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Job summary

Main area
Pharmacy
Grade
Band 6 - 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (The post includes both weekend and bank holiday commitment (currently 1 in 6), and on call commitment (1 in 9 to 1 in 12 depending on staff numbers))
Job ref
229-CS-5523191-I
Employer
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Hereford County Hospital
Town
Hereford
Salary
£35,392 - £50,056 pro rata, per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/05/2024 23:59

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Clinical Pharmacist (RECRUITMENT & RELOCATION PACKAGES)

Band 6 - 7

Job overview

**Relocation Expenses and Recruitment Incentive available**

Trainee Pharmacists welcome to apply. Development B6 to B7 post.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Pharmacist to join our Clinical Pharmacy Team at Wye Valley NHS Trust. This is an exciting opportunity to work in patient facing roles across the wards and is suitable for newly registered pharmacists, current trainees, or pharmacists wanting to move sector and work in acute secondary care. The roles offers the chance to work within our Frailty Hub, Acute and Emergency Medicine Hub, as well as more generalised medical and surgical wards.

The successful candidate will also provide operational support when necessary to the dispensary (currently 3-5 x 1hr slots per week).

As part of the role, the successful candidate will be supported through a three year development programme which includes undertaking a clinical diploma and studying for an independent prescribing qualification. 

This post will attract a Recruitment and Retention Premia** totalling £5,000 (payable in instalments over 2 years), plus a relocation package of up to £8,000 (subject to eligibility criteria).  The RRP payment will be pro-rata for part-time employees.

We support flexible working options at Wye Valley and welcome applications for part-time and full-time positions.

** For further information and terms around RRP and relocation, please contact: [email protected]

 

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will participate on a rotational basis in the day to day clinical Pharmacy service through a Pharmacy team approach, ensuring patients are reviewed in a timely manner and the best level service is provided in terms of available resource and capacity.

They will form part of our ward based teams, which includes Pharmacy Technicians and ATO’s.

The suitable applicant will be part of the team providing Pharmacy Emergency Duty Commitment, and weekend/ BH cover as per a rota.

Working for our organisation

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view ‘supporting documents’ linked to this vacancy.

 

 

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • MPharm or equivalent academic qualification
  • Completed Pre-Registration year leading to membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council
  • Current membership of the General Pharmaceutical Council
  • Postgraduate qualification in Clinical Pharmacy (to be commenced in post, and to complete year 1 before progression to a band 7)

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Negotiation and influencing of other Health Care Professionals
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of using electronic databases and the Internet for retrieving medicines information

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Assessment and interpretation of prescriptions
Desirable criteria
  • Proven hospital experience or equivalent

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employercorporate covenantNHS Rainbow badge

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Susan Vaughan
Job title
Lead Pharmacist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01432 355444
Additional information

Ext 2209

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