James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Applications welcomed from trainee pharmacists looking to join the register in 2025
Are you a trainee pharmacist looking for a job in a friendly, supportive and exciting clinical environment?
At the James Paget University Hospital, we pride ourselves on our experienced and supportive clinical pharmacy team who can help to support and nurture you in the early stages of your career as a hospital pharmacist. With close ties to the UEA School of Pharmacy, as well as funded positions on both the Newly Qualified Pharmacist Programme (NQP) and the integrated prescribing diploma -NQPIP courses, you will have access to a high quality postgraduate teaching and qualifications. Thanks to a recent successful recruitment drive, we are developing a team of pharmacists with a wealth of knowledge and experience as well as developing innovative clinical roles. As a department, we are focusing on adapting and modernising our clinical service in line with our new hospital rebuild starting in 2025 and the Norfolk and Waveney Acute Trusts's joint Electronic Patient Record (EPR) project. If you are keen to rapidly progress your career, then this is the hospital for you. We invest in our staff to allow them to grow and to take on more senior roles and opportunities if desired.
Main duties of the job
* Providing a clinical pharmacy ward-based service with the opportunity to care for patients in a wide range of specialities which may include emergency medicine, surgery, cardiology, intensive care, gastroenterology, paediatrics, frailty, oncology/haematology and respiratory.
* Clinical verification and accuracy checking of prescriptions including in patient, outpatient and discharge prescriptions.
* Giving advice to medical, nursing, other healthcare staff and patients on all aspects of the safe & effective use of medicines.
* Facilitating medicines reconciliation, discharge planning, and patient counselling assisted by our team of pharmacy technicians.
We are keen to support flexible working opportunities where possible and if you would like to discuss a specific working pattern to suit your work/life balance or a multi-role career then please contact us to discuss this.
Our hospital is an amazing place to work and we would welcome the opportunity to talk to you about joining our team here on England's east coast.
About us
As a teaching hospital, we are part of the University of East Anglia Medical School and have good links with the University of East Anglia School of Pharmacy.
The east coast is a great place to live:
* Located 5 minutes from Gorleston Beach, with 3 miles of golden sands rated by Tripadvisor as the best beach in the UK and ranked in the top 10% of attractions worldwide.
* Located near the Broads National Park, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty consisting of over 200km of waterways which provides access to activities including boating, kayaking and paddleboarding.
* Transport links to the city of Norwich, named by the Sunday Times as one of the UK's best places to live.
What we can offer you:
* We're a 450-bed district general hospital. Through the national NHS Staff Survey, our staff value our commitment to flexible working, and feel engaged and involved in how services operate.
* NHS Terms and Conditions including generous annual leave.
* A range of training and development opportunities.
* Research opportunities.
* Adopting and working towards a Just Culture approach.
* Affordable local property prices.
* Relocation package may be available.
* On-site crèche.
* On-site accommodation.
* On-site staff car park.
* Excellent staff canteen.
* Salary sacrifice scheme available for cars.
* Uniform fully provided.
Our vision is to provide safe, high quality services delivered with courtesy and respect.
Job responsibilities
For a full list of duties and responsibilities, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualification
* Masters in Pharmacy or equivalent degree.
* Registered with GPhC.
Experience
* Completion or near completion of foundation pharmacist year.
* Previous hospital pharmacy experience.
* Post-registration experience - any sector.
Skills
* Strong communication skills - oral and written.
* Able to work as part of a team or as an individual with a flexible approach to duties.
* Articulate and Numerate.
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.
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