Clinical Rotational Pharmacist

We are recruiting for a Clinical Rotational Pharmacist who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an award winning and expanding clinical pharmacy team and be part of our exciting future at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust!

You will be part of an innovative and progressive pharmacy team that puts patient care at the centre of everything we do.

You will develop and expand your clinical knowledge through a structured rotational program that will include specialities such as general medicine, cardiology, care of the elderly, frailty, stroke, paediatrics, obstetrics, general surgery, trauma / orthopaedics, urology, plastics / ENT, elective surgery, dispensary, aseptics, medicine information and our renowned renal team.

We will fund and support post graduate training including Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Practice followed by non-medical prescribing.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

To receive training and gain experience in all aspects of pharmacy practice by participating in a structured programme incorporating the following rotations plus study for the General Practice Diploma.

1. Dispensary, including clinical trials
2. Production
3. Clinical Services- respiratory, general surgery, paediatrics, orthopaedics, acute medicine, urology, vascular, ENT, renal, cardiology, elderly care and stroke

You will be committed to your own education and training and will supervise and check the work of pharmacy technicians, pharmacy assistants and other staff, as required.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

• Masters Degree MPharm (or equivalent)
• Competency assessed and examined professional registration with the GPhC
• Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice
• Able to undertake Diploma in Pharmacy Practice

Previous Experience

• Recent Hospital experience
• UK Pharmacy experience

Knowledge

• Reliable
• Accurate
• Able to work unsupervised
• Good time management
• Ability to use initiative
• Able to prioritise
• Team player

Skills

• Good basic clinical pharmacy
• Able to apply clinical knowledge at consultant level

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.