Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy Medicines Information
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 26.25 hours per week
- Job ref
- 432-HR370-25
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ipswich Hospital
- Town
- Ipswich
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Medicines Advice Pharmacist
NHS AfC: Band 7
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
Are you interested in joining an established medicines advice team? Do you want a role that will challenge you and enhance your skill set?
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and supportive pharmacist to join the Medicines Advice (MA) function of the NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service (SPS). The post is based at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) in Ipswich, Suffolk.
Join our team of pharmacists to support the day-to-day operation and delivery of MA services. The SPS MA Service provides high quality clinical advice about medicines to a large number of healthcare professionals via the national clinical enquiry answering service, provision of SPS website evidence-based information, horizon scanning and other national medicines optimisation workstreams. The Trust’s MA service sits alongside the SPS MA service providing medicines advice to ESNEFT healthcare professionals as well as patients via the medicines advice helpline. This is a varied role, with opportunities to work in collaboration with colleagues across the MA service.
You will have excellent communication and organisational skills and be able to work effectively within a team. Some medicines advice experience would be an advantage, but further training will be available.
Details about our pharmacy service - https://esneft.pagetiger.com/buqzfou/1
Main duties of the job
In this post you will participate in the medicine advice service for East Suffolk & North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, the Specialist Pharmacy Service and for our SLA partners.
The main duties are:
- Provide medicines advice in line with governance arrangements for the Trust, and the SPS MA Service for England
- Participate in the Trust medicines advice service which includes the patient medicines helpline.
- Contribute to creation and provision of resources to support best practice and the safe use of medicines
- Contribute to the provision of medicines advice training to relevant staff.
- Provide a clinical ward pharmacy service to promote safe, clinically effective and cost-efficient use of medicines to patients
- Work as part of a high performing team to deliver the agreed strategy for the NHS SPS MA Service for England.
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MPharm Master of Pharmacy
- Pharmacist (Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council)
- Post-graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy (or in progress), or equivalent clinical experience
- Evidence of post registration commitment to continuing professional development such as postgraduate study, regular attendance at educational meetings
Desirable criteria
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) membership
Experience
Essential criteria
- Some understanding of project management.
Desirable criteria
- Experience delivering medicine advice to health care professionals, its current provision across England through SPS, and its role in supporting Medicines Optimisation
- Managing difficult situations and motivating others for service delivery.
- Experience of working in a complex matrix type working environment within a diffuse national organisation
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of Medicines Optimisation as it pertains to both primary and secondary care
- A range of experience across different fields within a sector of pharmacy service delivery or across sectors.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of undertaking project work
- Experience of critical appraisal
- Existing knowledge of the Specialist Pharmacy Service and its development and role in delivery of Medicines Optimisation
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Sarah Fenner
- Job title
- Lead Medicines Advice Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01473 703604
- Additional information
Alison Alvey, Professional Lead for Medicines Advice, [email protected], 07817 952250
Jennifer Lynch, Senior Medicines Advice Pharmacist, [email protected], 01473 703604
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Colchester General Hospital
- Telephone
- 07789651269
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