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Overview
If you are looking to begin your career as a hospital pharmacist as a member of a supportive, professional, cohesive team, where training is a priority, come and join us in South Devon. We welcome applications from trainee pharmacists who are due to register in 2026. If you are a pharmacist with more experience, perhaps outside of hospital pharmacy, we are very happy to discuss possibilities for part time or flexible working if that is important to you.
Foundation pharmacists work on a rotational basis and their training and supervision is provided through collaborative initiatives between TSDFT and Devon Partnership NHS Trust. The rotation includes the provision of medicines optimisation services to acute and community hospitals, intermediate care and mental health. The purpose of the foundation pharmacists role is to develop and utilise the clinical and professional skills defined in the South Devon Pharmacist Foundation Programme to provide clinical pharmacist input into medicines optimisation services for patients across all sectors of the healthcare system. The TSDFT clinical pharmacy team culture is team based, patient focused, innovative and supportive. Continuing professional development is expected from all team members and the support for training and development of pharmacists and technicians through a well-established foundation programme is a key component of the team’s work.
Responsibilities
* You will be a pharmacist who acts within professional boundaries, working within the pharmacy team and alongside multidisciplinary healthcare teams in each rotation placement.
* Work on a rotational basis, gaining competencies and experience as defined by the Foundation Programme. In each rotation you will be supported, mentored and managed by the senior clinical pharmacy team.
* Be competent to practice safely and autonomously at a foundation level within each rotation specialty (competencies and timeframes for assessment and achievement are defined in the Foundation Programme handbook).
* Provide clinically appropriate, patient-centred, evidence-based and cost-effective pharmaceutical care to patients in all of your rotational placements.
* The Foundation Programme forms the basis of an innovative career pathway for pharmacists and provides foundation pharmacists in South Devon with the opportunity to develop a wide range of clinical and professional skills and experience across a number of healthcare settings while actively utilising these skills within supportive teams.
About the team and context
The ward-facing clinical pharmacy teams (each consisting of highly specialist, mid-grade and foundation pharmacists, specialist and foundation technicians and ATOs) are supported by and provide clinical support for medicines information, medicines governance, aseptic services, homecare, high-cost drugs, dispensary and dispatch teams. The team is well integrated with the multidisciplinary teams across the Trust and all team members are expected to represent the pharmacy department and their profession in a visible, approachable and competent manner, demonstrating flexibility, positivity and problem-solving ability as appropriate to their role and competency.
Contact for further details
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Simpson Chau
Job title: Deputy Clinical Pharmacy Manager
Email: shaoyu.chau@nhs.net
Telephone: 01803 655317
OR
Name: Jane Pyle
Job title: Clinical Pharmacy Manager
Email: jane.pyle@nhs.net
Job specifics
* Seniority level: Internship
* Employment type: Part-time
* Job function: Health Care Provider
* Industries: Hospitals and Health Care
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