Main area: Pharmacy
Grade NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (shift working on a rota)
Job ref: 190-0853-DIR
Overview
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated. We offer many ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also provides access to salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of retailer and service provider discounts.
Job overview
We have an excellent clinical pharmacy training programme, tailored to develop your clinical skills and meet individual needs. This provides a foundation for undertaking a two-year MSc/PG Diploma in Foundation Pharmacy Practice with the University of Bradford. Post-diploma we offer opportunities for career advancement and personal development including independent pharmacist prescribing, an in-house advanced pharmacist development programme, masters, research and audit.
The post-registration foundation pharmacist team delivers the pharmacy out-of-hours service. The team works on a shift rota and gains experience of working at both main hospital sites. Comprehensive induction, training and support are provided for all new staff prior to starting out-of-hours work.
Applications are welcomed from registered pharmacists or those expected to join the General Pharmaceutical Council register by December 2025. If you are unsure about eligibility, please contact one of the pharmacists named below for advice.
Main duties of the job
Post-registration foundation pharmacists gain clinical rotational experience across a full range of specialties, as well as departmental rotations through dispensaries, aseptic and medicines information services.
Post-diploma, opportunities exist for career advancement and personal development including independent pharmacist prescribing, in-house advanced pharmacist development programme, masters, research and audit.
Provide advice on the safe and effective use of medicinal products.
Provide pharmacy departmental services including out-of-hours services on a shift pattern.
Participate in ward-based clinical pharmacy services.
Undertake appropriate post-registration training and development including a MSc/PGDip/PGCert Clinical Pharmacy (Secondary Care).
Working for our organisation
The Trust values and respects all staff and the community we serve. It is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and offers excellent benefits, with commitments to professional development and policies to support work-life balance.
The pharmacy department offers opportunities for Band 6 to 7 progression across rotational posts and fixed clinical posts. Progression to Band 7 can be supported through completing a Postgraduate Certificate in Foundation Pharmacy Practice as an essential criterion.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application, clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Qualifications
* MPharm in pharmacy
* General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) registered pharmacist (or expected to be on the register by the time the post is taken up)
Experience
* Significant foundation training experience
* Understanding of pharmacy out-of-hours services
* More than 3/12 UK hospital foundation training experience
Skills and Knowledge
* Completion of clinical and professional sections of the UKMI training portal
* Audit
* Achievement of dispensing and checking competency
* Aseptic competency
* IT competency
Please note that to comply with UK Government rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, applicants who do not meet eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds will not be eligible for sponsorship. Further details on these concessions and eligibility can be found here.
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The Trust is committed to the Equality Act 2010 and encourages applications from all sections of the community. For assistance applying, contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.
Job Share is welcome for all full-time posts where indicated but cannot be guaranteed. For Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered; please seek your current line manager’s approval before applying.
All employment is subject to NHS employment checks, including identity, right to work, references and qualifications, professional registration, a Disclosure and Barring Service check, and an occupational health check if required.
For more information about our organisation and opportunities, visit our website and follow us on social media.
Employer certification / accreditation
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; a DBS disclosure submission is necessary.
For further information contact:
Katie Dale, Principal Pharmacist
Email: katie.dale8@nhs.net
Telephone: 0114 2713773
Debra Fowler, Deputy Clinical Pharmacy Services Manager
Telephone: 0114 2711565
Email: debra.fowler3@nhs.net
Additional information: www.sth.nhs.uk and follow the A–Z of hospital services to the pharmacy page.
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