Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- 37.5 hours per week (Full time)
- Job ref
- 421-LTUC-1337C
- Employer
- Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Harrogate District Foundation Trust
- Town
- Harrogate
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Rotational Foundation Pharmacist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
This is an excellent opportunity to develop your career in a supportive, patient focused team that work closely with the MDT to deliver a high quality clinical pharmacy service.
The successful candidate will gain a wide range of experience in clinical specialities that include Frailty, Acute admissions, Surgery and Medicine. They will be supported in their development towards meeting the RPS Foundation Framework standards and we will be able to support shadowing opportunities with specialist clinicians within the rotation to support continued learning.
The Pharmacy services at Harrogate are highly regarded across the organisation and have developed innovative ways of working in order to respond to the ever-changing needs of our patients.
Main duties of the job
- Providing pharmaceutical care to patients from admission to discharge on the wards
- Participating in the multi-disciplinary team at ward level
- Day to day working with the Medicines Management Technicians
- Providing prescribing advice and support to junior medical staff
- Educating patients about their medicines
- Participation in clinical audit
- The post holder will be required to participate in late night and weekend working
- This role includes on-call duties.
Working for our organisation
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust is one of only two trusts in Yorkshire and Humber to be awarded HSJs Top 100 Best Places to Work. We believe that You Matter Most, and this is reflected in our values of Responsible, Respectful and Passionate. So if youre looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients’ lives, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust is the place for you.
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust provides childrens services in North Yorkshire, County Durham, Darlington, Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Gateshead and Sunderland. We also provide care for the population in Harrogate and the local area as well as across North Yorkshire and Leeds.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To clinically review prescriptions in both the ward and dispensary environments.
- To provide specialist pharmaceutical advice
- To accurately dispense and check prescriptions in the dispensary
- To conduce medication reviews at admission and discharge and implement changes to medicines as necessary and to accurately communicate these changes to primary care colleague
For further information on this position please see the job description & personal specification attached
Trainee pharmacists who plan to qualify in summer 2023 will be considered for this post.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GPhC registered/GPhC provisional registration
- Master Degree in Pharmacy (4yrs) or equivalent
- Quality of supporting informaion
Desirable criteria
- MRPharmS
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in working in multidisciplinary teams
Desirable criteria
- Hospital pharmacy experience
- Community pharmacy experience
quality of application
Essential criteria
- Quality of supporting information
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Paul Golightly
- Job title
- Pharmacy
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01423555715
- Additional information
To discuss the role further or to arrange an informal visit please contact
Paul Golightly – [email protected] 01423 555715
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