Job summaryThe Pharmacy department are looking to appoint a Clinical Pharmacist to join our successful Adult Assessment Unit (AAU) team. AAU provides an exciting, varied environment to work in and allows you to utilise your clinical and interpersonal skills.You will work as part of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) alongside consultants, junior doctors, nurses and AHPs, optimising medicines and having a positive impact on the patient experience. In addition to providing a comprehensive pharmacy clinical service, there will be opportunities to participate in MDT meetings, service improvement projects and training of pharmacy staff and other AHPs.Candidates must be well-rounded pharmacists with excellent team-working and communication skills to provide a patient-facing, high-quality 7-day clinical pharmacy service. Working patterns will involve 12 hr shifts (8am to 8pm or 10am-10pm) over a 7-day week, including bank holidays. In general this results in working 3 or 4 shifts per week alongside another AAU pharmacist and medicines management technician.Main duties of the jobMain duties include:Ensuring medicines reconciliation is completed for patients admitted onto the assessment unitClinically reviewing medication and working with doctors to ensure patients are on the most appropriate medicationWorking as part of the MDTSupporting the training and development of pharmacy staff, junior doctors and other allied health professionalsProviding clinical support to the Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) unitUndertaking audit and project work as part of service review/service developmentAbout usOur OrganisationThe 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 ValuesThe 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 effortsEveryday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from bothCreative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to careThe 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.Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesFor further details, please refer to the attached job description and person specification, available to download at any time.Person SpecificationExperienceEssentialRelevant post-registration experienceExperience working on a busy hospital ward and working as part of an MDTDesirableExperience of participating in audit activitiesQualificationsEssentialVocational masters degree in pharmacyRegistered with General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)Postgraduate clinical qualification (over and above that of the 1st degree, preferably at Masters level) and/or significant relevant clinical experience to demonstrate a similar level of knowledgeDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).Employer detailsEmployer nameThe Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustAddressThe Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustHamstel RoadHarlowCM20 1QXEmployer's websitehttps://www.pah.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)