Specialist Rotational Pharmacist

Company Description

This post is based at St. Mary's Hospital, Parkhurst Rd, Newport PO30 5TG. Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Isle of Wight NHS Trust.

Job Description

Calling all Pharmacists! Are you ready to develop your knowledge, skills and pharmaceutical expertise? Have you thought about your next career step? Do you share the same passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care? We encourage Pharmacists of all skills to apply!

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust (IWT) welcomes you to join us on our journey towards this goal. IWT are thrilled to offer a fantastic opportunity to join our Pharmacy Team. We are recruiting Specialist Rotational Pharmacists (Band 7) where salary is negotiable depending on experience.

The Pharmacy Team based at St Mary's Hospital are energetic and forward looking, with a strong culture of patient safety and service quality. We believe in technology supporting excellent clinical practice and releasing time to care, with Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) having been embedded in practice for over 10 years. It is used creatively to enhance clinical practice with a fully integrated medicines management system that seamlessly interfaces EPMA with pharmacy dispensing, stock control, clinical area automated medicines cabinetry (Omnicell) and further robotics within the Pharmacy department.

You will get the chance to work in many clinical areas including our Emergency Department, Acute Assessment Unit, General Medicine, Stroke, Care of Older People, General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Oncology, Haematology and Hospice care.

Visits to our team are welcomed and we encourage you to spend the day with us; we will be able to support your travel costs.

Key Responsibilities

• You will work closely with the multidisciplinary team and attend Consultant-led ward rounds to inform and influence prescribing decisions.
• Participation in rotations providing support to Oncology/Haematology, frailty and older person care, Urgent and Emergency Services in addition to providing clinical pharmacy services across the Trust.
• Prescription monitoring and provision of pharmaceutical care plans ensuring the active involvement of patients and carers.
• Ensures the continuity of pharmaceutical care by provision of drug history, prescription monitoring, clinical monitoring of drugs and discharge planning.
• You will be supported to complete your foundation training as a pharmacist and develop your specialist skills in a range of clinical areas. This will help prepare you for future advanced-level practice.
• Be provided training to support your leadership and management skills.
• Be actively involved in the training and development of pharmacy team members, including practice and educational supervision roles.
• Be actively involved in the training and development of other health care professionals.
• Actively support medicines safety including supporting the investigation of medicines safety incidents.
• Provide line management support to pharmacy team members.
• Support in education and health promotion with patients and the public.
• Represent pharmacy in Trust meetings.
• Provide a core weekday service with some weekend and on-call duties.
• On-call pharmacist duties are undertaken from home and calls are first screened via the Trust Clinical Site Management Team to ensure they are appropriate.

We are looking for someone who:

• Puts patient care first.
• Will apply good clinical knowledge.
• Has strong teamworking and communication skills.
• Has good problem solving, time management and prioritisation skills.
• Has a strong commitment to learning and development of themselves and others.
• Is adaptable and resilient.

Additional Information

Isle of Wight is a tourist destination for many on the south coast. Whether your passion is the outdoors, with beaches, sailing, kite surfing, and hiking on our doorstep, or culture, the Isle of Wight has something for everyone. If you enjoy beautiful countryside and beaches that span a 70 mile coastline, coupled with a rich history of multiple architectures then this could be your perfect location.