Pharmacist Advanced Endocrinology and SustainabilityNHS
Job summary
We are recruiting for an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist in Endocrinology and who has an interest in sustainability who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
We are looking for a dynamic, motivated, and forward-thinking clinical pharmacist to work with the diabetes and endocrinology consultants, specialist nurses and clinical pharmacy team. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing leadership and delivery of a high quality, proactive and patient focused service to gastroenterology patients.
This is an excellent opportunity to work with Lead Clinicians and nurses in a truly MDT setting.
The ideal candidate will use their non-medical prescribing qualification to optimise individual patient's drug therapies as appropriate.
You will also be supported to develop their leadership and management skills.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
Provide a high-profile lead role in the provision and development of pharmaceutical services to the diabetes and endocrinology department
Lead on the pharmacy sustainability agenda and work closely with the Chief Pharmacist on the ICB sustainability plan .
Develop and maintain a role as a non-medical prescriber (NMP).
Play an integral role in the multidisciplinary team that delivers a high quality clinical service to endocrinology patients within the Trust. This will include regular attendance of consultant-led ward rounds, independently prescribing to optimise individual patients' medicines and leading a team of junior pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to deliver an effective pharmacy service.
Job description
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation, and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.