Job overview

The Pharmacy department is looking for Senior Rotational Pharmacists to join the team. You should be enthusiastic, self-motivated and have extensive hospital-based pharmaceutical experience.

Over the last 12 months there has been significant investment within services at PAHT, including our new older people’s assessment and liaison unit (OPAL) and our same day emergency care unit (SDEC). As a rotational pharmacist at PAHT you will gain exposure and experience in general medicine, surgery, endocrinology, care of the elderly, fractured neck of femur, technical services (9 month rotations) and medicine information.

You will use your medicines optimisation knowledge and skills to enhance the patient experience and improve flow across the Trust. In return we can offer support to develop your career and we actively encourage all of our Senior Pharmacists to undertake the Non-Medical Prescribing course

Main duties of the job

• Participate in the provision of Clinical Pharmacy services, including near-to-patient schemes, to all wards at Princess Alexandra Hospital and Trusts to which Pharmacy provide a service.
• Assess patients for specialised needs i.e. monitored dose systems.
• Oversee the work of other members of the pharmacy team (pharmacists, technicians and ATO’s).
• Liaise with GP’s and community pharmacists regarding medication information at discharge.
• Support work of designated directorate pharmacist and to deputise for them in their absence to work as a member of the directorate team and act as the directorate pharmacist when required
• Participate in the provision of specialist clinical services e.g. Total Parental Nutrition (TPN), clinical screening of prescriptions for interferons, HIV, anti-TNF drugs and other high cost drugs

Working for our organisation

Our Organisation

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

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in West Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients is identified by our 3 values, which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

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

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.