Job Description
Job description
Job Overview
Are you a Primary Care or Community based Pharmacist looking to change sector, or a band 6 Hospital Pharmacist looking to develop your career?
We have an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacist from any sector to progress their career here at Frimley Park.
Our Band 7 rotations are designed to prepare you for your next step in your career.
As part of the rotation you will be supported by our expert Pharmacy education team to develop your clinical skills and knowledge, with opportunities to rotate through a variety of specialities, including: Paediatrics, Medicine & Surgery, or Critical Care.
You will have completed either the CPPE Primary Care Pathway or the Clinical Diploma.
Get in touch or come for a visit to get more information.
Main duties of the job
• To partake in the Band 7 Rotations through different clinical specialties- including Paediatrics, Haematology/Oncology, Medicine & Surgery, and Critical Care.
• To provide and develop the clinical pharmacy service to patients within the specialist area.
• To act as a role model in the field of clinical pharmacy practice and provide a consistently high standard of clinical service in line with the pharmacy objectives.
• To supervise and train junior and trainee pharmacists.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around +00,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
• To work closely with the Lead Pharmacists, clinicians, nursing staff and other senior managers to develop pharmaceutical services to patients within the relevant directorates.
• Provide a clinical pharmacy service to specialised areas and a clinical pharmacy service to cover other areas when ward cover is needed. The service includes:
• medicines reconciliation and optimisation
• review for need of drug therapies, selection of appropriate drug therapies / doses / modification of existing therapies
• counselling patients
• discharge planning
• assessing pharmaceutical care needs
• initiating and carrying out care plans
• advice to doctors / other health care staff
• attending ward rounds as per departmental requirements which may involve flexibility of start / finish time
• To work with clinicians and nurses to develop, implement and monitor the use of protocols within the specialist area to ensure the safe use and supply of medicines.
• This includes the development of protocols and advice to nursing staff concerning the safe and appropriate use and storage of medication.
• To take an active role in committees relating to specialist area e.g. clinical governance committee
• To evaluate, plan and implement service developments to improve the quality of the pharmacy service to the specialist area.
• To ensure that drugs utilised within FHFT reflect the recommendations, the policies and formulary of Frimley Health and those of tertiary centres. To increase economic awareness within the area through directorate financial reports and to advise on cost effective prescribing.
• To support the production of drug evaluations for the Area Prescribing Committee as requested by the Prescribing Manager. To make recommendations to the directorate concerning the introduction and use of new drugs.
• To support the Lead Pharmacist in the recruitment and management of pharmacists or ward technicians under the post holder, including appraisal, review and development.
• To participate in pharmacy practice research and clinical audit activities.
• To provide professional support to the pharmacy homecare team
• To be an active independent pharmacy prescriber, in line with Trust guidelines and current legislation.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
• Team working
• Interpersonal skills
Desirable criteria
• Extensive hospital experience
Qualifications
Essential criteria
• Pharmacy degree (Master level 4 years)
• Registered with GPhC
• Working towards Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy / Pharmacy
• Practice or equivalent (to finish within 12 months) OR completion of CPPE Primary care pharmacy education pathway
• Intention to become an Independent Prescriber.
Desirable criteria
• Independent pharmacist Prescriber
• Completion of Diploma in Clinical Practice
Experience
Essential criteria
• Provision of patient-facing clinical service, either in Hospital or Primary sectors. Post-registration provision of clinical pharmacy service to a broad range of clinical specialities
• Evidence of up to date CPD in clinical pharmacy
• Computer literate
Desirable criteria
• Experience of providing a medicines information service
• Practical experience of audit
• Protocol development
• Service development
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the +00,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £4+m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
Apply online now
Job Overview
Are you a Primary Care or Community based Pharmacist looking to change sector, or a band 6 Hospital Pharmacist looking to develop your career?
We have an exciting opportunity for a Pharmacist from any sector to progress their career here at Frimley Park.
Our Band 7 rotations are designed to prepare you for your next step in your career.
As part of the rotation you will be supported by our expert Pharmacy education team to develop your clinical skills and knowledge, with opportunities to rotate through a variety of specialities, including: Paediatrics, Medicine & Surgery, or Critical Care.
You will have completed either the CPPE Primary Care Pathway or the Clinical Diploma.
Get in touch or come for a visit to get more information.
Main duties of the job
• To partake in the Band 7 Rotations through different clinical specialties- including Paediatrics, Haematology/Oncology, Medicine & Surgery, and Critical Care.
• To provide and develop the clinical pharmacy service to patients within the specialist area.
• To act as a role model in the field of clinical pharmacy practice and provide a consistently high standard of clinical service in line with the pharmacy objectives.
• To supervise and train junior and trainee pharmacists.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around +00,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
• To work closely with the Lead Pharmacists, clinicians, nursing staff and other senior managers to develop pharmaceutical services to patients within the relevant directorates.
• Provide a clinical pharmacy service to specialised areas and a clinical pharmacy service to cover other areas when ward cover is needed. The service includes:
• medicines reconciliation and optimisation
• review for need of drug therapies, selection of appropriate drug therapies / doses / modification of existing therapies
• counselling patients
• discharge planning
• assessing pharmaceutical care needs
• initiating and carrying out care plans
• advice to doctors / other health care staff
• attending ward rounds as per departmental requirements which may involve flexibility of start / finish time
• To work with clinicians and nurses to develop, implement and monitor the use of protocols within the specialist area to ensure the safe use and supply of medicines.
• This includes the development of protocols and advice to nursing staff concerning the safe and appropriate use and storage of medication.
• To take an active role in committees relating to specialist area e.g. clinical governance committee
• To evaluate, plan and implement service developments to improve the quality of the pharmacy service to the specialist area.
• To ensure that drugs utilised within FHFT reflect the recommendations, the policies and formulary of Frimley Health and those of tertiary centres. To increase economic awareness within the area through directorate financial reports and to advise on cost effective prescribing.
• To support the production of drug evaluations for the Area Prescribing Committee as requested by the Prescribing Manager. To make recommendations to the directorate concerning the introduction and use of new drugs.
• To support the Lead Pharmacist in the recruitment and management of pharmacists or ward technicians under the post holder, including appraisal, review and development.
• To participate in pharmacy practice research and clinical audit activities.
• To provide professional support to the pharmacy homecare team
• To be an active independent pharmacy prescriber, in line with Trust guidelines and current legislation.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
• Team working
• Interpersonal skills
Desirable criteria
• Extensive hospital experience
Qualifications
Essential criteria
• Pharmacy degree (Master level 4 years)
• Registered with GPhC
• Working towards Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy / Pharmacy
• Practice or equivalent (to finish within 12 months) OR completion of CPPE Primary care pharmacy education pathway
• Intention to become an Independent Prescriber.
Desirable criteria
• Independent pharmacist Prescriber
• Completion of Diploma in Clinical Practice
Experience
Essential criteria
• Provision of patient-facing clinical service, either in Hospital or Primary sectors. Post-registration provision of clinical pharmacy service to a broad range of clinical specialities
• Evidence of up to date CPD in clinical pharmacy
• Computer literate
Desirable criteria
• Experience of providing a medicines information service
• Practical experience of audit
• Protocol development
• Service development
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the +00,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £4+m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
Apply online now
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Specialist Clinical Rotational Pharmacist position is now open for candidates interested in the Health Jobs sector. This role in Frimley offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Health Jobs is a plus.
