Lead Clinical Pharmacist – Education and Training

Job overview

Are you an experienced Clinical Pharmacist looking for a career change or your next challenge in an acute hospital trust?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Clinical Pharmacist to join our modern purpose-built facilities to help the department deliver on its proactive Education and Training agenda.

You will be based at Ipswich  Hospital, separating time to provide clinical pharmacy activity at ward level and all required Education and Training aspects of the job description. Cross-site collaboration with Colchester pharmacy colleagues is essential to ensure consistency of practice and a uniform approach to the development of our staff.

Our friendly pharmacy team are dedicated to nurturing, mentoring and developing our staff to reach their full potential. As well as direct one-to-one training, the department provides pharmacy forums, clinical huddles and other educational activity. We support personal development plans, smart objective setting and opportunities for study.

ESNEFT is about to embark on a full, site wide implementation of the EPIC electronic patient record which includes electronic prescribing and administration and pharmacy stock control system replacement.

In addition to our fully automated dispensaries, we host one of the NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service medicines advice sites and the Regional Pharmacy Manufacturing Unit (including a brand new Aseptic facility).

Details about our pharmacy service - https://esneft.pagetiger.com/buqzfou/1

Main duties of the job

Lead on all education and training activities on the Ipswich site and any other relevant cross-site education and training activities within the Pharmacy department at ESNEFT.

Develop, deliver and maintain locally-based education and training schemes for all grades of pharmacist and clinical pharmacy technician staff.

Take the lead on the ongoing mentoring and coaching of junior pharmacists and student pharmacists throughout their Clinical Diploma and Foundation Trainee studies.

Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to ensure the optimal and cost effective use of medicines at ward level; minimising drug wastage accordingly.

Provide an advanced level clinical pharmacy service at ward level in line with the pharmacy Key Performance Indicators and agreed clinical standards.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.