We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated pharmacists to join our team providing services at ward level and within the pharmacy department. The posts are fixed term for a period of 4 months (May to August 2025). You should be a keen learner, passionate about your clinical development, and able to communicate well at all levels.
You will gain exposure and experience in a variety of clinical areas which may include general medicine, surgery, endocrinology, care of the elderly, fractured neck of femur, technical services, and medicine information.
You will undertake a comprehensive induction programme within the pharmacy department when you join us to ensure you settle quickly into the role and department; this will include a general introduction to pharmacy at PAHT, completion of logs for checking, coordinating, medicine reconciliation, IP, and TTA validation. You will have the opportunity to work and learn with experienced pharmacists on our acute assessment unit and frailty ward, whilst being supported throughout by our pharmacy education and training team and your line manager.
We actively support the development of our team to ensure they learn and grow with us.
As Part Of The Pharmacy Team You Will:
* Work to provide a dispensary-based Pharmacy service to select, dispense, validate, and check in-patient, out-patient, and discharge prescriptions as well as counselling patients.
* Take part in the provision of clinical services to all wards at Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust as well as other trusts to which pharmacy provides a service - monitor prescriptions at ward level and offer advice to Doctors, Nurses, and other healthcare professionals.
* Provide support to our Medicine Information Service as well as our Technical Service Unit.
* Maintain registration as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council and act in accordance with the code of ethics.
Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient, and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford, and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt, and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise To Our Patients As Identified By Our 3 Values Which Will Contribute To Improving Our Patient Experiences:
* Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts.
* Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both.
* Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills, and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care.
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence, and in return, we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Victoria Thompson
Job title: Lead Pharmacist Education and Training
Email address: victoria.thompson18@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01279 978260
Moira Durdy
Deputy Chief Pharmacist
Email: moira.durdy@nhs.net
Telephone: 01279 973076
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