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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join our team of rotational senior clinical pharmacists

This rotational post consists of 6 month rotations across a wide variety of specialist clinical areas including critical care, specialist medicine, surgery and nutrition, microbiology and women's and children's medicine.

In return for your hard work and commitment, our department actively supports professional, clinical and leadership development. Prescribing is a key part of a developing pharmacist's role therefore you will be given the opportunity to undertake this training.  As a senior clinical pharmacist, you will be expected to support education and training of more junior staff including foundation trainee pharmacists.

If you are interested in the role and believe you have the qualities we require, then apply today!

Main duties of the job

Providing a clinical service to the wards, discharge service, outpatients, technical services unit and other service users.

Attend clinical ward rounds, clinical and multidisciplinary meetings as appropriate.

Regularly recording clinical interventions and activities.

Provide specialist pharmaceutical information to medical, nursing and other staff within the Trust where appropriate.

Promote the safe, appropriate and economic use of drugs.

Take part in the emergency On-call Pharmacist rota working alone as the On call Pharmacist providing medicines information, advice and supply out of hours and sourcing of urgently required drugs from external suppliers and other sites across MSE.

To support the Trust Medication Safety Officer and Pharmacy Risk 
Governance Pharmacist  with the medicines optimisation and governance 
agenda.

Monitor the safe and secure storage of medication both within the pharmacy department and on the wards.

Facilitate implementation of local and national guidelines where appropriate e.g.  NICE.

Keep accurate patient medication and drug issue records using the Pharmacy Wellsky computer system.

Working for our organisation

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.

We work together and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way and provide a respectful but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best; to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook – if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.

We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities but also the opportunity to develop your career, with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.