Advanced Clinical Pharmacist – Community Health (Inpatient)
Band 7 Development role OR Band 8a
Main area: Pharmacy Dept., Prospect Park Hospital / Wokingham Hospital
Grade: Band 7 Development role OR Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours:
* Part time
* Job share
15 hours per week (2 days per week - Thursday and Friday)
Job ref: 371-TAP-CS1522
Site: Wokingham Hospital
Town: Wokingham
Salary: £46,148 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 05/02/2025 23:59
Are you a passionate pharmacist at Band 7 or 8a looking for a part-time opportunity and eager to progress your career?
Do you want to join a Trust rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC that prioritises staff wellbeing and professional development?
Join our Community Health Services Pharmacy Team, where you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality specialised pharmacy services to inpatient community health wards across Berkshire.
We are pleased to be able to offer this part-time role at Band 8a and as a development pathway for a Band 7 Pharmacist to progress to an 8a role. We’ll offer support and funding to obtain your postgraduate clinical pharmacy certificate and Independent Prescriber qualification.
The role includes:
* Participating in consultant-led ward rounds to support the medicines optimisation agenda
* Updating & reviewing guidelines to ensure safe, effective, and evidence-based use of medicines
* Collaborating with a friendly, multidisciplinary team to drive excellence in care
* Providing support to junior pharmacists in your team
You'd regularly cover two wards in Wokingham, and on occasion our other Berks based wards in Reading, Slough, Maidenhead & Newbury.
You’d work in our usual service hours of 9am–5pm, on Thursday and Friday, with participation in our team emergency duty commitment rota.
Applications for this role will be reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as vacancies may close early.
Main duties of the job
* Lead clinical pharmacy services for community health services (CHS) wards, ensuring medicines optimisation and safety
* Participate in ward rounds, medication chart reviews, and discharge planning, providing evidence-based prescribing advice
* Implement and monitor patient safety alerts, manage medication incidents, and promote a culture of safety
* Review and update Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), treatment guidelines, shared care protocols, and formulary content in line with Trust standards
* Mentor and supervise junior pharmacy staff, including pre-registration pharmacists and technicians
* Support the smooth running of pharmacy services
Working for our organisation
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
* Caring for and about you is our top priority
* Committed to providing good quality, safe services
* Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
* Flexible working options to support work-life balance
* 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
* Excellent learning and career development opportunities
* ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
* Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
* Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
* Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
* Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
* Free parking across Trust sites
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The “must haves” for this role:
* Postgraduate Certificate in clinical pharmacy (Band 7) or Postgraduate diploma or Master’s degree in clinical pharmacy (Band 8a)
* Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
* Experience in a general clinical/hospital pharmacy
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Elizabeth Francis on 07876217104 or email elizabeth.francis@berkshire.nhs.uk who’ll be delighted to help.
Please note, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
* Postgraduate Certificate in clinical pharmacy
* Postgraduate diploma or Master’s degree in clinical pharmacy (Band 8a)
* Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
* Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
* Independent prescriber
Continuous Professional Development
* Evidence of continuing professional development and compliance with the GPhC CPD on-line recording system to maintain fitness to practice
Previous Experience
* Substantial post-registration experience as a practising pharmacist
* Substantial experience in a general clinical / hospital pharmacy including ward-based clinical work
* Relevant experience and understanding of community services/settings
* Experience of chairing working groups and committees
* Experience of providing medicines-related information to patients / carers
* Experience in audit or project facilitation
* Experience in undergraduate and junior pharmacist/pre-registration training/teaching
* Experience of multidisciplinary team working
* Experience of line management and clinical supervision (Band 8a)
* Experience of service planning/development
* Experience of budget management
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
* Ability to critically appraise research and incorporate into practice
* Excellent oral and written communication skills
* Ability to influence, negotiate with and practice at senior and directorate level
* Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills to communicate confidently in all situations
* Demonstrates ability to organise and prioritise own workload
* Demonstrates awareness of and commitment to the Clinical Governance Agenda
* Keen to undertake self-development
* Ability to work alone and as part of a team
* Demonstrates an adequate level of emotional intelligence, able to empathise, support and be sensitive to the needs of others
* Demonstrates the ability to deal with, analyse and interpret and rationalise highly complex information in accordance/suitable for a variety of different stakeholders, including patients and carers
* Role model for junior pharmacists and pre-registration pharmacists
Additional Requirements
* Ability and willingness to travel across all Trust sites within the Berkshire Health economy
These are the values that we live by atBerkshire Healthcare:
* Caring for and about you is our top priority
* Committed to providing good quality, safe services
* working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Please find attached the behaviour framework that underpins these values for this job role.
At Berkshire Healthcare, we foster an inclusive workplace where everyone belongs.
We welcome talent from all backgrounds and offer guaranteed interviews to disabled applicants and armed forces community members who meet the minimum criteria.
Please note we may close positions before the advertised date.
Once you have applied, please check your email regularly for updates. All appointments are subject to NHS Employment Checks, and false information may result in withdrawal of offers.
No agencies, please.
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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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