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Bank Pharmacists Band 6 -7
Grade
Bank Pharmacists Band 6 -7
Contract
Bank
Hours
Flexible working - As and When
Job ref
391-3655-BANK
Employer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Free Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£21.81 Hourly
Salary period
Hourly
Closing
18/05/2025 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Bank Pharmacist Band 6/7 (Royal Free Outpatient Only)

Bank Pharmacists Band 6 -7

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community.  This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

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Job overview

As a Pharmacist (OUTPATIENT), you will be responsible for the provision of exceptional professional pharmacy services. The focus of your role will be to act as Responsible Pharmacist, provide support to the Senior Pharmacist, the rest of the pharmacy team and support the development of the business. You will help in ensuring a high quality patient and customer experience is maintained.

 The post holder will be part of a high performing team that is expected to demonstrate behaviours that promote the outpatient pharmacies and Royal Free London values. This means that in undertaking this role the post holder is expected at all times to behave in a way that demonstrates commitment to the delivery of respectful and compassionate care across all sites.

**THIS ROLE IS BASED WITHIN OUTPATIENT PHARMACIES (ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL).**

Main duties of the job

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

*Clinical Responsibilities

*Responsible for Patient

*Responsibility for policy and service development

*Responsibility for financial and physical resources

*Responsibility for leading and managing

*Responsibility for information resources

*Responsibility for research and development

*Educational responsibilities

*Professional responsibilities

*Additional duties/responsibilities as assigned

**THIS ROLE IS BASED WITHIN OUTPATIENT PHARMCIES (ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL).**

Working for our organisation

Conflict of Interest
The Trust is responsible for ensuring that the services for patients in its care meet the highest standards. Equally, it is responsible for ensuring that staff do not abuse their official position, to gain or benefit themselves, their family or friends.

Equality and Diversity
The Trust values equality and diversity in employment and in the services we provide. It is committed to promoting equality and diversity in employment and will keep under review our policies and procedures to ensure that the job related needs of all staff working in the Trust are recognised. The Trust aims to ensure that all job applicants, employees or clients are treated fairly and valued equally regardless of sex, marital status, domestic circumstances, age, race, colour, disablement, ethnic or national origin, social background or employment status, sexual orientation, religion, beliefs, HIV status, gender reassignment, political affiliation or trade union membership. Selection for training and development and promotion will be on the basis of the individual’s ability to meet the requirements for the job.

You are responsible for ensuring that the Trust’s policies, procedures and
obligation in respect of promoting equality and diversity are adhered to in relation to both staff and services.

No Smoking
The Trust implemented a No Smoking Policy, which applies to all staff. Staff contravening this policy will be subject to disciplinary procedures.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job Descriptions for both the Band 6 and Band 7 positions are attached and long with the Personal Specifications for you to review.

If you are successful at being shortlisted you will be invited to interview and assessed for the relevant grade offered.

As part of our continued response to COVID19, we are closely following Department of Health and Social Care's (DHSC) guidance and the government’s proposals for new mandatory COVID-19 vaccination legislation.  This means that full COVID19 vaccination will be a condition of employment in all NHS roles which have face-to-face contact with patients and service users from 1 April 2022 unless exempt.  This also means that by 3 February 2022 all such staff will need to have had their first COVID19 vaccination.  We expect the need to be vaccinated to apply to the vast majority of roles, although this may not be a requirement in some limited, exceptional circumstances. Should your role be identified as being within the scope of the legislation, you will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status (or a legitimate exemption from these requirements) as a condition of your employment.

**THIS ROLE IS BASED WITHIN OUTPATIENT PHARMCIES (ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL).**

Person specification

Royal Free World Class Values

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Education & Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Masters degree or equivalent in pharmacy
  • Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council must be in place before starting the position
  • Mandatory CPD to maintain fitness to practice

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of patient counselling
  • Completed audit and used to improve practice
Desirable criteria
  • experience of working in a hospital enviroment in either pre registration year or post registration
  • Post registration hospital experience would be an advantage
  • Ward pharmacy experience
  • Understanding and experience of medicines reconciliation

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • General knowledge of hospital pharmacy practice and services. This should include: Technical/aseptic services, Medicines Information, Patient services, Clinical pharmacy
  • Understands role of hospital pharmacist
  • Able to demonstrate the safe provision and clinically effective use of drugs
Desirable criteria
  • Awareness of current issues facing hospital pharmacy and the NHS.

Skills and aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • Good written communication skills
  • Computer literate including ability to use email, internet and competent use of Microsoft Office applications; Word, Excel and Powerpoint
  • Able to work quickly, accurately and consistently whilst maintaining accuracy

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Able to work as part of a team (both inter - and intra - disciplinary)
  • Able to use initiative and work independently
  • Confident approach but aware of own limitations and will consult when required
  • Able to work in a busy environment and remain calm under pressure
  • Accurate/meticulous

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Nursing TimesApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident employerTimewise PartnerCare Quality Commission - Requires improvementEnei MemberArmed Forces Covenant

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Asrah Rasool
Job title
Deputy Superintendent Outpatient Pharmacy
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
020 7794 0500
Additional information

Temporary Staffing | Recruitment Services

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Royal Free Hospital

PO Box 50, Civic Centre, Enfield, Middlesex, EN1 3XA
Tel: 02078302065
Internal extension: 23400

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Telephone
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