Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.
Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.
We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a pharmacist to join the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust pharmacy team. The position will be based at Basildon site, where you will be part of an innovative team, and be involved in many exciting projects to promote and deliver high quality clinical service to our patients with a focus on haematology.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and ambitious pharmacist with excellent clinical knowledge and organisational skills. You will be working closely with the multidisciplinary teams relating to antimicrobial stewardship, critical care and Infection control located at the three sites in Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. This will be a great opportunity to develop your clinical leadership role and play an active part in change management projects.
If you are interested in the role and believe you hold the qualities we require, then apply today
Main duties of the job
* Providing a clinical service to the wards, discharge .
* Attend AMS clinical ward rounds, clinical and multidisciplinary meetings as appropriate
* Regularly record clinical interventions and activities.
* Provide specialist pharmaceutical information and advice to medical, nursing and other staff within the Trust where appropriate.
* Promote the safe, appropriate and economic use of drugs.
* Counsel and advise patients on the appropriate and effective use of medicines.
* Take part in the emergency On-call Pharmacist rota. Working alone as the On call Pharmacist, you will provide: medicines information, advice and supply out of hours, including sourcing of urgently required drugs from external suppliers and other hospitals.
* To support the Trust Medication Safety Officer and Pharmacy Risk and Governance Team with the medicines optimisation and governance agenda.
* Monitor the safe and secure storage of medication both within the pharmacy department and on the wards.
* Implement local and national guidelines where appropriate e.g. NICE.
* Supervise trainee pharmacists, undergraduate students and ward-based technicians.
* Manage staff in order to ensure the effective operation of the Services
* Develop your existing role as an independent prescriber, or working towards this goal
Working for our organisation
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Are you looking for an exciting Pharmacist role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.
For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.
We look forward to your application.
Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Master's Degree in Pharmacy (or equivalent)
* Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council
* Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent Post-graduate qualification
Desirable criteria
* Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
* Independent Prescriber
Experience
Essential criteria
* Extensive relevant pharmacy experience including providing a clinical pharmacy service to a variety of specialities including Antimicrobial Stewardship, Critical care
* Line management experience
* Significant relevant post registration experience
Desirable criteria
* Experience in teaching and training of Pharmacy and MDT staff
* Financial awareness regarding the management of drug budgets
Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.
Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn't accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.
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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.
Documents to download
* Lead Pharmacist AMS and CCU JD (PDF, 480.6KB)
* Privacy Policy (PDF, 441.0KB)
* AFC Pay Poster 25/26 (PDF, 32.3KB)
* Behaviours Framework (JPG, 298.0KB)
* Applicant MS Teams Checklist (PDF, 560.5KB)
* Trust marketing brochure (PDF, 2.1MB)
* General Statements - AFC - V5.1 (PDF, 424.6KB)