Practice Development Pharmacist

Are you an experienced Clinical Pharmacist with a passion for Pharmacy who’s looking for a role where you can continue to grow and use your clinical expertise alongside developing your passion for supporting the education and training of Pharmacy staff?

Are you ready for transformation, change, and improvement, as we look to redesign what the pharmacy roles will look like in the future in line with the changes to Pharmacy education and training, alongside the current workforce challenges in secondary care?

We are looking for someone with significant experience of clinical Pharmacy who wants to pass on their experience by training and developing our team, in particular foundation and early career pharmacists. Being out on the wards with Pharmacists helping them to deliver a Pharmacy service that is high quality, safe, and improve patient outcomes. We are willing to discuss progressional positions (Band 7 to 8a) for those candidates with less experience than desired for the post.

We need someone who will be a role model for pharmacy, having strong leadership, organisational and training / coaching skills.

A relocation package of up to £8000 is available for those relocating to the area (please contact us for more details).

• Responsible for the delivery of the pharmacy education and training programme.
• Managing the training foundation pharmacists.
• Acting as a clinical tutor for early career pharmacists.
• Support the training of pharmacy technicians.
• Support the education of other healthcare professionals on medication related issues.
• Opportunity to explore teaching opportunities at the University of East Anglia School of Pharmacy.

You will also undertake other duties expected of Senior Pharmacists such as providing clinical, professional and mentoring support to our junior pharmacists and ward-based technicians to deliver a smooth service for patients, including a small proportion of your time providing a clinical service.

As a teaching hospital, we are part of the University of East Anglia Medical School and have good links with the University of East Anglia School of Pharmacy.

The East Coast Is a Great Place To Live

• Located 5 minutes from Gorleston Beach, with 3 miles of golden sands rated by Tripadvisor as the 8th best beach in the UK and ranked in the top 10% of attractions worldwide.
• Located near the Broads National Park, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty consisting of over 200km of waterways which provides access to activities including boating, kayaking and paddleboarding.
• Transport links to the city of Norwich, named by the Sunday Times as one of the UK’s best places to live.

What we can offer you:

• Based on the sunrise coast covering Norfolk and Waveney communities.
• CQC rated “good” 450 bedded hospital, highly rated in the NHS Staff survey.
• New hospital in development.
• NHS Terms and Conditions including generous annual leave.
• Flexible working including working patterns/hours.
• Wellbeing support community.
• A range of training and development opportunities.
• Research opportunities.
• Adopting and working towards a Just Culture approach.
• Affordable local property prices.
• Relocation package may be available.
• On-site crèche.
• On-site accommodation.
• On-site staff car park.
• Excellent staff canteen.
• Salary sacrifice scheme available for cars.
• Uniform fully provided.

Our vision is to provide safe, high quality services delivered with courtesy and respect.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Gemma McGuigan
Job title: Deputy Chief Pharmacist
Email address: Gemma.McGuigan@jpaget.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 01493 452392