Senior Rotational Clinical Pharmacist

Job summary

Band 7 Senior Rotational Clinical Pharmacist

The Royal Berkshire Pharmacy department is passionate about developing an excellent clinical pharmacy service and is looking for enthusiastic, innovative and self-motivated pharmacists to join our team.

Working in the Royal Berkshire Pharmacy department, you will be given the opportunity to rotate across various specialties, spending enough time to engage with the multidisciplinary clinical team and make a difference.

Main duties of the job

As a band 7 rotational clinical pharmacist, you will be part of the pharmacy clinical ward team to help deliver a high quality specialist service to our patients and the MDT.

We will support in developing your leadership, management and mentoring skills with an opportunity to lead on projects and support others.

Each post has an extended rotation of 1 year with management and project opportunities- including Gastroenterology & Renal medicine, ICU, Acute Admissions, Cardio-pulmonary medicine, Children's and Women's Services, Surgery &Trauma, Care of Elderly, Education and Training.

About us

The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country. The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006. It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority.

The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, and including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is Reading's biggest employer.

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful places to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our Trust "CARE" values: Compassionate,Aspirational,Resourceful,Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Job responsibilities

The Pharmacist is responsible for professional aspects of the day-to-day pharmaceutical service provided by the Trust.

To work closely with other members of the pharmacy team to provide a clinical pharmacy service to wards and to assist in developing pharmaceutical services.

Deputise for the Clinical Lead in their absence.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Personal Specification for further details of the job role.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

• Current registered Member of GPhC
• Masters Degree in Pharmacy or equivalent
• Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy (or to finish within next 3 months)

Desirable

• Member of UKCPA
• Member of RPS
• Independent Prescriber
• Formal leadership Training

Experience

Essential

• Extensive Hospital Pharmacy Experience
• Extensive multi-disciplinary Teamwork
• Extensive patient contact
• Ability to prioritize
• Quality Improvement projects/Service development
• Teaching and training others
• Developing guidelines

Desirable

• Audit experience
• Experience of Pharmacy computer technology
• Risk assessment s and Incident investigation
• Presentations skills
• Evidence of cost-improvement projects

Essential

Essential

• Demonstrates the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team, influence clinical practice and communicate complex medicines-related information clearly