Band 8a Specialist Pharmacist Healthcare of Older People (Good Hope)

We are seeking a clinically driven and passionate pharmacist to join the Healthcare of Older People specialty as the Specialist Clinical Pharmacist for Healthcare of Older People. This role will facilitate the delivery of care on the Good Hope Hospital site.

This post will enable the delivery of a clinically focused pharmacy service working within a strong specialist team. This post will also support the development of junior pharmacists understanding and treating complex older patients.

Some of the benefits of joining our team:

Excellent learning and development opportunities completing a structured development program to develop from a Senior Support Pharmacist (band 7) into a Specialist Clinical role (band 8a) embedded within the clinical area.

Dedicated protected learning during work hours to help facilitate your development

Post-graduate training in pharmacy and support to undertake non-medical prescribing (NMP) course and other post graduate learning.

Future development into outpatient clinics

Access to trust health and wellbeing initiatives and a variety of staff networks.

Access to exclusive benefits for you and your family including NHS discounts at various retailers, restaurants and leisure facilities.

If you have relevant hospital pharmacy experience and you want to utilise your clinical skills and work in a supportive department, then this is the job for you!, We are looking for enthusiastic clinical pharmacist who is capable of working in the Healthcare of Older People specialist team who is motivated with good communication skills and a desire to use their knowledge, skills and experience to improve patient care and influence healthcare professionals in the best use of medicines.

Depending on previous experience and qualifications there is an opportunity to develop in this role from a senior support pharmacist (band 7) into a Specialist Clinical Pharmacist role (band 8a) or start as a specialist pharmacist. Through a structured and supported development program a set of criteria is used to ensure you are supported and achieve key skills and knowledge.

You will have a patient facing role supporting the specialty within Healthcare of Older People understanding complex treatment pathways. You will be supported to undertake your non-medical prescribing course or if already achieved in another area develop your knowledge into this field.

There is also the opportunity to understand and deliver Cost Improvement Programs (CIP) to support the speciality and department. In addition completion of audits and Quality Improvement Project (QIP) to present to the speciality meetings will be supported.

You will join a large specialist pharmacy team covering multiple areas to support pharmacists working closely at your base site and with the team across all sites. You will be supported by a team of more experienced pharmacists to develop.

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Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

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