Specialist Pharmacist - Maternity

The aim of the role is to demonstrate the value of a specialist pharmacist to the maternity services, by working closely with all clinical staff and becoming embedded within the team, in addition to building the case for a full-time specialist maternity pharmacist.
The pharmacist is expected to contribute to daily reviews of maternity patients, to log and analyse interventions and improve the delivery of safe and cost-effective pharmaceutical care. Furthermore, contribution to guideline development and reviews is a vital part of the role, in addition to developing and delivering training sessions to midwives and doctors.
Due to the fixed term status, not all job objectives may be delivered, but the position holder is expected to work towards them.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Working for our organisation
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
B - Bold
E - Every person counts
S - Sharing and open
T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust., To be a specialist clinical pharmacist in their area of speciality working at, or near to, the Advanced Pharmacy Framework Advanced Stage 1 and aspiring to progress to Advanced Stage 2 and beyond in the role.
To provide a high quality, safe, cost-effective and responsive clinical pharmacy service to wards and clinical areas in their speciality.
To deputise for the lead clinical pharmacist in the care group, where appropriate.
Work as part of a collaborative pharmacy clinical pharmacy team, utilising collective expertise to proactively develop clinical pharmacy services.
Be an integrated member of the specialist area, attending relevant meetings and advising on medicines governance, formulary, finance, safety and pathways.
To aspire to work as an advanced practitioner to provide enhanced prescribing and assessment support to the care group in an area of specialist practice on wards and in clinic, as appropriate. Training and guidance to achieve this will be given, if required.
Line manage and contribute to the education and training of pharmacy staff and the multi-disciplinary team working in their speciality.

We are recruiting for a Specialist Pharmacist who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.