Job overview

We are looking for a clinical pharmacist to join our pharmacy team on our Adult Assessment Unit (AAU). AAU provides an exciting, varied environment to work in and allows you to develop and utilise your clinical and interpersonal skills. 

You will work as part of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) alongside senior clinicians, junior doctors, nurses and AHPs, optimising medicines and having a positive impact on the patient experience. Candidates must be well-rounded pharmacists with excellent team-working and communication skills with clinical hospital experience. In addition to providing a comprehensive pharmacy clinical service, there are opportunities to participate in MDT meetings, service improvement projects and training of pharmacy staff and other AHPs.

As a team, we can support your personal development in a supportive environment; this may include completing postgraduate diplomas and independent prescribing courses. We are also open to recruiting to this post as a band 6 to 7 progression where applicants who may not yet have the necessary experience can start this post as a band 6 and after meeting agreed criteria, can subsequently progress to a band 7.

Main duties of the job

Main duties include:

· Ensuring medicines reconciliation is completed for patients admitted onto the assessment unit

· Clinically reviewing new and existing medication and working with doctors to ensure patients are on the most appropriate medication as per local and national guidelines, including deprescribing where appropriate

· Communicating with primary care colleagues to ensure smooth transition of care

· Ensuring prescribing is as per Trust formulary

· Working as part of the MDT

· Supporting the training and development of pharmacy staff, junior doctors and other AHPs

· Providing clinical support to the Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) unit

· Undertaking audit and project work as part of service review/service developmen

Working for our organisation

Our Organisation  

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping. 

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire. 

Our Values 

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences: 

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts 
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both 
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care 

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.