Specialist Pharmacist - Intensive Care and Surgery
Closed for applications on: 12-May-2025 00:01
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 12-May-2025 00:01
Key details
Location
- Site
- Conquest Hospital
- Address
- The Ridge, St-Leonards-On-Sea
- Town
- Hastings
- Postcode
- TN37 7RD
- Major / Minor Region
- East Sussex
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekends and on-call)
Salary
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 7)
Specialty
- Main area
- Specialist Pharmacist Surgery and Intensive Care
We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work.
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to the half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area.
We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £568 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex.
Our extensive health services are provided by over 8,000+ dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people’s own homes.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being Caring and Effective. The Conquest Hospital in Hastings and our Community Services were rated ‘Outstanding’ and Eastbourne DGH was rated ‘Good’ Our two acute hospitals have Emergency Departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services.
Job overview
We are seeking two patient focused pharmacists aiming to build on established clinical skills and work closely with clinicians in providing a high-quality service to patients within ESHT. We also require someone who can demonstrate a commitment to personal and staff development. This specialist pharmacist post is based within the Diagnostics, Anaesthetics and Surgery (DAS) Division and is responsible for supporting the Lead Divisional Pharmacist in providing clinical pharmacy and business level support within East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.
Advert
We are looking for a dynamic and experienced hospital pharmacist to work with us in a portfolio style role within Diagnostics, Anaesthetics and Surgery (DAS) Division. Under the supervision of a designated Lead Pharmacist, you will work closely with consultants, other medical staff, nurses, pharmacy staff and other allied healthcare professionals in ensuring that medicine use is safe, effective and evidence based across ESHT. The post holder will be involved in providing clinical pharmacy services to Surgery/ITU inpatient wards and occasional support to the dispensary. This post also holds an education and training commitment, which in the past has proved successful in developing staff. The successful candidate will also be responsible for helping to train and mentor pre-registration pharmacists, pharmacy undergraduates and rotational clinical pharmacists. The applicant will be required to join the department weekend and on-call service on a rota basis following a period of orientation and induction.
Working for our organisation
We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work
We provide safe, compassionate, and high-quality care to half a million people living or visiting East Sussex. We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex, the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive services are provided by 7000 + members of staff working from acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye, and Uckfield, over 100 community sites and in people’s own homes.
In 2020 the Care Quality Commission rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being caring and effective. The Conquest Hospital and our Community Services are rated ‘Outstanding’. Eastbourne DGH rated ‘Good’.
In 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious ‘Building for our Future’ programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to repair, redevelop and expand our hospitals, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description attached.
If you have any questions about the position, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc (Pharmacy) / BPharm / MPharm
- GPhC Registration (Vocational Master’s degree in Pharmacy (4yrs) and 1 year’s pre-registration training and experience)
- CPD portfolio that demonstrates an ongoing commitment to personal development
Desirable criteria
- Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy or pharmacy practice / other equivalent
- Post-graduate qualification
- RPS Foundation Programme completion
- Training in change management
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post registration experience working as a clinical pharmacist in the NHS managed sector (e.g. GP surgery, PCN, secondary care)
- Experience in utilising information technology within the workplace including inputting, retrieving information, and producing reports
- Good IT skills including knowledge of Microsoft Office – Word, Excel and Outlook
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with clinicians as a clinical pharmacist
- Previous experience in mentoring and training pharmacy staff
- HEELaSE Practice Supervisor course or equivalent
Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates an understanding of the role and the responsibility as identified within the job description
- Demonstrates knowledge of current practice and policy relating to pharmacy and targets within the NHS
- Demonstrates an ability to plan, prioritise and organise own workload, to work under pressure and act with autonomy whilst retaining a sense of own capabilities and escalate when necessary
- Demonstrates good communication skills, verbal and written
- Demonstrates an ability to analyse and interpret data
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of safe pharmacy practice including Medicines legislation and professional code of ethics
- Demonstrates an understanding of the needs of patients with relation to the provision of information on safe effective medicines use
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrates an understanding of risk management
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Maria Andrade
- Job title
- Lead Pharmacist for DAS Division
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 131 4724
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