Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and self-motivated pharmacist to join our admissions and discharge team at King's Mill Hospital.

This role includes working alongside the Short Stay Unit (SSU), Emergency Assessment Unit (EAU) and Discharge Lounge medical and nursing teams, and attending consultant lead ward rounds to support medicines optimisation and timely discharge.

Our Pharmacy department is committed to the training and development of all staff, and as part of this post, you will be given the opportunity to gain experience in the various domains of the RPS Advanced Practice Framework (APF) to develop the skills and knowledge required to progress your career further.

This role will be maximised by the use of independent prescribing, and you will be given the opportunity to gain this qualification if not already achieved. You will also help further develop the pharmacy service within this broad clinical area with opportunities to participate in a wide range of tasks.

Apply now to join our team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals and make a difference in health care!

Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential

• Clinical Pharmacy knowledge associated with a Pharmacy degree course.
• Experience gained through preregistration training.
• Experience gained through vocational practice.

Desirable

• Experience of teaching pharmaceutical knowledge to other pharmacy staff.

Qualifications
Essential

• BSc, BPharm or MSc in Pharmacy. Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council
• Council Diploma or MSc in hospital clinical pharmacy gained through post-graduate study OR

Desirable

• Post-graduate studies.
• Independent Prescriber

Further Training
Essential

• Independent prescribing - training to be provided in role if not already completed

Desirable

• Relevant training courses e.g. CPPE

Experience
Essential

• Clinical knowledge from aspects of career to date.
• Significant recent experience of hospital or community pharmacy.
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong interpersonal skills Good written and verbal communication skills
• Good IT skills
• Audit experience
• Time management skills
• Good organisational skills
• Prioritisation skills
• Evidence of commitment to CPD

Desirable

• Evidence-based practice.
• Teaching experience
• Experience of extended roles
• Experience of working with multidisciplinary teams
• Experience of providing a specialist pharmacy service of some description
• Project work.
• Practice research.

Contractual
Essential

• Flexibility in working hours
• Able to work extended hours and on call as needed.

Desirable

• Car driver.

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.