Advanced Pharmacist: Antimicrobials

About the job

We are seeking a self-motivated and engaging pharmacist to join our small, but friendly pharmacy department. This is an excellent opportunity to further develop your leadership, clinical and directorate skills as an pharmacist. You will be contributing to new models of working and leading on projects and audits to ensure the delivery of high quality care. It is a well-established, highly respected post within the Trust. If you enjoy working in a small friendly hospital that provides challenges and opportunities and you are an experienced pharmacist with a proven record of being a team player, flexible and able to cope with unpredictable work patterns as well as able to work on your own initiative, you should consider applying for this unique opportunity. As well as the lead for antimicrobials, you will be the Directorate Pharmacist for Ophthalmology and manage the band 7 dispensary and ophthalmology pharmacist. In conjunction with the other Senior Pharmacists you will be expected to deputise for the Chief Pharmacist is their absence. As with other posts in a small department, the post holder’s responsibilities are wide-ranging giving you the opportunity to undertake projects outside of the above specialities. Time will be given to fulfil expected responsibilities. You will have exposure to all the specialisms and will be looked to for promoting safe, cost-effective prescribing, medicines management and optimisation. You will not be expected to have experience of the specialisms covered by the Trust, but must have good broad clinical pharmacy knowledge and skills. Experience in the antimicrobial specialty is desirable, to allow for the development of a strong candidate with appropriate transferable skills. Rated GOOD overall with outstanding care by the CQC. A specialist NHS hospital providing life-changing reconstructive surgery, burns care and rehabilitation services across the South of England and beyond. A centre of excellence, with an international reputation for pioneering advanced techniques and treatments. Everything we do is informed by our passion for providing the highest quality care and the best clinical outcomes. At QVH we are proud of our achievements and our specialist services continue to record excellent clinical outcomes for patients. We regularly receive excellent results from patient satisfaction surveys and on average 98% of inpatients say they would recommend the hospital to their family or friends. Our success is underpinned by the skills and enthusiasm of our staff and a strong culture of partnership. We are fully committed to training and development of the workforce with support for continuing education and learning.