Band 7
Main area
Senior Clinical Pharmacist
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
343-NN-6533435-HSS-AG-B
Site
Epsom Hospital
Town
Epsom
Salary
£51,883 - £58,544 Pro-rata pa inc Outer (HCAS)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
24/11/2024 23:59
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Job overview
We are looking for an experienced clinical pharmacist, based at Epsom to undertake this ward-based role in our Acute Medical Admissions unit.
You will manage the pharmacy team in this challenging area, guiding and mentoring the ward-based medicines management technicians, leading audits and projects to improve standards related to medicines management and decrease wastage within the Trust. You will also support more junior pharmacists in the development of their clinical and ward-based skills with a particular focus on Medicines Reconciliation and working within the multi-disciplinary ward team.
You must have excellent communication and prioritisation skills and like to work in a busy ward environment.
Main duties of the job
To be a senior pharmacist to lead in the developments of pharmaceutical services at admission clinical areas, assisting the Deputy Chief Pharmacist, Clinical Services in developing Medicines Reconciliation processes within the Trust.
To assist in the provision of a comprehensive and efficient pharmaceutical service in accordance with required standards of quality and professional practice.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
In the full job description, you will see clearly the full range of duties within these roles that will enable you to work as part of the pharmacy team and with the clinicians and ward-based teams to provide patient-focused, individual care for our patients. Tell us in your application how you meet the criteria in the attached person specification.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
* Post registration UK hospital experience (min 18 months)
* Experience of providing services to a broad variety of patients
* Demonstrate evidence of good clinical knowledge and skills.
Desirable criteria
* Management of staff/ Staff appraisal
* Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent
Skills
Essential criteria
* Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
* Good organisational skills, self and others.
* Ability to motivate self and others
* Demonstrate evidence of excellent clinical knowledge and skills.
Desirable criteria
* Ability to manage change
* Familiarity with CMM (formerly JAC) Pharmacy Computer System
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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