A 12-month fixed-term rotational clinical pharmacist post at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, for foundation pharmacists rotating across three hospital sites. The work centres on medicines reconciliation, drug chart screening and safe discharges with multidisciplinary teams. Each rotation covers a different speciality, from acute medicine to paediatrics and medication safety, with objectives set by a line manager. GPhC registration is required, and the post includes supporting students and trainee pharmacists.
What the job involves
- Carry out medicines reconciliation
- Screen drug charts
- Work with multidisciplinary teams to get the best outcomes for patients
- Facilitate safe discharges
- Ensure safe medicine provision on the ward
- Agree clinical objectives for each rotation with the line manager and review them at each rotation
- Rotate across the trust's three largest hospital sites, covering acute, general and specialist medicine, general surgery, paediatrics and medication safety
- Help manage students and trainee pharmacists
What’s required
Qualifications
- Four-year MPharm or Masters in Pharmacy from a UK school of pharmacy, or equivalent recognised by the GPhC
Registration & licences
- Registered with the GPhC
Experience
- Completed preregistration year as per GPhC requirements
- Basic understanding of pharmacy practice
Skills & knowledge
- Ability to appraise options and make clear decisions
- Good verbal, written and electronic communication
- IT skills in word processing, database and spreadsheet packages
- Good analytical skills, abstracting data from complex sources
- Good presentation and negotiation skills
- Effective team player with good interpersonal skills
Other
- Applies evidence and guidelines to practice
- Time management and prioritisation
- Recognises own limitations and refers to others for advice
- Adheres to the trust's vision, mission and values
Nice to have
- Completed preregistration training year in a hospital
- Basic understanding of hospital pharmacy practice
- Knowledge of the JAC system for ordering, stock maintenance and accessing drugs from other trust sites
- Ability to access patient details on Patient Centre
- Baseline management skills
- Ability to prioritise own work and organise the workload of junior pharmacy staff
- Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
What’s offered
- Rotational placements across three hospital sites
- Monthly in-house clinical education sessions
- Access to the NHS England Newly Qualified Pharmacists programme
- Support from educational supervisors, practice supervisors and experienced pharmacists and technicians
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The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
