Senior Rotational Clinical Pharmacist

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Employer:

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum (pro rata)

Salary period:
Yearly

Closing date: 28/01/2025 23:59

We are very excited to be able to offer a new rotational programme at a more senior level to you and our pharmacists s will enable you to continue your development and increase your skills and knowledge across a wider portfolio before deciding to specialise. You will be working within the friendly and supportive Pharmacy Clinical Team to provide a comprehensive medicines optimisation and management service within a designated clinical area for a 6‑month rotation.

The specialities will include:

• Medicine – Admissions, ED, Renal, Cardiology, Respiratory, Gastroenterology, amongst others
• Surgery – General (inc. Vascular), Gynae, H&N, T&O, Critical Care, POAC
• ePMA/Digital with a clinical speciality
• Paediatrics
• Medicines Information / Safety / Training / High Cost Medicines
• Other clinical areas where service opportunities allow

• To work within a clinical specialty for 6 months at a time, building relations with other staff to ensure safe and effective medicines optimisation for patients.
• To actively participate in ward rounds and fully integrate within the speciality multidisciplinary team.
• If available within the speciality, to work in pharmacy led clinics.
• To undertake projects or developments within the speciality (e.g. Quality Improvements, Audits, Research).
• To contribute to guideline, PGD developments within the speciality.
• To carry out root cause analysis of medicine related incidents which have occurred within the speciality and attend or present at governance meetings.
• To undertake training of pharmacy and other healthcare professionals within the speciality.

Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Integrity
• Courage

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities. The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.

We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative. We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

To work with the Pharmacy Clinical Team to provide a comprehensive Pharmacy Service within a designated clinical area, specialities including:

• Medicine – Admissions, ED, Renal, Cardiology, Respiratory, Gastroenterology, amongst others
• Surgery – General (inc. Vascular), Gynae, H&N, T&O, Critical Care, POAC
• ePMA/Digital with a clinical speciality
• Paediatrics
• Medicines Information / Safety / Training / High Cost Medicines
• Other clinical areas where service opportunities allow

Additional responsibilities within the clinical area as specified below:

• Providing a Clinical and Specialist Pharmacist role
• Managing (planning, organising, monitoring, controlling, developing staff etc)
• Training of pharmacy staff and the wider multidisciplinary team
• Service development including Quality Improvement projects, preparation of guidelines

Speciality Pharmacy Role

• To work within a clinical specialty for 6 months at a time, building relations with other staff to ensure safe and effective medicines optimisation for patients.
• To actively participate in ward rounds and…