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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
About
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) provides integrated community and mental health, learning disability and social care services of the highest standard due to our continued commitment to quality and service improvement. We aim to support people of all ages to achieve the very best they can for their health and well being. To ensure that we achieve this goal we look to recruit candidates of a high calibre that share our passion for delivering excellent service user care, research and education.
Rotational Pharmacist
Closed for applications on: 13-May-2024 07:14
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 13-May-2024 07:14
Key details
Location
- Site
- Pharmacy Department, Cavell Centre, Peterborough
- Address
- Bretton Gate
- Town
- Peterborough
- Postcode
- PE3 9GZ
- Major / Minor Region
- Cambridgeshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent: B6 or B7 based on annual appraisal criteria
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
Salary
- Salary
- £35,392 - £50,056 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 6)
Specialty
- Main area
- Pharmacy
Job overview
This is a development post, if you are appointed as a Band 6, you will be given a list of competencies to complete, these will be reviewed at the time of your appraisal. On completion you will rise to a Band 7.
We are looking for an enthusiastic pharmacist to join our team to contribute to our specialist clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation services. The post-holder will work across three pharmacy disciplines alongside other pharmacy team members to deliver an excellent service to all areas of the organisation.
The post holder will work across three sites - with time split between Cavell Centre Hospital Pharmacy Department and associated mental health wards, and community physical health rehabilitation wards: North Cambridgeshire Hospital, and Intermediate Care Unit Community Hospital.
We want our staff to continue to develop their skills, so we will support the post holder with post-graduate education to allow them to develop high-level expertise for their career.
Our service is currently on the path to electronic prescribing and medicines administration and so the successful candidate will be in at the early stages with us. You will have a role to play in helping to develop the system and promote the benefits to patient care and safety.
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The person we are looking for is someone that can positively contribute to the clinical medicines management of people that receive care from our services. The successful candidate will work closely with inpatient multidisciplinary teams to support safe and effective use of medicines within the Trust.
The successful candidate will contribute to the clinical pharmacy service provided to all inpatient services, and to the dispensary, providing bespoke patient-centred pharmacy care to anyone that required it from anywhere in the service.
The post holder is expected to develop and demonstrate a range of pharmacy related expertise that include handling medicines information questions, supporting procurement and formulary decisions, clinical trial medicines handling, and the training of other people – both within and outside of the pharmacy team.
Working for our organisation
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care settings but also within the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older People's mental health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
- To assist with medicines management service at Cavell Centre Mental Health Hospital, North Cambridgeshire Hospital and Intermediate Care Unit Community Hospital
- To optimise patient care in defined wards/teams alongside other pharmacy staff by participating (in conjunction with pharmacy technicians) in medicines management schemes on the wards, including patient’s own drugs, self-administration, medicines reconciliation, and medicines supply.
- Counselling and/or education of service users about their medicines and provide information and advice about medicines to service users, carers and other health professionals e.g., medical and nursing staff.
- Active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings or case conferences to identify medication problems, resolve transfer of care issues and provide advice.
- Support and reviewing prescribing and to monitor medicines use and the outcomes of treatment.
- To support the education and training of medicines matters for CPFT staff, external stakeholders and service users.
- To support other pharmacy activities such as clinical trial drug handling, audit and ‘near-patient testing’ of blood samples as part of medicines monitoring.
Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.
We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:
- Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
- Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
- Children and young people’s mental health services;
- Children’s community services in Peterborough;
- Social care;
- Ground-breaking research
We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity.
CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.
Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a ‘Red List’ country.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.
If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.
All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
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.
Person specification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Medicines management skills (e.g. patient interview, medicines reconciliation, discharge counselling)
Desirable criteria
- Appreciation of key aspects of medicine use in palliative and mental health scenarios.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience working in a hospital environment.
- Working in a healthcare team to deliver positive patient outcomes
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience working in a hospital pharmacy environment.
- Previous experience working in a pharmacy supporting mental health services.
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Mature and non-judgemental attitude.
- Flexible and adaptable
- Self-motivated
- Understand the need for patient confidentiality
- Excellent communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Desire to continually improve own practice.
- Desire to support the development of others.
Other
Essential criteria
- Digital literacy skills for professional business practice
- Experience with use of clinical systems that support pharmacy practice (e.g., patient record systems, pharmacy labelling systems, electronic prescribing systems).
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GPhC pharmacist registration.
Desirable criteria
- Post-graduate Certificate – pharmacy related.
- Post-graduate Diploma – pharmacy related.
- Independent prescriber
- Examples of other pharmacy-related qualifications not stated above relevant to the post descriptionharmacy Practice, Clinical Pharmacy, Mental Health Therapeutics.
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Camelia Constantinescu
- Job title
- Pharmacist Interim Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01733776005
- Additional information
If you would like to talk about this role, or visit our team, please get in touch.
No longer accepting applications
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