Specialist Antimicrobial Pharmacist

Grade: Band 8a

Ward:Pharmacy

Pay Rates: £32.06 per hour

Why might this job interest you?

Are you a skilled and compassionate Pharmacist with Clinical experience? Are ready to play a crucial role in patient care?

Join our team at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and help us make adifference!

Responsible for providing expert pharmaceutical advice, including specialist antimicrobialadvice across all clinical areas of the Trust to prescribers, clinicians,nursing staff and pharmacy staff and patients to deliver high qualitypharmaceutical care and improve patient safety.

Work in conjunction with the Consultant Microbiologists and infection control team to developtraining programmes and audit and feedback to educate prescribers, pharmacistsand nursing staff on the safe and effective use of antimicrobials.

Participate inmultidisciplinary team activities to provide advice on infection Managementi.e. ward rounds, antimicrobial stewardship rounds, and multidisciplinary team meetings.

Act as a source ofpharmaceutical expertise with regards antimicrobials advising patients, carers,Pharmacy staff, medical staff, nurses and Physician associates across RBH.

Lead the pharmacy service provided in support of the microbiology team and delivery of AMS agendaincluding microbiology ward rounds,

C. difficile MDT and pharmacy support forthe OPAT service.

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

Please see attached Job Description for a more detailed breakdown of the duties and responsibilities of this role.

• Substantial Hospital Pharmacy experience of which a significant amount has been within an acute UK hospital environment.

• Professional Registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Masters Degree in Pharmacy or UK recognised equivalent.
• Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.