Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Pharmacist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 825-6229508-OPS-C
- Employer
- Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bishops Castle Community Hospital
- Town
- Bishops Castle
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Pharmacist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and above all values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicant who require a visa to work in the UK, providing the role you’ve been recruited to meets the requirements set by the Home Office.
From 4 April 2024 overseas workers requiring a general Skilled Worker Visa (such as data analysts, IT and finance professionals, etc) but sponsored by an NHS organisation will need to meet the new salary threshold of £38,700. In addition, applications to the Health and Care Visa route for those occupations paid by NHS bands that are on the immigration salary, a list of skilled jobs which have lower salary requirements, will need to meet the national pay scale for their role or the new minimum salary threshold of £23,200 (whichever is higher). We advise that you check that the role you wish to apply for meets the requirement for sponsorship before applying.
Further guidance on eligible roles can be found here- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list
https://www.gov.uk/health-care-worker-visa/different-salary-requirements
Job overview
The Trust is offering a £3000 (pro rata) recruitment incentive to a registered Pharmacist new to the trust at Bishops Castle Community Hospital. This incentive is subject to meeting eligibility criteria and terms and conditions, it does not apply to bank roles. For more information please contact the recruitment team.
Are you keen to develop your knowledge as well as your clinical and leadership skills in a community hospital setting? Why not come and join our friendly, supportive pharmacy team.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic Band 7 Clinical Pharmacist to support our community hospital, based in Bishops Castle. This permanent position is for 22.5 hours a week, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. No weekend, bank holiday or on call working and no parking charges. If you wish to discuss the hours and working pattern, please contact us.
You will work with one of our experienced pharmacy technicians and will be supported by our Lead Pharmacist for Community Hospitals and MIUs.
We are a team that is committed to the development of services and staff and strive for high standards of patient care. The post is stimulating, exciting and comes with responsibility that will appeal to career-minded individuals. We have already funded all our band 7’s to complete their independent prescribing qualification, therefore, if you do not already hold this, we will be committed in supporting you with this.
Main duties of the job
Full training will be offered, and you will be given opportunities to shadow another Pharmacist as part of your induction, this could be at Bishops Castle or an alternative site. Once trained, you will be rostered with one of our experienced Pharmacy Technicians. All of our medicines are externally sourced, this means there is very little on site dispensing required, this allows you the time you need to undertake clinical checks to ensure patient safety is maintained.
- To support the delivery of an effective and efficient medicines management service to the Community Hospitals and other clinical teams by working closely with the wider multi-disciplinary team across SCHT.
- To ensure service compliance with medicines legislation, in particular controlled drugs legislation.
- To provide input into policy, procedures, audit and research affecting the use of pharmaceuticals at SCHT sites where appropriate.
- To liaise with our out-sourced pharmacy supply function, to ensure provision of an effective dispensing and supply service.
- To support the training and development agenda for clinical practitioners and non-medical prescribing practitioners at SCHT where appropriate.
- To provide holiday or study leave cover for other pharmacists and deputise for them at meetings.
- To provide clinical supervision of pharmacy technicians.
- Will work as a Non-Medical Prescriber or be willing to work towards completing their NMP qualification.
Working for our organisation
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see further information on the attached document entitled job description and person specification.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment. We will not accept candidates via an agency route.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Master’s Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent.
- Registered with the GPhC.
- NMP Independent Prescribing Qualification or willing to work towards achieving.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate the ability to appropriately recommend, substantiate and communicate medicine related information to clinical staff and patients and service leads.
- Monitoring and advising on drug expenditure.
- To have undertaken clinical audit.
- Training and education.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Clinical and critical appraisal skills.
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills.
- Able to work as part of a wider team with medical and non-medical staff.
- Communicates with medical, nursing and pharmacy staff in clear precise and appropriate manner.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Victoria Price
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacist for Community Hospitals and MIUs.
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07773 654809
- Additional information
Interviews will be held in June 2024
For further details or to request an informal visit contact:
Vicky Price, Lead Pharmacist for Community Hospitals and MIUs
[email protected]
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