Clinical Pharmacist (Rotational)

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

About
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. We also provide some specialist services for a wider population, including renal services in Medway and Maidstone and a cardiac service for all of Kent based at William Harvey Hospital, Ashford.

Our Vision and Values
We have a national and international reputation for delivering high quality specialist care, particularly in cancer, kidney disease, stroke and vascular services. We value and pursue excellence in research and innovation. Our Trust has been ranked first in Kent for clinical research studies, as well as consistently recruiting high numbers of patients into research trials.

As a teaching Trust we play a vital role in the education and training of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, working closely with local universities and Kings College University in London.

We’re on an exciting journey of transformation, with a new Medical School at the centre of our community, a focus on research, clinical leadership and making our trust a rewarding and friendly place to work, there’s never been a better time to join us.

Key Details
Location: Trustwide, Kent
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Main area: Pharmacist

Job Overview
We are looking for a pharmacist to join our growing clinical pharmacy team who wants to develop their clinical skills in a variety of clinical specialities. There will be opportunity to help manage students and trainee pharmacists develop. Each rotation has set clinical objectives that are set by your line manager that will be reviewed at each rotation to ensure that progress is being made. Rotations include but are not exhaustive; acute, general and specialist medicine, general surgery, paediatrics/medicines info and external rotations to our local Adult and Paediatric Mental Services.

Applicants must be registered with the GPhC, have good written and oral communication skills, the ability to apply evidence/guidelines to practice and be aware of their own limitations and can refer to others for advice when necessary. Time management and prioritisation are also important skills for this role.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in 'supporting documents'.

The ability to converse easily and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for all customer facing roles. Most positions require a Disclosure and Barring check and will be exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Posts working regularly or unsupervised with children or vulnerable adults require an enhanced check.

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.

Person Specification
Qualification

• Pharmacy Degree
• Completed or completing pre-reg year

• Completion of preregistration year as per GPhC requirements.
• Participation in Audit
• Basic understanding of Pharmacy Practice

• Good communication skills, verbal, written and electronic.
• Negotiation skills.
• Good presentation skills
• Good analytical skills able to access and abstract data from relevant and sometimes complex sources.

• Aware of trust values

Further Details / Informal Visits Contact
Name: Rebecca Morgan
Job title: Lead Pharmacist Clinical Operations & Workforce
Email address: rebecca.morgan@ekhuft.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 07580 410513