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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
Band 7
Contract
12 months (Fixed Term/Secondment)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
275-2502SCP-MCH1
Employer
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Town
Gillingham
Salary
£46,148 - £52,809 per annum/pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
18/02/2025 23:59

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Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Medway Community Healthcare

Band 7

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust, we are able to give our employees flexibility on where, when and the hours they work.

Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

Job overview

Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Medway Community Healthcare

Division:  Cancer & Core Clinical Services

Care Group: Diagnostics & Therapies

Band: 7

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

Please note this role is Fixed term/Secondment for 12 months covering maternity leave

We are recruiting for a Senior Clinical Pharmacist who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be assisting in the provision of a safe, efficient and comprehensive pharmacological service for the patients of Medway Community Healthcare CIC.

They will be assisting the head of medicines management at MCH in the provision of professional/clinical advice, delivering medicines related training, undertaking medication reviews, audits and research.

The role includes the opportunities to develop innovative patient centred medicine optimisation projects across the community services whilst working with the pharmacy team at Medway NHS Foundation Trust. 

The post holder will liaise between both clinical leads at MCH and MFT to ensure that pharmacy services are tailored to meet the Trust’s and patients’ needs.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Working for our organisation

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:

B – Bold

E – Every person counts

S – Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide and develop a comprehensive, patient-focused, clinical pharmacy service to different specialties promoting the safe, appropriate and clinically effective use of drug therapy.

To frequently communicate complex drug or medicine related information to patients and carers, tailoring the information to the patient’s specific needs. The patients may have language difficulties, physical or mental difficulties. 

Provide patient focused pharmaceutical care to patients, to achieve definite outcomes that improve patients’ quality of life. 

To maximise patient care on defined areas within the Trust by planning, managing, monitoring, advising and reviewing specialist pharmaceutical care programmes for patients.

Evaluate the clinical appropriateness, safety and legality of prescriptions based upon the patients’ diseases, co-morbidities, other medication and treatments and liaise with the prescriber to make agreed changes as appropriate.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Vocational Master’s degree in Pharmacy and successful completion of pre-registration training and experience
  • Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacist in the UK (or eligible to be)
  • Postgraduate Diploma or equivalent (or be working towards one

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Hospital pharmacy experience
  • Understanding of working effectively within multidisciplinary groups

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Good core therapeutic knowledge including expert knowledge in medicines legislation and guidelines

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of excellent communication skills (verbal and written) with healthcare professionals and patients
  • Methodical and able to prioritise workload

Values Based Question

Essential criteria
  • Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a ‘can do’ attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome

Values Based Question

Essential criteria
  • Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a ‘can do’ attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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
Aneesa Rahman
Job title
Specialist Pharmacist - Clinical Services
Email address
[email protected]
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