Main area: Pharmacy
Grade Band: 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (plus weekends, on-call duties and 1 late shift per week)
Job ref: 390-CSS-SO-9468
Employer: Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Southend Town, Westcliff-on-Sea
Salary: £53,755 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 10/02/2025 23:59
Lead Pharmacist - Department for Medicine in the Elderly
Band 8a
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend. We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation determined to provide the best health care services for our local population and working in the best interests of the people we serve. Job overview
We are looking for a lead pharmacist for the Department for Medicine in the Elderly to take overarching responsibility for our service to our DME and frailty wards. This is a great opportunity for a highly motivated, open-minded and dynamic pharmacist who is an excellent communicator with strong interpersonal/relationship building skills. You will lead the pharmacy clinical service within your specialty day to day at the Southend Hospital site, supporting the site Clinical Lead Pharmacist by ensuring patients receive a safe and effective service. You will work closely with the other lead clinical pharmacists for DME at the Basildon and Broomfield sites. The successful candidate will need to be an experienced pharmacist that has worked across a variety of clinical areas and is now ready to specialise in adult medicine. You will have experience in excellent service delivery and management and a proven track record of delivering change within dynamic environments. We look forward to receiving your application if you are interested in the role and believe you have the qualities we require! Main duties of the job
Main duties of the role will include: Providing a clinical service to the wards, discharge and outpatients service Attend clinical ward rounds, clinical and multidisciplinary meetings as appropriate Regularly recording clinical interventions and activities. Provide specialist pharmaceutical information to medical, nursing and other staff within the Trust where appropriate. Promote the safe, appropriate and economic use of drugs. Counsel and advise patients on use of medicines. Take part in the emergency on-call pharmacist rota. Working alone as the on-call pharmacist, provide: medicines information, advice and supply out of hours, and sourcing of urgently required drugs from external suppliers. Support the Trust Medication Safety Officer and Pharmacy Risk Governance Pharmacy Team with the medicines optimisation and governance agenda. Monitor the safe and secure storage of medication both within the pharmacy department and on the wards. Implement local and national guidelines where appropriate e.g. NICE. Supervise trainee pharmacists, undergraduate students and ward-based technicians. The Pharmacy department has a 'can do' attitude and strives to provide the best service possible at all times to our patients and our colleagues. The pharmacy vision is to be a 'service without walls', integrated within the ward teams supporting excellent patient care. Working for our organisation
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people. We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well-being of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers. From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best; to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook – if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us. We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information regarding the detail of expected duties and personal specifications, please read the attached job description & person specification document. We look forward to your application. Person specification
Clinical Pharmacy PG
Masters Membership of RPS & active Membership of clinical group e.g. UKCPA & active Experience
Directorate activity
Experience in e.g. MMGs, PGDs, finance reports, teaching Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold. Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. Name: Caroline Giggins Job title: Clinical Lead Pharmacist, Women & Children Email address: [emailprotected] Telephone number: 01702385735 Additional information: Tomi Tommy-Uffang 01702 385221
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Band 8a
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend. We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation determined to provide the best health care services for our local population and working in the best interests of the people we serve. Job overview
We are looking for a lead pharmacist for the Department for Medicine in the Elderly to take overarching responsibility for our service to our DME and frailty wards. This is a great opportunity for a highly motivated, open-minded and dynamic pharmacist who is an excellent communicator with strong interpersonal/relationship building skills. You will lead the pharmacy clinical service within your specialty day to day at the Southend Hospital site, supporting the site Clinical Lead Pharmacist by ensuring patients receive a safe and effective service. You will work closely with the other lead clinical pharmacists for DME at the Basildon and Broomfield sites. The successful candidate will need to be an experienced pharmacist that has worked across a variety of clinical areas and is now ready to specialise in adult medicine. You will have experience in excellent service delivery and management and a proven track record of delivering change within dynamic environments. We look forward to receiving your application if you are interested in the role and believe you have the qualities we require! Main duties of the job
Main duties of the role will include: Providing a clinical service to the wards, discharge and outpatients service Attend clinical ward rounds, clinical and multidisciplinary meetings as appropriate Regularly recording clinical interventions and activities. Provide specialist pharmaceutical information to medical, nursing and other staff within the Trust where appropriate. Promote the safe, appropriate and economic use of drugs. Counsel and advise patients on use of medicines. Take part in the emergency on-call pharmacist rota. Working alone as the on-call pharmacist, provide: medicines information, advice and supply out of hours, and sourcing of urgently required drugs from external suppliers. Support the Trust Medication Safety Officer and Pharmacy Risk Governance Pharmacy Team with the medicines optimisation and governance agenda. Monitor the safe and secure storage of medication both within the pharmacy department and on the wards. Implement local and national guidelines where appropriate e.g. NICE. Supervise trainee pharmacists, undergraduate students and ward-based technicians. The Pharmacy department has a 'can do' attitude and strives to provide the best service possible at all times to our patients and our colleagues. The pharmacy vision is to be a 'service without walls', integrated within the ward teams supporting excellent patient care. Working for our organisation
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people. We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well-being of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers. From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best; to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook – if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us. We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information regarding the detail of expected duties and personal specifications, please read the attached job description & person specification document. We look forward to your application. Person specification
Clinical Pharmacy PG
Masters Membership of RPS & active Membership of clinical group e.g. UKCPA & active Experience
Directorate activity
Experience in e.g. MMGs, PGDs, finance reports, teaching Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold. Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. Name: Caroline Giggins Job title: Clinical Lead Pharmacist, Women & Children Email address: [emailprotected] Telephone number: 01702385735 Additional information: Tomi Tommy-Uffang 01702 385221
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