Rotational Pharmacist

Main area: Pharmacy

Grade Band: 6

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (plus on call, bank holiday and weekend commitments)

Job ref: 220-WHT-3059

Employer: Whittington Health NHS Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Whittington Health NHS Trust

Town: London

Salary: £44,806 - £53,134 per annum inclusive of HCAS

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 29/04/:59

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Job overview

Whittington Health is an Integrated Care Organisation; this provides a huge range of exciting opportunities for Pharmacists wishing to develop their career and clinical skills. The Pharmacy Department is innovative and forward thinking; this is reflected in the huge range of roles that are already established and in development. The Department is hugely supportive and actively encourages creative thinking to improve services, patient experience and to develop new roles, drawing on strengths and experiences of the team.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, resourceful Pharmacist who enjoys working in a busy multidisciplinary environment, is a great team player and demonstrates excellent interpersonal and communication skills. We want all our staff to reach their full potential, to ensure this we provide a safe, open and non-restrictive platform to learn, develop and progress.

The successful candidates will enjoy comprehensive training in a variety of hospital pharmacy aspects together with exposure to community services as we strive to fulfil the integrated care ambitions of the NHS long term plan. The department fosters a strong commitment to the education and training of all individuals, where your development will be supported through enrolment on to the UCL diploma in General Pharmacy practice.

Main duties of the job

• Participation in multidisciplinary ward and board rounds delivering and promoting high quality, cost-effective, patient-focused prescribing and medicines use.
• Participation in practice and clinical research and audit.
• Participation in the education, training and supervision of pharmacy, medical and nursing staff and other allied healthcare professionals.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To be a proactive member of the pharmacy department, working collaboratively with our diverse team of pharmacy professionals, and to provide excellent pharmaceutical care to our patients.
• To ensure the seamless transfer of care of our patients between various care settings and ensuring that medicines reconciliation is performed accurately at all times.
• To mentor and undertake the educational and practice supervision of pharmacy team members during their various stages of professional development, including Trainee Pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy students.

Person specification Education / Qualifications

• Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (or an equivalent EEC body)
• Diploma / MSc in Clinical Pharmacy (or equivalent)

Personal Qualities

• Self-motivated
• Able to work under pressure whilst maintaining accuracy and attention to detail
• Demonstrates motivation & enthusiasm for the post.
• Able to work on own initiative or as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Commitment to continuing personal development.
• Reliable

Knowledge & Experience

• Hospital pharmacy experience
• Experience of working with nursing and medical staff and other health care professionals.
• Knowledge and application of current medicines legislation
• Experience of training other members of the pharmacy team
• Experience of completing audits or service evaluation projects

Skills & Abilities

• Good communication and interpersonal skills (both verbally and written)
• Team working, time management and problem solving
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
• Good analytical skills and attention to detail
• Accurate dispensing, checking and prescription monitoring skills
• Ability to follow written instructions

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust's Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This will require you to:

• Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
• Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
• Participate in required training and supervision.
• Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct.

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Your application form

• Provide only business email address for your referees - we are unable to request references from Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.
• Make sure you include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.

Our processes

• Closing dates are given as a guide; we are within our right to close adverts early so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay.
• If you do not hear from us up to 3 weeks after the closing date of the job, unfortunately this means you have not been successfully shortlisted for interview. If you require feedback on your application please contact the appointing manager detailed in the body of the advert.
• Please check your emails regularly as all correspondence from us will be via trac.systems - occasionally these emails will go into your Junk folder.
• Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.

Other important information

• Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
• Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
• In submitting an application form, you authorise Whittington Health NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.

If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a "selfie" using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit

Please note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa, etc.) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, Infrared and Machine Readable Zone security features of the documents provided.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

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