clinical pharmacist Harlow, England
Job description
Job Title: Pharmacist
Grade: Band 6
Ward/Dept: Pharmacy
Trust: Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Location: Princess Alexandra Hospital, Hamstel Road, Harlow, CM20 1QX
Hours: Full time- 37.5 hours per week. Monday – Sunday 9-5 (days to be confirmed at interview stage)
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
PAHT is one of only six hospital trusts nationally to be awarded funding to build a fabulous new hospital for our local people that will deliver first class services and patient care to our growing local population for many years to come.
PAHT is a very welcoming place to work, where colleagues collaborate across disciplines and specialities and there is a shared focus on providing excellent patient care.
The Pharmacy team works with our doctors and nurses to make sure patients receive the right medication, at the right time and in the right doses. They also ensure that any newly prescribed medication is safe to give in combination with existing medication patients may be on.
Are you a Pharmacist looking for an exciting opportunity to develop your career?
Princess Alexandra Hospital have exciting opportunities for Pharmacist’s to join their team.
As a pharmacist, you work as part of the Pharmacy team to provide an effective pharmacy service to the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust and other organisations to which the pharmacy department provides a service.
Your main duties in this role are as follows:
· Identify, select dispense and distribute drugs for in and out patients prescriptions.
· Offer drug advice to prescribers and nurses.
· Supervise and or check the dispensing of prescriptions, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
· To open and close the pharmacy dispensary.
· To clinically screen prescriptions to ensure safe, effective and economic use of drugs and to resolve prescribing problems.
· Counsel patients on their medication.
· Organise supply of medicines according to need, local requisitioning and topping up procedures.
· Contribute to adverse drug reporting, clinical risk management and therapeutic drug monitoring.
· Provide the final check of prepared intravenous and other products, produced in the unit
· Carry out Reception duties and operate the automated pharmacy storage and dispensing system.
· Assist in the training of less experienced staff.
To be successful in applying for this role:
You should be methodical and organised, with effective communication skills and can prioritise work effectively with good attention to detail skills. The ability to work effectively and lead a team, is essential, along with being flexible with working hours to be able to support an on-call rota. You must have a relevant Pharmacy degree and be registered with GPHC having gained experience in a hospital setting.
Why NHS Professionals?
In return for your hard work commitment NHS Professionals (NHSP) can offer you some fantastic benefits: -
· Competitive Pay Rates - work this week, get paid next week!
· First choice of placements at over 50 NHS Trusts in England
· Dedicated consultants
· Flexible working options
· Free DBS and free training
· Build holiday allowance
· Support when you need it – 24/7 365 days – Call us anytime on 03330 407552
· Stakeholder pension scheme
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £21.80 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: 59175
About NHS Professionals
CEO: Nicola McQueen
Revenue: $100 to $500 million (USD)
Size: 501 to 1000 Employees
Type: Hospital
Website: www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk
Year Founded: 2001
