Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacist
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekend working 1 in 8, on call and late night duties)
- Job ref
- 251-FCSS6217-TCP
- Employer
- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital
- Town
- Basingstoke
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Transitional Care Pharmacist
Band 7
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
Job overview
Dear Candidate,
Thank you for your interest in this post and for taking time to read this information pack.
We are in the fortunate position to offer an exciting opportunity to work with our teams at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital and the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester. This role will involve working closely with operational teams in the trust to improve the provision of medication for discharge and the overall flow of patients in the trust. Working in this fast-paced environment will give you the opportunity to develop clinical and leadership skills in addition to developing experience of project management.
Main duties of the job
- To support the effective transition of patients from secondary care into primary care providers
- To facilitate the safe and efficient supply of discharge medication for patients within secondary care, enhancing patient flow.
- To support the lead transitional care pharmacist in the management of the wider transitional care team on a day to day basis
- The post holder has joint responsibility with other pharmacists within the clinical team for the overall support of the clinical pharmacy service.
- To act as an Independent Non-medical Prescriber, in accordance with the Health & Social Care Act 2001.
- To liaise with primary care teams to resolve any discharge medication queries that arise
Working for our organisation
HHFT is committed to providing patients, visitors and staff with a high quality and safe environment. HHFT provides medical and surgical services to people living in Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
HHFT provides one service from multiple locations including our own hospitals which provide a full range of planned and emergency services including accident and emergency, general and specialist surgery, general medicine, intensive care, rehabilitation, chemotherapy, diagnostic services, maternity, neonatal, gynaecology, paediatric care and outpatient clinics.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
We are happy to consider requests for flexible working arrangements.
Person specification
Registration
Essential criteria
- Registered with GPhC
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a hospital pharmacy environment
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Postgraduate clinical diploma
Desirable criteria
- Independent prescribing qualification
Leadership
Essential criteria
- Experience of team management/leadership
Desirable criteria
- Project management experience
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
- Georgia Smith
- Job title
- Lead Medicine Information Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01256 313338
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