings Lynn/West Norfolk.
See the attached Job Description and person specification for further information about this role.
For an informal discussion about this post contact Ceinwen Mannall, Chief Pharmacist by email: ceinwen.mannall@qehkl.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical or Technical Pharmacy or equivalent demonstrable experience
- Registered as a pharmacist with The General Pharmaceutical Council
- Working towards and will have completed Independent Prescribing qualification by commencement in post
Desirable
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- MSc in Clinical or Technical Pharmacy
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post-registration experience with substantial hospital experience
- Extensive experience providing a pharmacy clinical service to patients in a range of Emergency and Acute Care Specialties
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working
- Experience of implementing and/or reviewing policies, guidelines, PGDs or equivalent
Desirable
- Experience of managing the entry of new medicines into a hospital formulary
Skills ability and knowledge
Essential
- oAble to communicate effectively with a wide range of healthcare professionals and patients
- oAble to provide expert advice on the use of medicines to treat patients within a specialist area
- oAble to manage difficult or ambiguous situations
- oAble to prioritise and manage workload
- oAble to demonstrate an advanced level of reasoning and judgement
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- Highly specialised knowledge of the treatment of patients in a range of Emergency and Acute Care sub-specialties
- Knowledge of how the delivery of the clinical pharmacy service must meet the needs of local and national priorities
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
- Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical or Technical Pharmacy or equivalent demonstrable experience
- Registered as a pharmacist with The General Pharmaceutical Council
- Working towards and will have completed Independent Prescribing qualification by commencement in post
Desirable
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- MSc in Clinical or Technical Pharmacy
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post-registration experience with substantial hospital experience
- Extensive experience providing a pharmacy clinical service to patients in a range of Emergency and Acute Care Specialties
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working
- Experience of implementing and/or reviewing policies, guidelines, PGDs or equivalent
Desirable
- Experience of managing the entry of new medicines into a hospital formulary
Skills ability and knowledge
Essential
- oAble to communicate effectively with a wide range of healthcare professionals and patients
- oAble to provide expert advice on the use of medicines to treat patients within a specialist area
- oAble to manage difficult or ambiguous situations
- oAble to prioritise and manage workload
- oAble to demonstrate an advanced level of reasoning and judgement
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- Highly specialised knowledge of the treatment of patients in a range of Emergency and Acute Care sub-specialties
- Knowledge of how the delivery of the clinical pharmacy service must meet the needs of local and national priorities
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).
