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Rotational Clinical Pharmacist (with EDC)

Band 6/7 dependant upon experience.

£37,338 to £44,962 (Band 6) £46,14 to £52,809(Band 7) per annum

1 post, 37.5 hours per week pro rata

About the Department

The Pharmacy Departments within ULHT provide ward based, Dispensary, and Aseptic Dispensing Services to a range of general and specialist areas including Admissions Unit, General Medical and Surgical, Haematology and Oncology and Critical Care wards. We have a good integrated team of Clinical Pharmacists, Technicians and Support Workers and there is a supportive Pharmacy Education and Training team.

The post will be based at Lincoln County Hospital but the successful applicants may need to travel to other sites within the Trust.

An opportunity has arisen to join our expanding at United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, progressive, friendly and forward thinking pharmacy team.

Main duties of the job

Our progressive department is in the process of a period of rapid transformational change to ensure that it is a service fit for the future and is at the forefront of the Hospital Pharmacy Transformation Programme.

We are dedicated to ensuring that medicines optimisation is embedded across all aspects of care within the Trust to deliver safe, efficient and cost-effective use of medicines.

We take pride in developing our pharmacists through formal and informal study, clinical supervision and training. We will support you to provide high quality services to patients and healthcare professionals alike. This includes offering opportunities to complete an accredited post-graduate clinical pharmacy diploma and pharmacist independent prescriber qualification. We support automatic progression from band 6 to band 7 upon completion of a post-graduate clinical diploma. You will also work with lead Pharmacists to review and develop policies and contribute to monthly directorate medicines optimisation reports.

Applicants must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated pharmacist to join our team, to provide a patient focused service to the wards and departments of the Trust. Rotations include acute medicine, surgery, dispensary, aseptic and cancer.

The role will involve travel across all sites in the United Lincolnshire Hospital Trust therefore the post holder must be able to meet the travel requirements of this post.

Working for our organisation

Pilgrim Hospital is situated beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment.  From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).