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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
269-SFT8586
Employer
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Salisbury District Hospital
Town
Salisbury
Salary
£50,952 - £57,349 £2000 recruitment and retention payment
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
18/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust logo

Lead Pharmacist - Medicine

8a

 


Job overview

We are expanding our clinical senior team and are looking for an experienced, motivated and dynamic pharmacist to provide clinical expertise and leadership, to our medicine specialties.  This will include Cardiology, Endocrinology, Respiratory, Gastroenterology and our award-winning Spinal unit.   The postholder will work closely with our Lead pharmacist- Elderly care & Stroke to provide a  high-quality patient-focused clinical pharmacy service to our Medicine division, developing pharmacy services and mentoring our pharmacists on their foundation pathway.  

Main duties of the job

The pharmacist we are looking for will be a strong clinician, organised, hardworking and dedicated with great communication skills and a passion for developing services.  You will need to have a Postgraduate Clinical Diploma (or equivalent experience) and ideally be a current non-medical prescriber or willing to work towards the qualification.  The role will focus on providing a clinical pharmacy service to medical wards, continually improving the clinical pharmacy service within our Medicine division whilst also working to develop our foundation and trainee pharmacist workforce.  

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

 We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service.  We think working here is pretty rewarding.  You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything.  With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible.  Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person specification

Role requirements

Essential criteria
  • GPhC registration
  • Post-graduate diploma or equivalent experience
  • Extensive hospital experience
Desirable criteria
  • Independent prescriber

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident committedHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingWe Work FlexiblyNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024People Promise

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Louise Whittles
Job title
Principal Pharmacist- Clinical Services
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01722 336262
Additional information

ext 3853

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