Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Acute Medicine and Admissions in Saffron Walden

Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Acute Medicine and Admissions in Saffron Walden

Saffron Walden Full-Time On-site
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Job summary

NHS Band 8a Salary:57,528 - 64,750 per annumHours per Week: full time 37.5Contract Type: PermanentWe are recruiting for a Advanced Clinical Pharmacist who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards "working together, improving together".Permanent opportunities for up to full-time working if desired.The Pharmacy department which is based out of St Mary's Hospital is energetic and forward looking, with a strong culture of patient safety and service quality. We believe in technology supporting excellent clinical practice and releasing time to care, with electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA) embedded in practice across the Trust and used creatively to enhance clinical practice. This is along with a fully integrated medicines management system which interfaces EPMA seamlessly with dispensing, stock control, and automation/robotics throughout the Trust.

About us

Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust's beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.

Details

Date posted24 August 2026Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 8aSalary All potential applicants are encouraged to scroll through and read the complete job description before applying. 57,528 to 64,750 a year pro rata, per annum ContractPermanentWorking pattern Full-time Reference number47 ER-CJob locationsSt Mary's HospitalParkhurst RoadNewport, Isle of WightPO30 5TGUnited Kingdom

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated clinical pharmacist to provide leadership within the pharmacy team and across the Trust in clinical areas as required. Working with internal and external stakeholders whilst accountable to the Trust Chief Pharmacist.

Key responsibilities

  • Leading, co-ordinating, delivering and developing clinical services within admissions across the emergency floor.
  • Development of policies, procedures, guidelines, risk assessments and audits.
  • Promoting a culture of medicines safety to minimise harm, optimising learning from incidents and responding to safety alerts.
  • Supervising, training, and supporting the development of pharmacy staff and other health care professionals.

Person Specification

Qualifications Essential

  • MasterofPharmacy (MPharm) degree or equivalent
  • Current listing on the Pharmacist Register with the GPhC
  • Diploma in pharmacy practice or equivalent experience
  • Completed general level framework competency training or equivalent experience
  • Significant experience of working in a pharmaceutical environment
  • Significant clinical pharmacy knowledge and experience
  • Significant experience of working in hospital pharmacy
  • Knowledge of national guidelines relating to medicines and pharmaceutical practice
  • Specialist knowledge and experience in clinical speciality

Physical Skills Essential

  • Able to work at a continuous level of high concentration
  • Excellent time management

Aptitudes Essential

  • Articulate and numerate
  • Accurate and precise
  • Honest, trustworthy, reliable and discrete
  • Clean and presentable in appearance
  • Enthusiastic and willing to learn
  • Adaptable and innovative in approach to work and projects
  • Uses initiative and open to change/use of technology and extended roles
  • Willing to participate in personal development and prepared to work outside "normal" working hours

Abilities Essential

  • Able to record information accurately
  • Able to work as part of a team or as an individual with a flexible approach to duties
  • Customer care
  • Able to share learning with others
  • Able to interpret complex clinical data
  • Ability to relate well at all levels within the NHS
  • Able to negotiate with other healthcare professionals in relation to pharmaceutical care of patients
  • Ability to work effectively with senior clinical personnel

Communication Skills Essential

  • Fluent in oral and written English
  • Approachable and diplomatic
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer nameIsle of Wight NHS TrustAddressSt Mary's HospitalParkhurst RoadNewport, Isle of WightPO30 5TGUnited KingdomEmployer's website

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