- MPharm & registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council as a Pharmacist
- Post graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy or equivalent experience to a similar level
- Independent Prescribing Qualification or prepared to be working towards this
- Evidence of CPD and study beyond registration in line with requirements for revalidation and demonstrating commitment to lifelong learning.
- Membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
- Post Graduate Leadership Qualification
- Able to process complex clinical information in an accurate and timely manner
- Able to communicate effectively using a variety of methods (written, verbal, presentation) with a wide range of people across the organisation.
- Demonstrate a clear understanding of best practice and legal requirements relating to medicines use within the cardiology specialty
- Able to demonstrate a clear understanding of clinical pharmacy practice relating to Surgical Specialities
- Significant post registration experience in a hospital / primary care pharmacy setting with a proportion of time in a clinical role
- Experience in motivating teams
Senior Pharmacist - Hereford, United Kingdom - Wye Valley NHS Trust
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**RELOCATION EXPENSES AVAILABLE**
This post will attract a Recruitment and Retention Premia** totalling £5,000 (payable in instalments over 2 years), plus a relocation package of up to £8,000 (subject to eligibility criteria). The RRP payment will be pro-rata for part-time employees.
We support flexible working options at Wye Valley and welcome applications for part-time and full-time positions.
** For further information and terms around RRP and relocation, please contact:
Wye Valley NHS Trust is currently in the process of building three new day case theatres. This is an exciting venture and will support the Trust in addressing waiting times for the patients of Herefordshire and beyond. To find out more please click on the following link
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Pharmacist with an interest in Head, Neck and Orthopaedics. The post involves leading the provision of medicines optimisation to our Head, Neck and Orthopaedics teams in a varied and dynamic division.
The successful candidate will work closely with the ward based teams implementing the principles of the modern day ward round, using skills, knowledge and experience to directly impact on patient care.
Main duties of the job
Wye Valley NHS Trust has invested £18 million for a new modern Elective Surgical Hub to support the National elective recovery plan, to be opened in March 2024. This includes 2 new day case surgery theatres and an ophthalmology theatre, to reduce long waiting lists for elective care. The Senior Pharmacist role will be imperative to setting up a new pharmacy service to the Hub for discharge at ward level and seamless throughput.
The post holder will split their time focused towards the Elective Surgical Hub and to the Head Neck and Orthopaedic Directorate, which involves clinical cover to Orthopaedics, elective and trauma.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right the time.
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