Senior Pharmacist Medical Specialties – Band 8A
Balfor Healthcare currently have an amazing opportunity for a Senior Pharmacist to join Wye Valley NHS Trusts friendly team on a temp to perm basis.
Situated on the border of Wales, set in a beautiful, rural location, we can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their career goals.
This is a great opportunity for an experienced clinical pharmacist to increase their responsibility at a senior level, whilst maintaining involvement across several medical specialties.
Job Responsibilities
The Senior Pharmacist will:
- Lead and support the Pharmacy Service provided to the Medical Specialities, to include responsibilities for Respiratory, Cardiology, Gastroenterology and Stroke Services.
- Co-ordinate the Medical Specialty clinical and Junior Pharmacists as well as working closely with our ward-based Pharmacy Technician and support staff.
- Responsible for the pharmaceutical care in these areas including clinical, medicines safety and financial governance associated with medicines use.
- Supervise junior pharmacy staff and support their development.
- Support the ward based and dispensary clinical pharmacy service through clinical checking of prescriptions in line with professional, legal and best practice standards and acting as Responsible Pharmacist where appropriate.
- Support 7 day clinical services to the Trust on a departmental rotational weekend rota basis
Essential Requirements
- GPhC Registration
- Post Graduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma (or equivalent experience)
- Achieved being an independent prescriber (for Band 8a)
- Significant hospital based experience
- Non-Medical prescribing qualification
For a Full Job Description and Person Specification please email siobhan@balfor.co.uk