Company Description
This post is based at St. Mary's Hospital, Parkhurst Rd, Newport PO30 5TG. Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Isle of Wight NHS Trust.
Job Description
Band 8a: £53,755 to £60,504 per annum. Permanent opportunities for up to full-time working if desired. We are recruiting a pharmacist who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS.
We have a rewarding opportunity for an enthusiastic and self-motivated pharmacist with well-developed interpersonal skills and leadership experience to join our friendly and innovative pharmacy team at St Mary’s Hospital on the beautiful Isle of Wight. If that's you, apply today!
The Pharmacy department which is based out of St Mary’s Hospital is energetic and forward looking, with a strong culture of patient safety and service quality. We believe in technology supporting excellent clinical practice and releasing time to care, with electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA) embedded in practice across the Trust and used creatively to enhance clinical practice. This is along with a fully integrated medicines management system which interfaces EPMA seamlessly with dispensing, stock control, and automation/robotics throughout the Trust.
About us:
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is the only integrated acute and ambulance healthcare provider in the UK. We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.
Working for the Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, great discounts at local businesses and leisure centres, and the opportunity to use the Trust's beach hut in Ryde. We also offer many flexible working opportunities, so speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.
Who our opportunity is for and summary of person specification:
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated clinical pharmacist to provide leadership within the pharmacy team and across the Trust in clinical areas as required. Working with internal and external stakeholders whilst accountable to the Trust Chief Pharmacist.
Key responsibilities will be:
* Leading, co-ordinating, delivering and developing clinical services
* Development of policies, procedures, guidelines, risk assessments and audits.
* Promoting a culture of medicines safety to minimise harm, optimising learning from incidents and responding to safety alerts.
* Supervising, training, and supporting the development of pharmacy staff and other health care professionals.
Qualifications
Essential criteria:
* Master of Pharmacy or equivalent
* Current Pharmacist registration with the GPhC
* Post-graduate diploma or equivalent experience
* Significant experience of working in a pharmaceutical environment
* Significant clinical pharmacy knowledge and experience
* Knowledge of national guidelines relating to medicines and pharmaceutical practice
* Specialist knowledge and experience in clinical setting(s)
Desirable criteria for employment:
* Independent prescribing qualification
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Health Care Provider
Industries
Hospitals and Health Care
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