Rotational Clinical Pharmacist (Band 6 – 7 progression)NHS

Job summary

The West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is pleased to offer three exciting opportunities for rotational clinical pharmacists to join our pharmacy team: one permanent post and two 12-month fixed-term posts.Candidates are welcome to express a preference for either the permanent or fixed-term opportunities as part of their application. Please indicate your preferred contract type in your supporting statement. o Have you recently registered as a Pharmacist?o Are you an experienced Pharmacist keen to deliver high-quality pharmaceutical care within a hospital setting using electronic prescribing and patient record systems?o Are you looking to work in a supportive and educational environment?

The vacancies are open to candidates seeking either a Band 6 or Band 7 rotational clinical pharmacist role, with the starting band determined by individual experience, skills and demonstrated competencies.Newly qualified or recently registered pharmacists will typically commence at Band 6, with the opportunity to progress to Band 7 through a planned development and advancement pathway.

Pharmacists with relevant hospital experience and the appropriate skills and competencies may be appointed directly at Band 7.Whether you are starting your hospital pharmacy career or looking to build on your existing clinical experience, these opportunities offer the chance to develop within a supportive team committed to delivering high-quality patient care.

Main duties of the job

This role offers a broad range of rotational clinical pharmacy experience across multiple specialties within the Trust, alongside opportunities to develop key non-clinical skills.

A flavour of your day to day

You will work in a direct, patient-facing role ensuring the safe and appropriate use of medicines across the Trust.

Through the structured rotation plan you will be exposed to, and work within, a number of clinical areas, including:

• Medical wards
• Surgical wards
• Admissions wards
• Medicines Information
• Aseptic Production
• Palliative care
• Antimicrobial stewardship
• Inpatient and outpatient dispensary

The department works on an extended hours, seven day pharmacy service on a rostered basis, as well as providing an on-call service out of hours, which you will be involved in.

We have a fully integrated electronic prescribing and medication record system known as e-Care (Cerner Millennium), which is supporting the pharmacy department to improve and monitor the care that we deliver.

Generally Monday - Friday 08:30-17:00, but will include late, on-call and weekend shifts on a rostered basis

Job description

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About us

#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.