Job Overview
Are you a motivated pharmacist looking to broaden your clinical experience and take the next step in your career? Join our friendly and supportive pharmacy team at Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, based at Southmead Hospital.
We are recruiting to our team of 21 rotational Band 6 pharmacists, offering an exciting opportunity to gain experience across a wide range of general and specialist clinical areas, including surgery, respiratory, cardiology, medical admissions, neurology, stroke, mental health, medicines information and technical services.
We're committed to supporting your professional development and offer the opportunity to undertake a fully funded two-year Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Practice, alongside the option to study for an independent prescribing qualification. You'll benefit from structured training, ongoing support and the opportunity to learn from our experienced specialist pharmacists.
As a valued member of the multidisciplinary team, you'll play an important role in delivering safe, effective and patient‑centred pharmaceutical care, helping patients get the best outcomes from their medicines.
This role also includes participation in the Emergency Duty Commitment (EDC) rota, alongside the usual pharmacy service rotas.
This episode of recruitment welcomes applications from already qualified and UK registered pharmacists.
Your Key Responsibilities Will Include
- Providing safe, effective and evidence‑based pharmaceutical care, identifying and resolving medicines‑related issues.
- Supporting the appropriate use of medicines in line with best practice, local formularies and Trust policies.
- Undertaking medicines reconciliation, clinical screening of prescriptions and discharge summaries, and providing medicines advice to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.
- Contributing to the prevention of medicines‑related harm and improving patient safety.
- Supporting the delivery of pharmacy services through dispensary, ward, weekend, late shift and on‑call rotas.
- Providing professional supervision and accuracy checking within the dispensary.
- Participating in medicines information, controlled drug management, quality assurance and departmental audits.
- Supporting patients receiving oral chemotherapy, including appropriate counselling and BOPA accreditation.
- Participate in dispensary, ward, weekend, late shift and on‑call rotas, including Emergency Duty Commitments (EDC), to support the safe and effective delivery of pharmacy services.
You will also be encouraged to develop your clinical skills and take an active role in your professional development throughout your rotations.
Working for our organisation
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.
With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
For further details please see the attached the job description document attached.
- Participate in the dispensary, ward, weekend, late shift and on‑call rotas contributing to service delivery. Adhere to all established procedures and complete all necessary records.
- Clinically screen prescriptions and discharge summaries to ensure the safe, legal and effective use of medicines in line with the local formulary and departmental policies.
- Record all major interventions made.
- Medicines Information – deal with routine enquiries that arise on the ward and in the dispensary. Refer on complex queries to the medicine information team.
- Provide advice and information to patients/carers to ensure compliance with treatment.
- Ensure that a full medicine reconciliation is undertaken for each patient using appropriate sources of information.
- Dispensary - provide professional supervision of the dispensary area on a rotational basis. Provide final accuracy checking of dispensed items.
- Check issues of controlled Drugs and participate in departmental audits of CDs.
- Handout oral chemotherapy prescriptions and counsel patients as prescribed on chemocare, including BOPA accreditation.
- Provide input to Quality Assurance (QA) and quality management systems for the Pharmacy department and Trust under the supervision of the QA team.
Person specification
Education / Training / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Masters Degree in Pharmacy (or equivalent: BPharm or BSc (Pharmacy))
- Successful completion of the trainee year and registration exam
- Registered with General Pharmaceutical Council for Pharmacists (GPhC)
Desirable criteria
- Member of Royal Pharmaceutical Society
- Completion of the Post Qualification Foundation Pharmacist Programme
- Completion of the Certificate Year of Clinical Diploma or equivalent
- Completion of the Postgraduate Clinical Pharmacy Diploma or other recognised postgraduate qualification to a similar standard suitable for this role
- Qualified Independent Prescriber (or willing to complete)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of medicines supply within the NHS
- Experience for recognising opportunities for change, innovation, and quality improvement
- Experience of using digital technologies to support improved patient safety and outcomes
- Experience of audit and quality systems E A + I
Desirable criteria
- Experience of hospital pharmacy practice
Knowledge / Skills / Abilities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate ability to plan, organise and manage your time and prioritise workload to maintain safe and effective patient care.
- Ability to work under pressure
- Proactive approach to the application of pharmaceutical knowledge to enhance patient care
- Computer literate to EDCL standard
- Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with pharmacy staff, hospital staff and patients/carers.
- Ability to demonstrate and develop leadership skills
Personal qualities/ special circumstances
Essential criteria
- Adaptable and flexible approach to work
- Teaching / tutorial and clinical supervisory skills
- Able to work under own initiative and as part of a team
- Excellent interpersonal skills
Equal opportunities and diversity
- As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
- The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.
- BFT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
- To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview.
- If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
- The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
- By applying for this post, you are agreeing to Bristol NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Important
Please note that if you apply for a position with this Trust, you may be contacted via Trac or via email. This includes invites for job interviews. We therefore recommend that you regularly check your Trac account and email accounts. We may also contact you by texting the mobile number, if provided, on the application form.
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date.
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
As a guide interviews should usually take place within 3 weeks of the closing date.
When providing employment reference details, please provide correct work‑related email addresses so references can be sought promptly when we are looking to progress your application. Your referee must all be known to you in a line manager or professional lead capacity.
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