Job overview
Would you like to be part of a dynamic patient focussed team? As part of our Medicines Resource Centre (MRC) team you would be an integral member of our Medicines Information Service providing high quality medicines information, with a varied portfolio of work.
Your MRC colleagues are a strong, cohesive and supportive team who are passionate about our roles, and work closely together developing each other, and our colleagues across our healthcare system. We are committed to developing our colleagues and you will receive training to deliver Medicines Information services for this role.
Main duties of the job
This role provides support to patients, clinicians, and services within Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, and to primary care colleagues to improve the safe and effective use of medicines.
You will be expected to help manage, maintain, and develop the Medicines Resource Centre (MRC) to ensure the provision of a high quality, patient focused, evaluated and unbiased, evidence based pharmaceutical information and advisory service.
You will:
1. Develop, train, and supervise colleagues working within the MRC.
2. Support MRC workstreams with a focus on Medicines Information and other workstreams including Formulary and Governance as required.
3. Actively contribute to the development, monitoring and integration of written guidelines, policies and patient group directions (PGDs).
4. Provide clinical pharmacy services at a department and ward level, according to rotas.
Working for our organisation
Listen to why colleagues think we are a great place to work! -
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
5. As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
6. We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
7. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
8. We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
9. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
10. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
11. A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.
What do we stand for?
12. Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
13. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
14. Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Person specification
Education, Qualification & Training
Essential criteria
15. Registered pharmacist with the GPhC, General Pharmaceutical Council
16. Experience of working as a pharmacist within primary or secondary care.
17. Completed or undertaking a post- graduate diploma in pharmacy practice or recognised equivalent
Desirable criteria
18. Experience of working within a hospital medicines information (MI) service.
Skills, abilities and knowledge
Essential criteria
19. Clear and concise verbal and written communication
20. Able to recognise limits of own competencies and to refer and seek advice from colleagues.
21. Prepared to attend any training sessions necessary for personal and service development
Desirable criteria
22. Knowledge of MI resources and general therapeutics.
Experience
Essential criteria
23. Experience of working as a pharmacist within primary or secondary care.
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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