Job summary
ROTATIONAL CLINICAL PHARMACIST BAND 6 WITH WEEKEND AND ON-CALL DUTIES (7 DAY WORKING) - FULL TIME, 6 MONTH FIXED TERM CONTRACT

Would you like the opportunity of gaining clinical experience as a clinical pharmacist in a supportive learning environment and optimise medicines for patients?

As part of our continuing commitment to developing our clinical pharmacy team capability we are offering an opportunity at Band 6 to join our friendly and enthusiastic team.

This post provides the opportunity to develop your clinical skills and knowledge. You will be supported through the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Foundation Pharmacy Framework to develop a portfolio of evidence.

You will gain invaluable experience in various specialties, being on-call and working in the dispensary. You will also provide clinical services to our Acute Admissions Unit at weekends, which will be worked as part of your contracted hours on a rotational basis.

We use the skills of our pharmacy staff, working as a team, to provide a high quality, professional pharmacy service to patients. The service is responsive to the needs of patients and is developing the use of IT to improve patient safety and efficiency.

This is a 6-month month fixed term contract to cover a current staff member who will be taking a sabbatical.

Previous applicants need not apply

Applications from trainee pharmacists sitting the GPhC Registration Examination in November will be considered

Main duties of the job

• To provide a Clinical Pharmacy service to designated wards under the supervision of a Senior of Principal Pharmacist, assessing the suitability of prescribed medicines.
• To participate in the delivery of ward and dispensary based pharmaceutical services and maintain clinical and technical skills.
• To ensure that medicines, including Controlled Drugs, are stored appropriately on wards and departments, performing stock checks when required.

About us
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust cares for more than half a million patients a year, from across Kingston, Richmond, Elmbridge (Surrey), Merton, Wandsworth and Sutton. In 2018, we became the first acute hospital trust in London to be rated "Outstanding" for overall quality and leadership by the national Care Quality Commission regulator.

We have approximately 350 beds and directly employ around 2,900 staff. Our trust provides a full range of diagnostic services and treatment services. Our main site is the Kingston Hospital site but we also run a number of outpatient clinics in the community, including in Raynes Park, Surbiton, Queen Mary's Roehampton and Teddington.

Job responsibilities
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Qualifications
Essential

• Masters degree in pharmacy
• Membership of the GPhC

Experience and Skills
Essential

• UK NHS hospital pre-registration
• Recent experience as a Clinical Pharmacist on acute, medical and surgical wards
• Range of NHS hospital pharmacy services
• Excellent communication skills on both a verbal and written basis

Desirable

• Recent UK NHS hospital experience as a registered Pharmacist

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).