Rotational Clinical Pharmacist

This post will suit a newly qualified pharmacist or a pharmacist transferring from another sector wanting to develop their Clincial skills in the acute. We will encourage your personal development through funded training opportunities and have a range of rotations providing you with the foundation knowledge. We offer protected learning time to all members of the team.

As a forward thinking department we continually drive innovation and utilisation of digital solutions such as EPMA to support our workflows and allow more of time to support direct patient care. This is an exciting time to join the organisation as we are exploring new ways to deliver pharmacy services at ward level with input from all members of the team.We are an independent organisation providing hospital and out of hospital services. However SWFT is also a member of the 'Foundation Group' with Wye Valley NHS Trust, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The 'Foundation Group' structure sees each trust operate independently and maintain its identity, but provides a platform for collaboration, innovation and opportunities to work across the group model.

We recognise that our staff are our most valuable resource and we acknowledge the importance and benefits of a healthy workplace and workforce. We are able to offer a range of wellbeing support initiatives including 1-2-1 confidential psychological staff support., To provide a high level of specialist pharmacy services to one or more of thespecialist service areas listed below, working closely with other pharmacists, medical/ nursing staff and senior technicians /ward technicians.

Our aim is that some of these posts will be rotational (year-long rotations) andinclude the below specialities:

- Acute Medical Admission- Cancer & Aseptics Team- Family Health- Frailty Assessment unit/Frailty- Medicine (Respiratory, Diabetes, Stroke, Cardiology, Gastroenterology,- Dermatology and Rheumatology)- Surgery (Elective Orthopaedics, General Surgery, Short Stay Surgery and Day Surgery and ITU), Palliative care

All rotation are ward based, clinic based or based in the cancer team as thedispensary only requires minimum pharmacist input.

Posts that are non-rotational will be speciality based as per the advertised role therefore general aspects and appropriate specialty aspects will apply.

To provide a high level of clinical pharmacy care to patients on allocated wards, to support the medical, nursing and other healthcare staff providing clinical care in the specialty areas, and to assist in the clinical and cost-effective use of drugs.

To assist the lead or Principal pharmacist in the management and delivery of theirspecialist pharmacy service and/or to manage the delivery of an element of service in a specialist area of practice.

To contribute to the strategic development and business plan of pharmacyservices for the specialist area.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

£37,338 to £52,809 a year per annum; available as Band 6 to 7 Step