Senior Pharmacist - Acute & Emergency Medicine
Posting date: | 25 March 2025 |
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Salary: | Not specified |
Additional salary information: | £53,755 - £60,504 per annum |
Hours: | Full time |
Closing date: | 24 April 2025 |
Location: | York, YO31 8HE |
Company: | York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
Job type: | Permanent |
Job reference: | 7081207/419-250325-SP-PY |
Summary
We are looking for a dynamic and motivated Senior Clinical Pharmacist to manage our clinical pharmacy service provided to the acute medical admission wards and the Emergency Department (ED) at York Hospital.
Reporting to the Principal Pharmacist for Medicine (Acute & Frailty) medicine you will be supported to implement systems to improve the safe prescribing and transfer of care of acutely admitted medical patients. Whilst based in York, we encourage cross-site collaboration with counterparts at our Scarborough site to ensure a consistent service across the Trust.
Supported by a team of specialist and rotational pharmacists plus medicines management technicians and assistants, you will work at a senior level and play an influential role in the medical patient admission care pathway. You will use proven clinical skills help deliver a high-quality patient focussed clinical pharmacy service with the scope to innovate, audit and make quality improvements to our processes.
We welcome interest from pharmacists from all backgrounds but you must hold a postgraduate qualification in clinical pharmacy to Diploma level and be an Independent Prescriber (or working towards this).
Experience of effective engagement with patients, the wider MDT and pharmacy team members is vital for this post. The combination of responsibilities within this role presents an ideal opportunity to develop both your clinical and leadership skills.
Through demonstrating competence in technology and improvement, you will review and monitor medication usage for the ED and the acute admission units, including the management of the Omnicell stock cabinets in ED.
Ensuring the safe & secure handling of medicines, you will advise on compliance to formulary guidance, improve prescribing processes and address day to day medication queries, stock issues and efficiencies.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential as a strong commitment to education and training of junior pharmacists will be required to support and develop the service.
The post includes participation in working the weekend (1 in 8), bank holiday (1 per year) and on-call rotas. On-call working frequency is approximately 1 in 30 shifts.
Thinking about moving to the area? We offer a healthy relocation package - more information is available upon request.
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager at interview stage.
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
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This advert closes on Tuesday 8 Apr 2025
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