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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent / fixed term/secondment until 31st October 2025
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
432-HR2446-24
Employer
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Ipswich Hospital
Town
Ipswich
Salary
£46,148 - £52,809 per annum, weekend working and on-call required
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/04/2025 23:59

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East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Rotational Pharmacist

NHS AfC: Band 7

We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.

Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits

Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole.  The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

 

Job overview

Have you got the enthusiasm and passion to take up the challenge of this vital Pharmacy position?

About our Pharmacy Service

We are looking for a Pharmacist to join us to contribute to our team in providing a high quality and respected clinical pharmacy service as a Senior Rotational Pharmacist. We have a permanent post and a fixed term post until 31st October 2025 available. 

You will be based at Ipswich Hospital, spending a significant proportion of time working clinically at ward level. Your clinical practice will be centered through rotations in (but not limited to) Women’s and Childs Health, Emergency Admissions, Care-of-the-Elderly, Community Services, Medication Safety and Homecare and Specialist Surgery. You will have opportunity to expand your experience and knowledge in areas of specialty by working closely with the specialist pharmacists.

As a key member of the multidisciplinary team you will be expected to fully integrate within the clinical environment providing a patient centred approach to medicines management/optimisation.

Weekend working and on-call required for this role.

For the fixed term post, internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only. This will need to be discussed with your line manager.

Main duties of the job

Assisting the department in providing a comprehensive clinical pharmacy service to patients within East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT).

Work closely with senior colleagues and clinical technicians to ensure the provision of an integrated and efficient clinical service.

If not already achieved, it is expected that you will undertake the postgraduate education offered by the department e.g. Postgraduate Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice (or component modules).

Further support will be offered to help facilitate progression to becoming an Independent Prescriber.

You will also receive training deemed necessary for each specialist rotation.

Work clinically at ward level; although it is an expectation that you will also support other clinical colleagues within the department as the holistic service requires.

Working for our organisation

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous hospital experience inclusive of Clinical Pharmacy practice
  • Demonstrated experience of multi-disciplinary working
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience of working within specialist areas of Pharmacy practice
  • Education and training of junior pharmacy colleagues

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • GPhC Registered
  • Masters Degree plus proven pre-registration training
Desirable criteria
  • Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Practice or clinical equivalent
  • Pharmacist Independent Prescriber Qualification
  • Member of the RPS

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Computer Literacy
  • Medicines Management
  • Good all-round clinical knowledge relating to clinical pharmacy practice
Desirable criteria
  • Wide clinical knowledge of issues affecting Antimicrobial Stewardship
  • Good clinical knowledge of the Medication Safety agenda
  • Good understanding of the clinical audit process

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Applicant requirements

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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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Emma Travers
Job title
Associate Chief Pharmacist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07926 066030

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Colchester General Hospital
Telephone
07789651269
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