East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Rotational Clinical Pharmacist
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This is an exciting opportunity for a newly qualified pharmacist or pharmacist wishing to transition to a role within the acute sector and be part of a forward-thinking pharmacy team. The posts are open to applications from existing foundation trainees.
The posts are also open to applicants who wish to work cross-sector. Flexible working options can be explored based on individual circumstances.
About the Role
As a clinical pharmacist, you will be immersed in the ward environment and responsible for delivering ward-based clinical pharmacist and medicines management duties, working to ensure patients' medicines are accurately and promptly reconciled on admission and clinically effective. You will be part of the wider multi-professional team to ensure patients' medicines are optimized during admission and you will work to ensure seamless transfer of care through effective discharge planning and verification.
You will act as responsible pharmacist in the dispensary on a rostered basis (typically one slot per week) and work flexibly across a range of specialties on a 4-monthly rotational basis.
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You will rotate through aseptics and chemotherapy services ensuring you have a well-rounded skill set as a junior pharmacist.
Development Opportunities
You will have weekly protected teaching, a dedicated mentor, and line manager to ensure you can thrive and develop your clinical skills and progress within the department.
Technology and Support
The Trust uses an electronic patient records and electronic prescribing and medicines administration system.
We have a large cohort of Non-Medical Prescribers and are passionate about supporting our team of pharmacists to gain this qualification, along with the post-graduate clinical certificate/diploma.
We have strong links with our local universities with three teacher practitioners.
We were an early-adopter site for the RPS’s Transfer of Care initiative, which led to the creation of the world's first fully integrated hospital to community pharmacy e-referral system: Refer-to-Pharmacy.
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We have a Homecare team and specialist pharmacists within the Dermatology, Rheumatology, Cardiology, and Gastroenterology directorates providing out-patient clinics.
Location and Benefits
You may also be interested to know that East Lancashire Hospitals provides onsite parking and is well connected to the motorway network, making it an easy commuting distance from Manchester and Liverpool, with many of our team hailing from these locations. The Lake District is a short drive away for leisure activities.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Emma Watson
- Job title: Principle Pharmacist - Clinical Services
- Email address: emma.watson@elht.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 01254 734545
If you would like to come for a visit, don't hesitate to make contact, and we can arrange a time for you to come and see the department and the team.
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