Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- Band 6-7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (oncall commitment, weekend and bank holidays on rota basis)
- Job ref
- 156-7289161-A
- Employer
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Treliske
- Town
- Truro
- Salary
- £38,682 - £54,710 progression post band 6-7
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Pharmacist - Respiratory
Band 6-7
Job overview
To provide a clinical pharmacy service to the Respiratory Speciality within the Medicine directorate at RCHT.
This is a progression post, band 6-7
Main duties of the job
· Providing core clinical pharmacy service to respiratory inpatients in line with the Trust and clinical pharmacy standards.
· Ensuring high quality prescribing and care is provided on and during admission through to discharge to respiratory patients by effective clinical screening. Ensuring that pharmaceutical knowledge and skills are applied through medication reconciliation on admission, optimisation during their admission and input to planning for a successful discharge process where appropriate.
· Identify medicine-related causes for admission and develop treatment plans to optimise care.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with
visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.
We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.
The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.
Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is a research active organisation.
It’s established South West Clinical School in Cornwall exists to promote clinical academic career opportunities for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals interested in research and evidence-based activities. Read their research paper to find out more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
- Identity Checks
- Professional registration and qualification checks
- Employment history and reference checks
- Occupational Health clearance
- Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
- Right to work in the UK
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https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation
We reserve the right to close this advert early.
We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview.
We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- - Degree in Pharmacy
- - GPhC Registration
- - Clinical diploma or equivalent or working towards
Desirable criteria
- - Non-medical prescriber
- - RPS membership
Experience
Essential criteria
- - Significant post registration covering a range of specialities
- - Sufficient experience as a clinical pharmacist
- - Clinical supervision or training of junior staff
Desirable criteria
- experience of providing a clinical pharmacy service in a hospital environment
- - Experience of deputising for a more senior clinical pharmacist
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Helen McClay
- Job title
- Deputy chief Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01872255997
- Additional information
Sammy Ivey
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