Advanced Specialist Pharmacist – Rehabilitation and Recovery
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Do you like the variety of clinical conditions encountered in within the rehabilitation setting? Do you hold, or are you eligible to undertake the Independent Prescribing qualification? Do you enjoy team working?
If your answer is yes to any of the above, then we have an exciting opportunity available within our Pharmacy Department at The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford (PRH), for a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist working collaboratively with Shropshire Community Health Trust within the rehabilitation and recovery setting based on SaTH premises. This is a brand new role within our Trust where we are looking to provide a new service to our patients who require input in the rehabilitation and recovery setting, working as part of a strong clinical pharmacy team focused on this point in the patient's journey.
This post may be offered under Annex 21 AfC Terms & Conditions or as a progressional post, subject to experience, competency and suitability.
In place already we have a team including a dedicated Pharmacy Technician and Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer, and we are seeking to complete this team by recruiting a motivated, innovative, clinically driven Pharmacist who wants to make a difference.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will:
* Work collaboratively with Shropshire Community Health Trust to support the patients within rehabilitation and recovery setting.
* Be a highly specialised clinical pharmacist delivering a high level to clinical pharmacy input for those patients within rehabilitation and recovery setting.
* Work as an independent prescriber to optimise medicine regimes for those patients within rehabilitation and recovery setting.
* Be lead pharmacist regarding the day-to-day delivery of a consistently high clinical pharmacy service for those patients within rehabilitation and recovery setting, including daily ward visits, participation in consultant ward rounds and teaching of medical, nursing and less experienced pharmacy staff.
* Lead the development of Clinical Pharmacy standards across the Trust for those patients within rehabilitation and recovery setting.
* Be a clinical co-ordinator or tutor for the Keele University Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy.
About us
Our Pharmacy vision is:
To provide a responsive and integrated Pharmacy service that gives outstanding patient centred care and is underpinned by a culture of innovation, safety and compassion.
We're looking for people who want to help us achieve this vision, who will help us make a difference.
What can SaTH Pharmacy offer you?
* Patient focused service
* Supportive and friendly team
* Opportunities for personal development
* A department open to new ways of working
What can working collaboratively across the Integrated Care System within the rehabilitation and recovery setting offer you?
* To be part of a newly developed service; redesigned to support patient flow.
* To work with a clinical team who are advocates for the role of the Pharmacy Profession within the Service.
* An opportunity to make a huge difference in the patient's journey at a pivotal time.
What can SaTH offer you?
* To be part of a trust embarking on a transformational journey.
* A supportive environment to enable further development of your career and your skills.
* A developing trust with recent substantial financial investment to develop the facilities and services.
* Access to our Leadership Academy.
We believe in ensuring our patients have a positive experience of care. Join the team and help us to create the best possible outcomes for our patients.
Job responsibilities
For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Honours Degree in Pharmacy / MPharm
* Registration with the GPhC as a pharmacist
* Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice or equivalent (completed both year 1 and year 2)
* Non Medical Prescriber
* Member of the Pharmaceutical Society
Experience
* Relevant post registration experience in hospital pharmacy
* Experience of supervision of staff
* Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
* Experience of training of pre-reg pharmacists and junior staff
* Experience in writing policies/guidelines
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.
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum/pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working, Compressed hours, Term time hours, Annualised hours
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