Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Pharmacist Adult Assessment Unit
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- 12 months (12 months fixed term contract until Sept 2026)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (12 hour shifts)
- Job ref
- 292-7390049-CSS
- Employer
- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Princess Alexandra Hospital
- Town
- Harlow
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 Plus 5% high cost area supplement
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Pharmacist Adult Assessment Unit
NHS AfC: Band 7
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
Our values
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) promise to our patients, as identified by our three values which will contribute to improving our patients’ experiences, is:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts.
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both.
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care.
Job overview
We are looking for a clinical pharmacist to join our pharmacy team on our Adult Assessment Unit (AAU). AAU provides an exciting, varied environment to work in and allows you to develop and utilise your clinical and interpersonal skills.
You will work as part of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) alongside senior clinicians, junior doctors, nurses and AHPs, optimising medicines and having a positive impact on the patient experience. Candidates must be well-rounded pharmacists with excellent team-working and communication skills with clinical hospital experience. In addition to providing a comprehensive pharmacy clinical service, there are opportunities to participate in MDT meetings, service improvement projects and training of pharmacy staff and other AHPs.
As a team, we can support your personal development in a supportive environment. We are also open to recruiting to this post as a band 6 to 7 progression where applicants who may not yet have the necessary experience can start this post as a band 6 and after meeting agreed criteria, can subsequently progress to a band 7.
Main duties of the job
· Ensuring medicines reconciliation is completed for patients admitted onto the assessment unit
· Clinically reviewing new and existing medication and working with doctors to ensure patients are on the most appropriate medication as per local and national guidelines, including deprescribing where appropriate
· Communicating with primary care colleagues to ensure smooth transition of care
· Ensuring prescribing is as per Trust formulary
· Working as part of the MDT
· Supporting the training and development of pharmacy staff, junior doctors and other AHPs
· Providing clinical support to the Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) unit
· Undertaking audit and project work as part of service review/service development
Working for our organisation
This is an exciting time for the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust. We are on a digital transformation journey leading us to our brand new hospital.
We believe that our people are our greatest asset. That’s why we invest in continuous learning, career development, and personal growth. From nurses to administrators, everyone has a role to play in our success story.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details, please refer to the attached job description and person specification, available to download at any time.
Person specification
1. Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive hospital based experience
- Mentoring/coaching pharmacy staff
- Working as part of an MDT in a clinical ward environment
Desirable criteria
- Experience leading an audit or Project
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered with GPhC
Desirable criteria
- Clinical Diploma in General pharmacy practice or relevant experience
- NMP qualification or working towards this
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
- Sabaa Naz
- Job title
- E&T and Urgent & Emergency Care Lead Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01279827349
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