Main area Pharmacy Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent: +/- Emergency Duty Commitment Hours Part time - 27.75 hours per week (plus weekends, on-call duties and 1 late shift per week) Job ref 390-CSS-SO-9624-B
Employer Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Southend Town Westcliff-on-Sea Salary £55,690 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time) Salary period Yearly Closing 23/07/2025 23:59
Lead Pharmacist - Rheumatology & MSK
Band 8a
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the onlyacute 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
We are looking for a lead pharmacist to take overarching responsibility for our service to the rheumatology department and our trauma and orthopaedic wards.
This is a great opportunity for a highly motivated, open minded and dynamic pharmacist who is an excellent communicator with strong interpersonal / relationship building skills.
You will lead the pharmacy clinical service within your specialty day to day at the Southend Hospital site, supporting the site Clinical Lead Pharmacist by ensuring patients receive a safe and effective service.
You will work closely with the other lead clinical pharmacists for rheumatology and medicine based at the Basildon and Broomfield sites.
The successful candidate will need to be an experienced pharmacist that has worked across a variety of clinical areas and is now ready to specialise in adult medicine. You will have experience in good service delivery and management, and a proven track record of delivering change within dynamic environments.
Please be aware this role may close early due to number of applications
Main duties of the job
Providing a clinical service to the wards, discharge and outpatients service
Attend clinical ward rounds, clinical and multidisciplinary meetings as appropriate
Regularly recording clinical interventions and activities.
Provide specialist pharmaceutical information 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 use of medicines.
Take part in the emergency on-call pharmacist rota. Working alone as the on call pharmacist, provide: medicines information, advice and supply out of hours, and sourcing of urgently required drugs from external suppliers.
You will support the Trust Medication Safety Officer and Pharmacy Risk Governance Pharmacy Team with the medicine's 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.
Working for our organisation
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing 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 Lead 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.
Person specification
Clinical Pharmacy PG
* Masters
* Membership of RPS & active
* Membership of clinical group e.g. UKCPA & active
Experience
Directorate activity
* Experience in e.g. MMGs, PGDs, finance reports, teaching
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
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name Caroline Giggins Job title Clinical Lead Pharmacist, Women & Children Email address c.giggins@nhs.net Telephone number 01702385735 Additional information
Tomi Tommy-Uffang 01702385221
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