Pharmacist

Our client in Southend currently have a few vacancies that they are recruiting for, Please see details below;

3x Band 8a Pharmacist -

The post holder will be responsible for supporting the medicines management agenda within Hospices Care settings, providing a comprehensive clinical service for both adult and children & young people’s inpatient services.

This will include working closely and collaboratively with:

Clinical colleagues to ensure the provision of an integrated and efficient service within Hospices and the MSE Palliative and End of Life services. Ensuring safe, legal and efficient processes are in place to provide medicines optimisation to palliative and end of life patients, as well as working within pharmacy to remain updated on best clinical practice and medicines information.

Senior managers within the Hospices to ensure that medicines are utilised in a cost-effective and efficacious way and are supported by appropriate standard operating procedures. This will include carrying out regular audits and assisting in the development and updating of clinical guidelines.

The post holder will be self-led and work autonomously if required. They will be responsible for assessing prescriptions on the inpatient units for appropriateness and safety. Ordering medication will be done in a cost- effective way in order to provide as many cost saving opportunities as possible. They must appreciate and have good knowledge of contractual requirements and legality issues.

If not already achieved, it is an expectation that the post holder will complete courses in palliative care prescribing and paediatric prescribing or evidence competency in these areas in an equivalent way.

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£500 loyalty bonus – possibly one of the best perks! This is paid for every 2500 consecutive hours worked with Tripod. This is approximately a year and a half so takes a little while to accrue, but some of our locums have been with us for years so it can add up!

We offer a £350 referral of your choice bonus, which goes directly to you when you refer a friend/colleague and they start working with us.

Please apply to hear more detail