A Vacancy at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic pharmacist to lead and shape our paediatric and neonatal pharmacy service at Sherwood Forest Hospitals. This role offers opportunities for advanced practice development, leadership growth, and innovation.
You will collaborate with paediatricians to enhance services and deliver optimal pharmaceutical care for infants, children, and young people, whether acutely ill or managing long-term conditions.
Our inpatient service includes a 12-bed neonatal intensive care unit, two developing level-2 paediatric intensive care beds, and 27 paediatric inpatient beds. The paediatric and neonatal services are regionally and nationally recognized for patient-centred, innovative care.
This role offers the unique opportunity to provide ward-based pharmacy services to paediatric and neonatal clinical areas while also driving innovative improvements in line with governance, legislation, and cost-optimization goals. You will be at the forefront of enhancing pharmaceutical care and services for our youngest patients.
As the lead pharmacist, you will work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams to deliver high-quality care to paediatric and neonatal patients, guided by national, regional, and local directives. This is a chance to shape the future of pharmacy services within a dynamic and forward-thinking healthcare environment.
We are looking for a passionate and experienced pharmacist with exceptional communication skills, who holds or is nearing completion of a Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy. This role is perfect for a pharmacist eager to lead, innovate, and make a real difference in patient care.
Sherwood Forest Hospitals is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached
Further exciting developments in this specialism include the potential roll out of EPMA across the paediatric inpatient areas in the near future.
We actively encourage opportunities for research, service improvement, and pursuing postgraduate qualifications.
This advert closes on Sunday 27 Oct 2024
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