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Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust
Location:
Exeter, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
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Yes
Job Reference:
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Job Views:
7
Posted:
14.03.2025
Expiry Date:
28.04.2025
Job Description:
Role Summary
To provide a high-quality specialist clinical pharmacy service to inpatients and outpatients in a designated clinical area. To be responsible for a specialist clinical area on a day-to-day basis and deputise and support the Lead Clinical Pharmacist for the directorate in their absence. To assist in the delivery of training and the development of members of the pharmacy clinical team, undergraduate pharmacy students, Foundation Year Pharmacists, and members of the wider MDT.
About the Role
Are you a Band 6 pharmacist ready to become a Band 7 Pharmacist? This role is a progression Band 6 to 7 position for those people thinking of taking the next step in their career by developing themselves in a specialist area whilst consolidating their practice in core rotational areas.
Main duties of the job
As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy, when they need it most. We are looking for an experienced pharmacist who is thinking of taking the next step in their career by developing themselves in a specialist area whilst consolidating their practice in core rotational areas. Ideally, you will have completed, or be on your way towards finishing your clinical diploma and have experience in a hospital pharmacy setting. Aspirations to develop as an independent prescriber and to gain experience across a variety of specialist clinical areas will also be required.
The Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital offers specialist rotations including Intensive Care, Respiratory & Cystic Fibrosis, Cardiology, Specialist Surgery, Trauma & Orthopaedics, Renal, Acute Stroke, Paediatrics & Neonates, Acute Medicine. The lead pharmacist for each of these areas will support you during the rotation and there will be opportunities to be involved in quality improvement and teaching as well as additional opportunities for mentoring and personal development within our expanding team.
Candidates are required to have a strong team approach, good communication skills, and show initiative whilst being a reliable and enthusiastic pharmacist. The post-holder will participate in on-call, weekend, late duty, and bank holiday rosters. Please note that in order to deliver a high standard of care to patients, the Pharmacy service operates 7 days a week and staff are therefore required to work some weekends as part of their contracted hours.
Working hours per week: Requirement to participate in 7-day working to include late duties, bank holidays, and weekend working.
Interview Date: Thursday 3
For further information please contact: Sajjad Kanani, Deputy Clinical Pharmacy Manager.
As an inclusive employer, the Royal Devon values diversity and is committed to creating a culture of inclusivity where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential.
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
About Us
Stretching across Northern, Eastern, and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 12,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 500,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist, and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies, and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
It has never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you will help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
If you are starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
Salary is not the only financial benefit. You will have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness, and leisure options, and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
* National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
* Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter.
* Car lease schemes.
* The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
* Cycle to work scheme.
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we would love to hear from you.
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