The pharmacy department within Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust are looking for Pharmacist colleagues who are enthusiastic and keen to develop their skills further in the Community Hospitals setting.
For those Band 6 Pharmacist colleagues who are looking to progress to a Band 7 role but require a little more support or do not have Hospital backgrounds, at KCHFT we would like to support you with this aspiration by offering the right applicant a Band 6 to 7 progressive post.
We are committed to developing our staff and offer support to complete the post graduate clinical diploma and independent prescribing courses.
We are looking for resilient Pharmacists who are willing to work across our community hospitals in Kent and thrive on the variety of work a community Trust brings.
If you think you have the necessary skills and qualities, are adaptable, work well both in a team as well as lone working where necessary then we would love to hear from you.
We can offer full time or part time hours; these can be negotiated.
As part of the Pharmacy team, you will be responsible for providing safe and effective medicines optimisation services to a number of community hospital sites in person and remotely.
You will develop an expertise in the optimisation of medicines in frailty, working with multidisciplinary teams to ensure that we achieve the best medicines related outcomes for the patients we serve.
Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences
We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission
The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both
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The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
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This advert closes on Sunday 17 Nov 2024