This post is offered on a Band 6 progressing to Band 7 on successful completion of Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy and suitable performance.

Pay progression is locally agreed and includes a pay increase on diploma enrolment, a further increase on enrolment onto the second year, and finally progressing to band 7 on passing the diploma and suitable performance.

We have 2 positions for enthusiastic and motivated pharmacists to complete our current team of band 6 rotational pharmacists and participate in the provision of the Trust’s pharmacy service

We Can Offer

A structured rotation through patient services, aseptic dispensing, and clinical specialist shadowing
Comprehensive clinical pharmacy experience in a variety of specialities involving ward rotations
Opportunity to undertake a diploma/MSc in clinical pharmacy, after successful completion of which and subject to suitable performance the candidate will progress to band 7
Participation in consultant wards rounds
Involvement in teaching undergraduates and other members of the multidisciplinary team
Established peer support and team working

Interview Date: 19th April 2023

From 1st April 2023, Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals NHS Trust will be joining together with St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust as part of a TUPE process to form a new collaborative NHS Trust. We are currently awaiting confirmation of the name of the new Trust.

Any applicants who secure an offer of employment and/ or are due to commence their new role from 1st April 2023 onwards are advised that their conditional offer and contract of employment will be issued as per our normal recruitment process but will be under the new name of the organisation. All the details of the offers of employment and contracts of employment will remain as advertised and these changes will not affect your employment with us.

The department operates a 7 day service to the medical care group and as part of this role you will be expected to participate in the rostered shift system which is currently 1 in 5. Participation in the late night working and pharmacy on call will also be required.

The Trust comprises two modern high-performing state-of-the-art PFI hospitals, St Helens and Whiston, which have accredited teaching hospital status.

The Pharmacy Department has over 80 staff operating across the two sites. We have established automated dispensing systems within both dispensaries, and there is an ambitious and active technology implementation program which includes automated labelling & checking.

A new e-prescribing facility has recently been launched.

Both the Department and the Trust has a long-standing reputation for being a friendly and rewarding place to work.

A previous Investors in People assessment recognised our Pharmacy as an outstandingly good department for staff support and development.

St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is the only acute Trust in Cheshire and Merseyside, and one of the few in the entire country, to achieve the title of OUTSTANDING, rated by the Care Quality Commission.

We provide a full range of acute adult services to our local population of circa 360,000 and provide tertiary services across a much wider area in the North West, North Wales and Isle of Man. We are a Major Trauma Unit and the Mersey Regional Burns Unit.

Our '5 Star Patient Care' strategy is at the heart of all that we do; supporting our vision to provide world class services for all our patients by getting it right for every patient, every time.

Our Latest Achievements Include

Acute Trust of the Year – HSJ Awards November 2019
Trust rates Outstanding by the CQC – Inspection August 2018
Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers and Health Service Journal)
Best acute Trust in the North West for quality of care (NHS Staff Survey 2021)
Best place to work in the North West (NHS Staff Survey 2021)

In the NHS Staff Survey 2021 the Trust scored the highest marks in the North West for the following areas;

Standard of care
Best place to work
Care of patients being the Trust’s priority
Staff engagement
Staff morale
Compassionate and inclusive
Providing a safe environment for staff

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Stephen Brough Job title: Principal Pharmacist - Surgery Email address: stephen.brough@sthk.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01514261563

St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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