Band 6 / 7 Rotational Pharmacist progression post

Are you a pharmacist wanting to start or progress your hospital career? If you are keen to develop your patient facing and clinical skills as part of a busy, friendly and supportive pharmacy team, then come and join us in Salisbury!

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 an exciting new rotation in child health (incorporating Paediatrics and neonatal intensive care) and a rotation to our local acute Avon and Wiltshire mental health partnership NHS trust.

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 settings.

Our 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 12 shifts.

About us

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.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registration as a pharmacist with General Pharmaceutical Council
• Degree in Pharmacy (Masters Level or equivalent).

Desirable

Experience

Essential

Desirable

Knowledge and skills

Essential

Desirable

Employer details

Employer name : Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Address :

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Odstock Road

Salisbury

SP2 8BJ

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