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.

Based at Ipswich Hospital you will separate time providing clinical pharmacy activity at ward level and all required Education and Training aspects of the role. Cross-site collaboration with Colchester is essential to ensure consistency of practice and a uniform approach to the development of our staff.

This post is a Band 8a however we will consider a Band 7 developmental post where you will be supported to complete prescribing and diploma accreditations and competencies to move to Band 8a.

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 has recently implemented the EPIC electronic patient record which includes electronic prescribing and administration; and a pharmacy stock control system.

In addition to our fully automated dispensaries, we host one of the NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service medicines advice sites.

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.

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

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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