Job overview
Do you like the variety of clinical conditions encountered in within the rehabilitation setting? Do you hold, or are you eligible to undertake the Independent Prescribing qualification? Do you enjoy team working?
If your answer is yes to any of the above, then we have an exciting opportunity available within our Pharmacy Department at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH), for a Clinical Pharmacist working collaboratively with Shropshire Community Health Trust within the rehabilitation and recovery setting based on SaTH premises. This is a brand new role within our Trust where we are looking to provide a new service to our patients who require input in the rehabilitation and recovery setting, working as part of a strong clinical pharmacy team focused on this point in the patient’s journey.
In place already we have a team including a dedicated Pharmacy Technician and Pharmacy Assistant Technical Officer, and we are seeking to complete this team by recruiting a motivated, innovative, clinically driven Pharmacist who wants to make a difference.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will:
- Be a specialist clinical pharmacist delivering a high level of clinical pharmacy input for those patients within the rehabilitation and recovery setting.
- Be the Pharmacist for the day-to-day delivery of a consistently high clinical pharmacy service for those patients within the rehabilitation and recovery setting. The service will be delivered in conjunction with rotational clinical pharmacists and medicine management Pharmacy Technicians and will include daily ward visits, participation in ward rounds and teaching of medical, nursing and less experienced pharmacy staff
- Work with the Advanced Specialist Pharmacist Team - Rehabilitation and Recovery (PRH) on the development of Clinical Pharmacy standards across the Trust for those patients within the rehabilitation and recovery setting.
- Act as a role model for, and be responsible for developing core competencies of any pharmacist working within the rehabilitation and recovery setting and for organising their training and assessing their competence.
- Work with the Advanced Specialist Pharmacist Team - Rehabilitation and Recovery (PRH) and alongside the Pharmacy Team Leaders – Clinical Services & Governance regarding the operational management and strategic development of pharmaceutical services and to reduce the risk of medication misadventure within the rehabilitation and recovery setting.
Working for your organisation
Our Pharmacy vision is:
To provide a responsive and integrated Pharmacy service that gives outstanding patient centred care and is underpinned by a culture of innovation, safety and compassion
We’re looking for people who want to help us achieve this vision, who will help us make a difference.
What can SaTH Pharmacy offer you?
- Patient focused service
- Supportive and friendly team
- Opportunities for personal development
- A department open to new ways of working
What can working collaboratively across the Integrated Care System within the rehabilitation and recovery setting offer you?
- To be part of a newly developed service; redesigned to support patient flow
- To work with a clinical team who are advocates for the role of the Pharmacy Profession within the Service.
- An opportunity to make a huge difference in the patients journey at a pivotal time.
What can SaTH offer you?
- To be part of a trust embarking on a transformational journey
- A supportive environment to enable further development of your career and your skills.
- A developing trust with recent substantial financial investment to develop the facilities and services
- Access to our Leadership Academy
We believe in ensuring our patients have a positive experience of care. Join the team and help us to create the best possible outcomes for our patients .