Job summary
- Main area
- Specialist Clinical Pharmacist
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 434-CR7196548
- Employer
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stoke Mandeville Hospital
- Town
- Aylesbury
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum + Emergency Duty Payment
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Clinical Pharmacist Medicine for Older People and REACT
Band 7
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
- Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
- Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
- Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
- Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview
An excellent opportunity has risen for a Band 7 pharmacist to join our vibrant clinical pharmacy team in a dedicated role within Medicine for Older People at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. The post holder will be based at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.
The post holder will support clinical work and wards within the Medicine for Older People Directorate and also the Rapid Emergency Assessment and Care Team to enable patients to stay out of hospital where this is the aim. This is a unique and exciting opportunity to work closely within the multidisciplinary team to deliver a high level of care, advice and medicines optimisation. You will also have the opportunity to be involved in project work and to develop your clinical and management skills.
Main duties of the job
1. To deliver a specialist pharmaceutical care service in the directorate of medicines for Older People.
2. Identification and prioritisation of high-risk patients requiring specialist pharmacist input and delivering proactive and prompt pharmaceutical advice.
3.Undertaking medicines management duties, medicines reconciliation, optimisation, improving prescribing practices and supporting timely discharge.
4. Delivery of specialist and accurate information and educational training to medical and nursing staff, and to patients in an appropriate and sensitive manner regarding medications, therapeutic effects, monitoring and potential adverse effects.
5. To participate in the provision of a sessional dispensary service (to agreed Trust and National standards) for inpatients and outpatients at any pharmacy department within the Trust.
6. Ensure prescriptions comply with legal requirements and that all pharmaceutical treatments are appropriate for individual patients taking into account the condition being treated, concomitant conditions, other medicines and results of laboratory tests as available
Working for our organisation
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
- As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
- We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
- We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
- We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
- As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
- Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
- A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families
What do we stand for?
- Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
- Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
- Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.
Person specification
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Essential criteria
- Registered Pharmacist: Member of General Pharmaceutical Council
Desirable criteria
- Experience Working in MFOP
- Completed or undertaking a post- graduate diploma in pharmacy practice or recognised equivalent Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Experience of hospital pharmacy at Post Registration Pharmacist level
- Delivery of pharmacy services to a range of specialities
- Evidence of significant relevant Continuing Professional Development
Desirable criteria
- Experience of project management
SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- Able to prioritise and manage own workload
- Work , communicate and provide effective leadership within a team
- Clear and concise verbal and written communication to ensure liaison with multi-disciplinary team, patients and carers and to ensure records are kept accurately and in a legible manner
- To have a positive attitude, be able to recognise and communicate need for change and be able to participate in change management processes.
- Prepared to attend any training sessions necessary for personal and service development
Desirable criteria
- Able to recognise limits of own competencies and to refer and seek advice from colleagues.
- Able to recognise and embrace new ideas and developments in clinical practice and implement under supervision of superiors
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
Essential criteria
- Able to travel to other sites within the Trust and to venues for training
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Rachel Cox
- Job title
- Associate Director of Pharmacy
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01296315283
- Additional information
or 07788 906746
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