Clinical Pharmacist - Admission and Discharge

Clinical Pharmacist - Admission and Discharge Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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 consultant-led Frailty Intervention Team (FIT), Integrated Discharge Assessment Team (IDAT), and the Short Stay Unit (SSU) medical and nursing teams 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

Sherwood Forest Hospitals is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last Six years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We would love you to join us.

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification Knowledge

• Clinical Pharmacy knowledge associated with a Pharmacy degree course.
• Experience gained through preregistration training.
• Experience gained through vocational practice.
• Experience of teaching pharmaceutical knowledge to other pharmacy staff.

Qualifications

• 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

Further Training

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

Experience

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

Contractual

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

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.