A Vacancy at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Are you a passionate pharmacist at Band 7 or 8a eager for the opportunity to gain further qualification and progress your career?
Do you want to join a Trust rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC that prioritises staff wellbeing and professional development?
Join ourCommunity Health Services Pharmacy Team, where you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering high quality specialised pharmacy services to inpatient community health wards across Berkshire.
We are pleased to be able to offer this role at Band 8a and as a development pathway for a Band 7 Pharmacist to progress into an 8a role. We’ll offer support and funding to obtain your postgraduate clinical pharmacy certificate and Independent Prescriber qualification.
The role includes:
• Participating in consultant-led ward rounds to support the medicines optimisation agenda
• Updating & reviewing guidelines to ensure safe, effective, and evidence-based use of medicines
• Collaborating with a friendly, multidisciplinary team to drive excellence in care.
• Providing support to junior pharmacists in your team
You’d regularly cover two wards in Wokingham, on occasion working in our other Berks based wards in Reading, Slough, Maidenhead & Newbury.
You’d work our usual service hours of9am–5pm, Monday to Friday, with participation in our team emergency duty commitment rota.
Applications for this role will be reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as vacancies may close early.
• Lead clinical pharmacy services for community health services (CHS) wards, ensuring medicines optimisation and safety
• Participate in ward rounds, medication chart reviews, and discharge planning, providing evidence-based prescribing advice.
• Implement and monitor patient safety alerts, manage medication incidents, and promote a culture of safety.
• Review and update Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) treatment guidelines, shared care protocols, and formulary content in line with Trust standards.
• Mentor and supervise junior pharmacy staff, including pre-registration pharmacists and technicians.
• Support the smooth running of pharmacy services.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
• Free parking across Trust sites
The“must haves”for this role:
• Pharmacy Honours degree (BPharm or MPharm)
• Postgraduate Certificate in clinical pharmacy (Band 7) or Postgraduate diploma or Master’s degree in clinical pharmacy (Band 8a)
• Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
• Experience in a general clinical/hospital pharmacy
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Elizabeth Francis on 07876217104 or emailelizabeth.francis@berkshire.nhs.ukwho’ll be delighted to help.
Please note, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
This advert closes on Monday 9 Dec 2024
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