Job Description
Job overview Band 6/7 Rotational Pharmacist progression postCurrently a trainee pharmacist or a pharmacist wanting to move into the hospital sector? Kick start your hospital career by joining us in Salisbury! If you are keen to develop your patient facing and clinical skills in a busy, friendly and supportive environment then we are the place for you.We are committed to developing our staff and offer support to complete the post graduate clinical diploma and independent prescribing courses. We offer monthly one to one meetings and developmental ward visits to ensure you receive consistent support in your progression. Opportunities to develop your professional and clinical skills will allow progression to a band 7 position upon completion of key objectives. We offer a highly regarded rotational programme which includes rotations through admissions, medicine, surgery and paediatrics.Our band 7 role offers opportunities for further development of your leadership and clinical skills including opportunities for involvement in clinical trials, mentoring and supervising trainee and foundation pharmacists, development of specialist areas and independent prescribing. Main duties of the job We are a friendly and supportive pharmacy team focused on delivering the best and safest possible front line clinical pharmacy service to our patients. The pharmacists we are looking for will be dedicated, hardworking with great communication and organisational skills. They will be committed to their own professional development and have a drive to continually improve the service we provide to our patients.You will be part of our established rotational training programme, which is aimed at helping you develop your core foundation skills in a variety of clinical settingsOur service is open 7 days a week and our current opening hours are Monday to Friday 8.30am-5pm (with no late night rota), Saturday 8.30am-1pm and Sunday 9.30am-1pm. Weekend shifts are 1 in 8 with one bank holiday per year. You will be part of our highly regarded on-call team, covering 1 in 10 shifts Working for our organisation Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities. Person specification Essential Essential criteria •Current professional registration as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council. Desirable criteria •Previous Hospital Experience We offer excellent benefits that help make SDH a great place to work. These include but aren't limited to:- Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staffHoliday entitlement for Medical and Dental staff starts at 27 days for Junior/Senior Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and rises to 32 days after 5 years. Consultant entitlement starts at 32 days and rises to 34 days after 7 yearsAn additional day's leave to celebrate your birthday (after 12 months)Access to a career average revalued earnings pension schemeLife assurance if a member of the pension schemeAn extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challengesExclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for home Cycle to work schemeUniform provided (where required)On site Day Nursery and Holiday Play schemeOn site health and fitness clubOn site car parkingOpportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.