Specialist Rotational Clinical Pharmacist

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Job Overview

Are you a Band 6 Clinical Pharmacist who is due to complete the first year of your clinical diploma in the next few months? Or, maybe you are currently a Band 7 Clinical Pharmacist eager to expand your experience and expertise at a large teaching hospital and regional centre of excellence in many specialties.

Our Pharmacy Department are seeking motivated Clinical Pharmacists who aspire to advance their careers through our Band 7 Specialist Clinical Pharmacist rotational program. You will join a team of Rotational Band 7 Pharmacists, and work closely alongside the Lead Pharmacists within your rotation. Each rotation lasts 6 months, enabling you to immerse yourself fully in the specialty area, while also honing additional skills such as leadership, mentoring, and service development to enrich your personal portfolio.

The rotations will enable you to benefit from working in a large NHS Trust which has strong links with the ICB, including ICU & Surgery, Technical Services, Pharmacoeconomics & ICB, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Neurosciences, Same Day Emergency Care, Acute Medical & Frailty Admissions, Infectious Diseases, NHS@Home, General Medicine, HIV/, Respiratory, Palliative Care, Renal and Elective Orthopaedic Surgery.

• To provide specialist clinical pharmacy services at a high level to inpatients and outpatients on a rotational basis.
• To provide support to the Lead Highly Specialist Pharmacists.
• To act in accordance with Medicines legislation, the code of ethics of the General Pharmaceutical Council, United Kingdom Medicines Information (UKMI) standards and Trust policies and procedures.
• To teach and supervise less experienced pharmacists, technicians and students.
• To contribute to the Pharmacy weekend service, late nights and provide back up support to the on call pharmacists out of hours.
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We are a large pharmacy department with over 80 pharmacists including many highly specialist posts, pharmacist-lead clinics, independent prescribers and consultant pharmacists. The clinical ward pharmacy service is well established and provided by clinical pharmacists and medicine management technicians.

North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building  are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.

North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all…