Are you an enthusiastic & experienced pharmacist looking for a career change & your next challenge?
Service innovation & Trust investment has created new pharmacist roles at the Trust to better enhance service delivery. You will be key in providing cross-site senior leadership & delivery of the clinical pharmacy service to the relevant division whilst taking on the responsibility of ensuring wider support to the Pharmacy Senior Leadership Team in the delivery & development of the clinical pharmacy service.
This post relates to the Surgical Division & is based at Colchester Hospital due to the presence of the Trust’s vascular service & the imminent opening of the brand new Elective Orthopaedic Centre. You will have the opportunity to use your skills & clinical expertise to model this new job role in accordance with the departmental vision.
In addition to our fully automated dispensaries we host one of the NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service medicines advice sites & the Regional Pharmacy Manufacturing Unit (including a brand new Aseptic facility).
This post can be offered as a 12 months secondment and will be based at Colchester Hospital however you will be expected to work cross-site.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Be the principal pharmacist for the Surgical Division, working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to ensure the optimal and cost-effective use of medicines across the division; minimising drug wastage and managing the use of high-cost medicines accordingly.
2. Provide an advanced level clinical pharmacy service to the Division in line with the Trust and pharmacy Key Performance Indicators, agreed clinical standards and medicines legislation.
3. Provide ongoing clinical support, leadership and guidance to pharmacy colleagues contributing to the clinical pharmacy service within the Surgical Division.
4. Develop clinical pharmacy input into the Surgical Division and provide departmental leadership into this specialty. This will involve close collaboration with colleagues from each hospital site to ensure cross-site consistency of practice within the specialty.
5. Take responsibility for delivering, managing and assisting in the development of clinical pharmacy services.
6. Be integral in the development of, and maintenance of, the digital medicines agenda within Pharmacy.
7. Deputise for the Assistant Chief Pharmacist at the Colchester hospital site.
Additional Information:
Please also note that, in order to streamline recruitment, this vacancy may expire prior to the advertised closing date so early application is recommended.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you. #J-18808-Ljbffr