Clinical Pharmacist

Job overview

The Pharmacy Team are based at Farnham Road Hospital in Guildford and provide a clinical and supply service to our wards and community teams situated both onsite and across the county of Surrey. Inpatient units are in Guildford (5 minutes’ walk from the train station), Chertsey (on the St Peter’s Hospital site) & the Meadows at Epsom.

This is a great opportunity for a pharmacist looking to develop their skills in mental health pharmacy and make a significant difference to the health outcomes of the people who use our services.

The role will include the provision of a ward level clinical pharmacy service working as part of the multidisciplinary team, as well as providing support to our Dispensary colleagues. The work is varied and includes provision of mental health related medicines information. We direct physical health queries to and are supported with provision of training by Frimley Park Medicines Information service with whom we have a service level agreement. The Trust have a good record for research and development, so there will be involvement in clinical trials and training.

We can support training to become an independent prescriber.

Main duties of the job

Our vision statement is to help people recover and to keep people safe through optimal use of medicines.  The successful candidate will be an organised, flexible individual with excellent communication and interpersonal skills and an ability to work on their own initiative and as part of the team.

The role will require this person to:

• Provide clinical support to the Trust Dispensary, based at Farnham Road Hospital
• Be involved with Clinical Trials and support with dispensing and preparation of clinical trial medicines (based at Two Bridges, Chertsey).
• Provide Emergency Duty Commitment and on the On-Call Pharmacist Rota

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.